Bill Text: NY S04305 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended
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Bill Title: Directs the wireless service industry to report on current and future plans to pursue renewable energy technology to power macrocells; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-03 - AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 4305B [S04305 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S04305-Amended.html
Bill Title: Directs the wireless service industry to report on current and future plans to pursue renewable energy technology to power macrocells; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-03 - AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 4305B [S04305 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S04305-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4305--A Cal. No. 220 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 7, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. PARKER, CHU, MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Tele- communications -- recommitted to the Committee on Energy and Telecom- munications in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring cellu- lar telephone companies and third-party service providers to conduct a renewable energy feasibility study The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 2 92-j to read as follows: 3 § 92-j. Cell towers; renewable energy feasibility study. 1. Any 4 cellular telephone company or third-party service provider that operates 5 cell towers within the state shall conduct a study to analyze the feasi- 6 bility of requiring all cell phone towers they operate to be entirely 7 powered by renewable energy. The study shall include but need not be 8 limited to consideration of the following issues: 9 (a) energy demands of such existing cell tower sites including any 10 anticipated increases to demand at such sites that would impact the 11 future power needs of cell tower sites presented by region/area; 12 (b) grid capacity required to enable and support renewable energy 13 powered cell towers; 14 (c) adverse and beneficial impacts to cell service; 15 (d) required backup power sources and potential impacts to existing 16 backup power sources; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06272-03-4S. 4305--A 2 1 (e) estimated costs relating to the transition to renewable energy 2 power for cell towers, including costs that may be passed on to consum- 3 ers; 4 (f) potential maintenance and upkeep requirements associated with cell 5 towers entirely powered by renewable energy; 6 (g) challenges to providing renewable energy to existing cell towers; 7 (h) job sector impacts associated with such projects and implementa- 8 tion, including potential job creation that may be practically project- 9 ed; and 10 (i) estimated timelines associated with implementation presented by 11 region/area; and 12 (j) any general adverse and beneficial impacts the cellular telephone 13 company or third-party service provider deems necessary for the consid- 14 eration of relying entirely on renewable energy to power cell towers. 15 2. Within one year of the effective date of this act, the cellular 16 telephone company or third-party service provider shall publish a report 17 of its findings on its website in a location accessible to the public. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.