2023 New York Laws › PBS - Public Service › Article 1 - The Department of Public Service › 3-C - Office of Renewable Energy Siting and Electric Transmission.

* §  3-c. Office of renewable energy siting and electric transmission.
1.  Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the  following  terms
shall have the following meanings:
(a)  "Executive  director"  or  "director"  shall  mean  the executive
director  of  the  office  of  renewable  energy  siting  and   electric
transmission.
(b)  "ORES"  and  "office"  shall  mean the office of renewable energy
siting and electric transmission established pursuant to this section.
(c) "Siting permit" shall mean the  major  renewable  energy  facility
siting  permit  or major electric transmission facility permit issued by
the executive director pursuant to article VIII of this chapter, and the
rules  and  regulations  promulgated  by  ORES  and  approved   by   the
commission.
2.   General   powers   and  responsibilities.  (a)  There  is  hereby
established in the department an office of renewable energy  siting  and
electric transmission.
(b)  ORES  shall  accept  applications and evaluate, issue, amend, and
approve the assignment and/or transfer of  siting  permits  pursuant  to
article  VIII  of this chapter. ORES shall exercise its authority by and
through the executive director.
(c) ORES, by and through the executive director, shall  be  authorized
to  conduct  hearings and dispute resolution proceedings, issue permits,
and adopt, subject to the approval of  the  public  service  commission,
such  rules,  regulations  and  procedures  as  may be necessary, or any
amendments  or  modifications  thereto,  convenient,  or  desirable   to
effectuate  the  purposes  of  this  section  and  article  VIII of this
chapter.
(d) ORES shall, among other things, continue unimpeded the work of the
office of renewable energy siting established under the  former  section
ninety-four-c  of  the  executive  law. All permits issued by the former
office of  renewable  energy  siting,  established  pursuant  to  former
section  ninety-four-c  of  the  executive  law, and all certificates of
environmental compatibility and public need  issued  by  the  commission
pursuant  to  article  VII  of  this chapter shall be considered for all
legal purposes to be permits issued by ORES.
(e) All final siting permits issued by ORES or  heretofore  issued  by
the office of renewable energy siting established pursuant to the former
section  ninety-four-c  of  the  executive law are hereby enforceable by
ORES  and  the  department  pursuant  to  section  twenty-four,  section
twenty-five,  and section twenty-six of this article as if issued by the
commission, except that such  permits  issued  to  combination  gas  and
electric  corporations  are  also enforceable by ORES and the department
pursuant  to  section  twenty-five-a  of  this  article.  ORES  and  the
department  shall  monitor,  enforce, and administer compliance with any
terms and conditions set forth in a siting  permit  issued  pursuant  to
article  VIII  of  this  chapter  and  in  doing  so may use and rely on
authority provided to the  commission  otherwise  available  under  this
chapter. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
holder  of  a  certificate  or  permit issued under article VIII of this
chapter, or a predecessor statute thereto, for a major renewable  energy
facility  with  an  electric generating capacity between twenty-five and
eighty megawatts or that  otherwise  opts  into  article  VIII  of  this
chapter  is subject to enforcement by ORES or the department pursuant to
sections twenty-four, twenty-five and twenty-six of this article.
(f) At the request of ORES, all other state agencies  and  authorities
are  hereby  authorized  to  provide  support and render services to the
office within their respective functions.
* NB Repealed December 31, 2040