Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes a one-year moratorium on large data center permits and establishes environmental and labor standards in New York.

Highlights:

• Defines “large data center” as a data center that has a peak demand of twenty megawatts or more (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits the granting of permits, certificates, registrations, or licenses to a large data center unless the data center has insurance for at least three months before issuance (Sec. 1).

• Requires the data center operator to provide at least 30 days advance notice to residents of host communities of any planned public hearing for a proposed data center (Sec. 1).

• Requires the data center to pay all expenses for such hearing (Sec. 1).

• Requires the department of environmental conservation, the department of public service, department of health, environmental facilities corporation, and the federally designated bulk system operator to prepare an environmental impact report on data center development in the state (Sec. 1).

• Requires each electric corporation, gas corporation, and municipality to establish and file for approval or modification of an independent classification of service for large data centers that is separate from other classification (Sec. 3).

• Requires the commission with the federally designated bulk system operator to establish, implement, and annually update an adjustment mechanism to ensure that all costs from any increases in commodity prices after the effective date of this act are borne by the relevant data center facility (Sec. 4).

• Requires every data center with a peak load of five megawatts to demonstrate through annual third-party verification that it is deriving much of its energy needs from renewable energy systems (Sec. 7).

• Specifies that this act shall take effect immediately (Sec. 12).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes a one-year moratorium on large data center permits and establishes environmental and labor standards in New York.

Highlights:

• Defines “large data center” as a data center that has a peak demand of twenty megawatts or more (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits the granting of permits, certificates, registrations, or licenses to a large data center unless the data center has insurance for at least three months before issuance (Sec. 1).

• Requires the data center operator to provide at least 30 days advance notice to residents of host communities of any planned public hearing for a proposed data center (Sec. 1).

• Requires the data center to pay all expenses for such hearing (Sec. 1).

• Requires the department of environmental conservation, the department of public service, department of health, environmental facilities corporation, and the federally designated bulk system operator to prepare an environmental impact report on data center development in the state (Sec. 1).

• Requires each electric corporation, gas corporation, and municipality to establish and file for approval or modification of an independent classification of service for large data centers that is separate from other classification (Sec. 3).

• Requires the commission with the federally designated bulk system operator to establish, implement, and annually update an adjustment mechanism to ensure that all costs from any increases in commodity prices after the effective date of this act are borne by the relevant data center facility (Sec. 4).

• Requires every data center with a peak load of five megawatts to demonstrate through annual third-party verification that it is deriving much of its energy needs from renewable energy systems (Sec. 7).

• Specifies that this act shall take effect immediately (Sec. 12).

Full Bill Text