New York PSC nuclear reliability backbone process

On 11 June 2026 the New York Public Service Commission opened a process for considering a nuclear reliability backbone and told staff to file a white paper within five months. The order discusses the four reactors already operating in the state. It does not approve a new project.

Category: Laws, rules and executive directives
Status: In effect
Instrument: commission order · New York Public Service Commission, Case 26-E-0335, Order Establishing a Nuclear Reliability Backbone Process
Issued by: New York Public Service Commission
Jurisdiction: New York
Affects: State programme administration
In effect from: 11 Jun 2026 · actual · day
Expiry or completion: None recorded
Operative text: New York PSC order, Case 26-E-0335 (Order PDF opened 4 October 2026)
Last checked · next review: 2026-10-04 · 2027-04-15

Legal and geographic scope

Order issued and effective 11 June 2026. It establishes a process led by the Department of Public Service to consider a nuclear reliability backbone. Staff must file a white paper within five months of the effective date. The order describes the state's four operating reactors, including Nine Mile Point 1 and 2, as existing generation of about 27.5 terawatt hours a year. That description is context, not a new approval.

Not approved or still pending

The five-month white-paper period is not converted to a date. The order does not approve a new reactor, a Nine Mile Point application, Fort Drum, or the North Tonawanda proposal. Public Authorities Law section 1005 returned HTTP 403 and was not retried. Assembly bill A.6705 was not stored in this pass.

Dated lifecycle

11 Jun 2026 · actual · day · Took effect — The order prints Issued and Effective June 11, 2026. Staff's white paper is due within five months. That period is not stored as a calendar day. (New York PSC order, Case 26-E-0335)

Projects or designs named by the source

None. Location in this jurisdiction does not make a project eligible for, or approved under, this measure.

Sources

New York PSC order, Case 26-E-0335 (government_primary, accessed 2026-10-04)