Senator John H. Hughes State Office Building, Main Conference Room
333 East Washington Street
Syracuse, NY 13202
United States
In-person public comments hearings on the proposed Renewable Action Through Project Interconnection and Deployment (RAPID) Act rulemaking and draft generic environmental impact statement (DGEIS) will be held as follows:
Region: Central New York
Date: Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Time: 1:00 pm and 6:00 pm
Location: Senator John H. Hughes State Office Building, Main Conference Room
333 East Washington Street
Syracuse, NY 13202
To ensure that all interested persons have an opportunity to speak, the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) may limit the time available for oral comments to three (3) minutes per person. It is recommended that lengthy comments be submitted in writing and summarized for oral presentation. The public comment hearing will be transcribed for inclusion in the record of this proceeding.
The hearing locations are reasonably accessible to persons with a mobility impairment. Interpreter services will be made available to deaf persons, and English language translator services will also be made available, at no charge for either service, upon written request to Chief ALJ James T. McClymonds, Office of Renewable Energy Siting and Electric Transmission, Empire State Plaza, P-1 South, J Dock, Albany, NY 6 12242, 518-473-4590, [email protected]. All requests must be received no later than 4:00 p.m. two weeks before the scheduled hearing.
Region: Capital Region
Date: Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Time: 1:00 pm and 5:00 pm
Location: Hudson Valley Community College, Bulmer Telecommunications Center
80 Vandenburgh Ave.
Troy, NY 12180
Region: Long Island (Suffolk County)
Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Time: 1:00 pm and 5:00 pm
Location: Stony Brook University, Charles B. Wang Center Theater
100 Nicholls Road
Stony Brook, NY 11794
Region: Southern Tier
Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Time: 1:00 pm and 5:00 pm
Location: Broome County Public Library, Decker Room
185 Court Street
Binghamton, NY 13901
Region: Long Island
Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Time: 1:00 pm and 6:00 pm
Location: Nassau County Legislature, Peter J. Schmitt Legislative Chamber
1550 Franklin Avenue
Mineola, NY 11501
Region: Hudson Valley
Date: Thursday, February 27, 2025
Time: 1:00 pm and 6:00 pm
Location: Town of Poughkeepsie Town Hall
One Overocker Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
Region: New York City
Date: Thursday, February 27, 2025
Time: 1:00 pm and 6:00 pm
Location: New York State Department of Public Service, 4th Floor Board Room
90 Church Street New York, NY 10007
Region: Western NY
Date: Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Time: 1:00 pm and 5:00 pm
Location: Frank E. Merriweather Jr. Library
1324 Jefferson Ave. 5
Buffalo, NY 14208
Region: North Country
Date: Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Jefferson County Community College Auditorium
1220 Coffeen Street
Watertown, NY 13601
Region: Finger Lakes
Date: Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Time: 1 pm and 5:00 pm
Location: Arnett Community Library
310 Arnett Boulevard
Rochester, NY 14611
Region: North Country (Plattsburgh)
Date: Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Time: 5:00 pm
Location: SUNY Plattsburgh, 106 Angell College Center, 2d Floor, Warren Ballroom
101 Broad Street
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
Case 24-M-0433 - In the Matter of the Rules and Regulations for the Environmental Review, Permitting, and Siting in this State of Major Renewable Energy Facilities and Major Electric Transmission Facilities Under the Renewable Action Through Project Interconnection and Deployment Act.
To submit comments, fill out the Case 24-M-0433 comment form.
New York State recently enacted the Renewable Action Through Project Interconnection and Deployment (RAPID) Act, which consolidates the environmental review, permitting, and siting of major renewable energy facilities and major electric transmission facilities under the purview of the Office of Renewable Energy Siting and Electric Transmission (Office or ORES). Among other things, the RAPID Act authorizes ORES, in consultation with the Department of Public Service (Department or DPS) and subject to approval by the Public Service Commission (Commission), to promulgate rules and regulations to implement the new siting permit program for major electric transmission facilities established by the RAPID Act.
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking:
Pursuant to the provisions of the article 2 of the State Administrative Procedure Act (SAPA) and Public Service Law ยงยง 3-c, 138, 139, and 145, ORES proposes to repeal the current 16 NYCRR Part 1100 (Office of Renewable Energy Siting and Electric Transmission), and replace it with a new Part 1100 (General Procedures), Part 1101 (Major Renewable Energy Facility Siting), and Part 1102 (Major Electric Transmission Facility Siting). The purpose of the rulemaking is to establish procedural rules and uniform standards and conditions for the siting, design, construction, and operation of major renewable energy generation and electric transmission facilities.
Copies of the express terms of the proposed rulemaking are available from the Office of Renewable Energy Siting and Electric Transmission, W.A. Harriman Campus, Building 9, 4th Floor, 1220 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12226.
Notice of Acceptance of Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement:
DPS, by and through ORES, as lead agency, has completed and accepted a draft generic environmental impact statement (DGEIS) in connection with the proposed rulemaking. The DGEIS was prepared pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act (Environmental Conservation Law article 8 [SEQRA]) and its implementing regulations at 6 NYCRR part 617. The DGEIS was prepared to analyze potential environmental impacts associated with the new siting permit program for major electric transmission facilities established by the RAPID Act.
Copies of the DGEIS are available from the Office of Renewable Energy Siting and Electric Transmission, W.A. Harriman Campus, Building 9, 4th Floor, 1220 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12226.