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New York state legislation

• S08546 - Grid modernization surcharge on data centersLegislationdatacenterbans.comImposes a grid modernization surcharge on data centers meeting a specified electricity threshold and establishes a grid modernization fund.Download
• AB1036 - Prohibits data center NDAs concealing information from publicLegislationdatacenterbans.comProhibits nondisclosure agreements intended to conceal data center information from the public.Download
• A11560 - Responsible Data Center Development ActLegislationdatacenterbans.comSets standards for responsible data center development.Download
• SF4816 - Environmental impact statement requirement for data centersLegislationdatacenterbans.comRequires an environmental impact statement for data centers.Download
• S06394 - New York State Sustainable Data Centers ActLegislationdatacenterbans.comRegulates data center energy consumption, requires disclosure, and establishes a surcharge.Download
• HB2239 - Artificial Intelligence Data Center Environmental Accountability ActLegislationdatacenterbans.comEstablishes environmental accountability requirements for AI data centers.Download
• SB01292 - Study on AI data center energy efficiency requirementsLegislationdatacenterbans.comRequires a study concerning energy efficiency requirements for AI data centers.Download
• S0902 - Data Center Siting ActLegislationdatacenterbans.comEstablishes siting requirements for data centers.Download
• SB410 - Repeals data center equipment tax exemptionLegislationdatacenterbans.comRepeals the data center equipment sales and use tax exemption.Download
• Executive Order No. 62 — Establishing Temporary Moratorium on Data CentersMoratoriumgovernor.ny.govFirst statewide data center permitting moratorium in the US, for facilities 50+ MW, while New York develops permanent policy.Download
• S09144 - Statewide moratorium on data center permits (Senate)Moratoriumdatacenterbans.comImposes a statewide moratorium on permits for new data centers and directs the PSC to minimize electricity/gas rate impacts.Download
• A10141 - Moratorium on new data center permits (Assembly)Moratoriumdatacenterbans.comImposes a moratorium on issuance of permits for new data centers and requires the PSC to minimize impact on electricity/gas rates.Download
• NY PSC Case 26-E-0045 - Large Load Interconnection Reform ("Energize NY Development")Documentdocuments.dps.ny.govStatewide proceeding opened Feb 2026 addressing New York's 11.9GW NYISO large-load interconnection queue (data centers among the largest drivers), with filings from National Grid Ventures, NY Renews Coalition, NRDC/Sierra Club, EDF, and the Environmental Justice Stakeholder Committee.Download
• A09039 - Establishes the "accountability of costs for data centers act"; requires each electric corporation, gas corporation and municipality to establish an independent classification of service for large energy use facilities that is separate and distinct from other classifications of service; authorizes the department of public service to develop financial surety requirements.Legislationlegiscan.comAmended on third reading 9039b Jun 1, 2026Description comingDownload
• S09182 - Prohibits allocation of economic development power to data centers; provides for certain caps on amounts and eligibility for industrial development agency financial assistance; provides for the return of industrial development agency-awarded financial assistance if certain job levels are not maintained within 5 years of project completion; designates the department of environmental conservation as the mandatory lead agency for environmental quality review of any action consuming over 20 megawatts; requires environmental quality review for any action within 10 miles of a federally recognized Indian nation's territory.Legislationlegiscan.comPrint number 9182B May 22, 2026Description comingDownload
• A10852 - Prohibits allocation of economic development power to data centers; provides for certain caps on amounts and eligibility for industrial development agency financial assistance; provides for the return of industrial development agency-awarded financial assistance if certain job levels are not maintained within 5 years of project completion; designates the department of environmental conservation as the mandatory lead agency for environmental quality review of any action consuming over 20 megawatts; requires environmental quality review for any action within 10 miles of a federally recognized Indian nation's territory.Legislationlegiscan.comPrint number 10852b May 21, 2026Description comingDownload
• A09086 - Regulates energy consumption by data centers; requires annual disclosure reporting; prohibits incentives in fossil fuel power purchase agreements with utilities.Legislationlegiscan.comPrint number 9086b Jun 1, 2026Description comingDownload
• S10487 - Enacts the "data center water stewardship and reuse act" to reduce reliance on potable public water supply systems and increase use of recycled or reclaimed water; provides for data center water use management into the state's environmental conservation framework, ensuring sustainability, watershed protection, and technological innovation; establishes the data center water stewardship fund.Legislationlegiscan.comIn committee May 15, 2026Description comingDownload
• A10049 - Requires the public service commission establish a grid modernization surcharge imposed on utilities for the energy use of data centers and high-intensity data centers which meet a specified threshold of electricity or information-technology load; establishes the grid modernization fund to finance investments in system reliability, capacity expansion, and integration of clean energy resources.Legislationlegiscan.comIn committee Jan 30, 2026Description comingDownload
• S10546 - Requires hyperscale data centers to offset their electricity demand by funding household electrification measures.Legislationlegiscan.comIn committee May 20, 2026Description comingDownload
• A09297 - Requires hyperscale data centers to offset their electricity demand by funding household electrification measures.Legislationlegiscan.comDelivered to senate May 18, 2026Description comingDownload
• S10642 - Places a one year moratorium on the issuance of data center permits; requires utilities to establish an independent classification of service for large data centers; sets energy efficiency goals for data centers; provides for benefits for host communities; sets labor standards for the construction of data centers.Moratoriumlegiscan.comSubstituted by A11560 Jun 4, 2026Description comingDownload