Overview
Article VIII of the New York State Public Service Law consolidates the environmental review, permitting, and siting of major renewable energy facilities and major electric transmission facilities subject to this article under the Office of Renewable Energy Siting and Electric Transmission (ORES). It also provides ORES as a single forum for the coordinated and timely review of such projects to meet the state's renewable energy goals and ensure the reliability of the electric transmission system, while also ensuring the protection of the environment and consideration of all pertinent social, economic and environmental factors in the decision to permit such projects as more specifically provided in this article.
ORES Permit
Application Resources & Guidance
Applicant Resources
Additional information concerning submittal of spatial data submitted to ORES with siting permit applications.
Guidance to comply with review and approval process for proposed changes considered to be “minor” for projects under construction.
Form to file an application for a major renewable energy facility siting permit pursuant to Article VIII of the New York State...
Effective March 15, 2026, NYSDPS conditionally grants blanket Water Quality Certification for the Section 404 Nationwide Permits...
Municipal and Community Intervenor Guidance
Instructions for this form can be found on the Permit Applications web page. Click on the project permit application number.
To establish eligibility in the payment system, each Intervenor is required to complete and mail an original of this form.
Instructions to complete and submit this voucher are found on the first page of this document.
Documents ORES Regulations
Effective April 20, 2024, the Renewable Action through Project Interconnection and Deployment (RAPID) Act (L 2024, ch 58, part O) repealed Executive Law § 94-c and enacted a new Public Service Law article VIII entitled “Siting of Renewable Energy and Electric Transmission” (Article VIII). The RAPID Act 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).
The RAPID Act also transferred ORES’s regulations at 19 NYCRR part 900 (Part 900) to 16 NYCRR chapter XI, and continued Part 900 in full force and effect subject to conforming changes, such as the substitution of numbering, names, titles, citations, and other non-substantive changes to be filed with the Secretary of State. Effective July 17, 2024, the conforming changes were filed with the Secretary of State as a new 16 NYCRR part 1100 (Part 1100).
The text of the new Part 1100 currently in effect may be accessed by clicking the button below.