* § 137. Definitions. Where used in this article, the following terms\nshall have the following meanings:\n 1. "CLCPA targets" shall mean the public policies established in the\nclimate leadership and community protection act enacted in chapter one\nhundred six of the laws of two thousand nineteen, including but not\nlimited to the requirement that a minimum of seventy percent of the\nstatewide electric generation be produced by renewable energy systems by\ntwo thousand thirty, that by the year two thousand forty the statewide\nelectrical demand system will generate zero emissions, and the\nprocurement of at least nine gigawatts of offshore wind electricity\ngeneration by two thousand thirty-five, six gigawatts of photovoltaic\nsolar generation by two thousand twenty-five and to support
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* § 137. Definitions. Where used in this article, the following terms\nshall have the following meanings:\n 1. "CLCPA targets" shall mean the public policies established in the\nclimate leadership and community protection act enacted in chapter one\nhundred six of the laws of two thousand nineteen, including but not\nlimited to the requirement that a minimum of seventy percent of the\nstatewide electric generation be produced by renewable energy systems by\ntwo thousand thirty, that by the year two thousand forty the statewide\nelectrical demand system will generate zero emissions, and the\nprocurement of at least nine gigawatts of offshore wind electricity\ngeneration by two thousand thirty-five, six gigawatts of photovoltaic\nsolar generation by two thousand twenty-five and to support three\ngigawatts of statewide energy storage capacity by two thousand thirty.\n 2. "Dormant electric generating site" shall mean a site at which one\nor more electric generating facilities produced electricity but has\npermanently ceased operating.\n 3. "Major electric transmission facility" means an electric\ntransmission line of a design capacity of one hundred twenty-five\nkilovolts or more extending a distance of one mile or more, or of one\nhundred kilovolts or more and less than one hundred twenty-five\nkilovolts, extending a distance of ten miles or more, including\nassociated equipment, but shall not include any such transmission line\nlocated wholly underground in a city with a population in excess of one\nhundred twenty-five thousand or a primary transmission line approved by\nthe federal energy regulatory commission in connection with a\nhydro-electric facility.\n 4. "Major renewable energy facility" means any renewable energy\nsystem, as such term is defined in section sixty-six-p of this chapter,\nwith a nameplate generating capacity of twenty-five thousand kilowatts\nor more, and any co-located system storing energy generated from such a\nrenewable energy system prior to delivering it to the bulk transmission\nsystem, including all associated appurtenances to electric plants,\nincluding electric transmission facilities less than ten miles in length\nin order to provide access to load and to integrate such facilities into\nthe state's bulk electric transmission system.\n 5. "Landowner" means the holder of any right, title, or interest in\nreal property subject to a proposed site or right of way as identified\nfrom the most recent tax roll of the appropriate municipality.\n 6. "Local agency" means any local agency, board, district, commission\nor governing body, including any city, county, and other political\nsubdivision of the state.\n 7. "Local agency account" or "account" shall mean the account\nestablished in subdivision seven of section ninety-four-c of the\nexecutive law now repealed and continued in section one hundred\nforty-five of this article.\n 8. "Municipality" shall mean a county, city, town, or village.\n 9. "Right-of-way" shall mean:\n (a) real property that is used or authorized to be used for electric\nutility purposes; or\n (b) real property owned or controlled by or under the jurisdiction of\nthe state, a distribution utility, or a state public authority including\nby means of ownership, lease or easement, that is used or authorized to\nbe used for transportation or canal purposes.\n 10. "ORES" shall mean the office of renewable energy siting and\nelectric transmission established pursuant to section three-c of this\nchapter.\n 11. "Executive director" or "director" shall mean the executive\ndirector of the office of renewable energy siting and electric\ntransmission.\n 12. "Major renewable energy facility siting permit" shall mean the\nsiting permit issued to a major renewable energy facility by the\nexecutive director pursuant to this article, and the rules and\nregulations promulgated by ORES and the department and approved by the\ncommission.\n 13. "Major electric transmission facility siting permit" shall mean\nthe siting permit issued to a major electric transmission facility by\nthe executive director pursuant to this article, and the rules and\nregulations promulgated by ORES and the department.\n * NB Repealed December 31, 2040\n