Bill > A00436

This bill amends sections of the Town Law and Village Law to require local building and planning regulations to accommodate the use of various renewable energy technologies, including solar thermal, photovoltaics, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal electric, geothermal ground source heat, tidal energy, wave energy, ocean thermal, farm waste electric generating equipment, and fuel cells. The bill specifies that it does not require towns or villages to amend their existing local building code or zoning regulations, and it applies only to comprehensive plans established or amended on or after the effective date of the act.