S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5626 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 7, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni- cations AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to approval of elec- tric transmission line facilities THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 126 of the public 2 service law, as added by chapter 272 of the laws of 1970, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 (d) in the case of an electric transmission line, (1) what part, if 5 any, of the line shall be located underground; (2) that such facility 6 conforms to [a long-range plan for expansion of the electric power grid 7 of the electric systems serving this state and interconnected utility 8 systems, which will serve the interests of electric system economy and 9 reliability] THE MOST RECENT STATE ENERGY PLAN AS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT 10 TO ARTICLE SIX OF THE ENERGY LAW, WITH CONSIDERATION OF WHETHER THE 11 APPROVAL OF SUCH FACILITY WOULD CAUSE ADVERSE IMPACTS ON THE STATE'S 12 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DUE TO AN INCREASE IN IN-STATE OR OUT-OF-STATE 13 ELECTRIC GENERATION; 14 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11332-01-1