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A 7783: Directs the office of renewable energy siting and electric transmission to develop a procedure to process letters of credit for siting permits.
What A 7783 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to improve the siting process for renewable energy projects by requiring the Office of Renewable Energy Siting and Electric Transmission to develop a procedure for processing financial security or letters of credit. This procedure will be available to municipalities that decide to have the office process and maintain required financial security or letters of credit in their permitting process. The Office of Renewable Energy Siting and Electric Transmission must promulgate rules and regulations with the Department, and these rules must be approved by the Public Service Commission before they become effective. The bill also requires the Office to consult with municipalities and political subdivisions when developing these rules and regulations.
Bill journey
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Last action: referred to energy (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7783
- What is the current status of A 7783?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 7783 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to energy".
- Did A 7783 pass?
- Not yet. A 7783 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7783, and where is it now?
- A 7783 was authored by Asm. Steve Stern. Its committee of record is Assembly Energy.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to energy |
| Apr. 10, 2025 | referred to energy |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 10, 2025 · 349 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7783 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 10, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. STERN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Energy AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring the office of renewable energy siting and electric transmission to develop a procedure to process any financial security or letter of credit required by the office The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 138 of the public service law, as 2 added by section 11 of part O of chapter 58 of the laws of 2024, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 3. ORES, in consultation with the department, shall promulgate rules 5 and regulations with respect to all necessary requirements to implement 6 the siting permit program established in this article and promulgate 7 modifications to such rules and regulations as it deems necessary; 8 provided that ORES shall promulgate regulations requiring the service of 9 applications on affected municipalities and political subdivisions 10 simultaneously with submission of an application. Any such rules and 11 regulations, or any amendments or modifications thereto, shall be 12 subject to the approval of the public service commission before they 13 become effective. The office shall develop a procedure to process any 14 financial security or letter of credit that is required by the office. 15 Such procedure shall be available to any municipality that decides to 16 have the office process and maintain any required financial security or 17 letter of credit in their permitting process. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 19 the amendments to section 138 of the public service law, made by section 20 one of this act, shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall 21 be deemed repealed therewith. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05318-01-5
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