National tracker
Legislation tracker
The bills, utility-commission proceedings and local ordinances that decide where battery storage and data centers can be built, and what they must do to operate.
Each entry names the public record it rests on, so you can read it at the source. A status is what the record says today — not a prediction.
4 entries
1 enacted · 4 tied to a tracked project
- Enacted Ordinance
Ordinance 2026-08: City of Westfield 12-Month Temporary Moratorium on Hyperscale Data Centers and Commercial BESS
Westfield City Council · MA · 2026
Enacts a 365-day temporary moratorium on the acceptance, review, and permitting of new hyperscale data centers and commercial battery storage facilities citywide to allow the planning board to update municipal zoning codes.
- Last action
- Passed Unanimously by City Council (2026-07-06)
- Projects
- 1 tracked project
- moratorium
- data center
- bess
- siting authority
- Withdrawn Utility commission filing
Case 23-E-0421: Petition of Hecate Grid Swiftsure LLC for Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for 650 MW BESS Facility in Travis
New York State Public Service Commission · NY · 2023-2025
Administrative proceeding governing the proposed 650 megawatt Swiftsure BESS project in Travis, Staten Island. The PSC Secretary formally denied developer's extension request for decommissioning plans, leading to project termination.
- Last action
- Notice of Project Termination Submitted by Developer (2025-11-24)
- Projects
- 1 tracked project
- bess
- siting authority
- grid capacity
- environmental review
Source: Submission of the Swiftsure Notice of Project Termination to the PSC
- In committee Legislation
S8120: AN ACT requiring mandatory community board notification and annual FDNY safety inspections for battery energy storage systems
New York State Senate · NY · 2025-2026
Mandates that clean energy developers provide advance written notice to local community boards prior to submitting BESS permit applications. Requires annual multi-agency fire and safety inspections for operational battery systems.
- Last action
- Referred to Energy and Telecommunications Committee (2025-02-12)
- Projects
- 1 tracked project
- bess
- fire safety
- environmental review
- siting authority
Source: Staten Island officials push to curb battery energy storage
- In committee Legislation
S4390: AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to prohibiting the siting of battery energy storage system sites on Staten Island
New York State Senate · NY · 2023-2024
Prohibits the future siting and construction of battery energy storage facilities and substations on Staten Island. Creates specific exemptions only for heavy industrial zones and small-scale residential battery storage. Covers all pending siting applications as of the effective date.
- Last action
- REFERRED TO CITIES 1 (2024-01-03)
- Projects
- 1 tracked project
- bess
- siting authority
- moratorium
- fire safety
Source: NY State Senate Bill 2023-S4390
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