A00925 Summary:

BILL NOA00925
 
SAME ASSAME AS S01184
 
SPONSORDelMonte
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd S1005, Pub Auth L
 
Establishes the power authority of the state of New York shall make low cost hydropower available to hospitals located within the counties of Niagara and Orleans.
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A00925 Actions:

BILL NOA00925
 
01/07/2009referred to energy
01/06/2010referred to energy
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A00925 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A00925 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           925
 
                               2009-2010 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 7, 2009
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. DelMONTE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Energy
 
        AN  ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to establishing
          the power authority of the state of  New  York  shall  make  low  cost
          hydropower available to certain hospitals
 

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 13 of section 1005  of
     2  the  public  authorities  law,  as amended by chapter 645 of the laws of
     3  2006, is amended to read as follows:
     4    Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary but subject
     5  to the terms and conditions  of  federal  energy  regulatory  commission
     6  licenses,  to allocate or reallocate directly or by sale for resale, two
     7  hundred fifty megawatts of firm Niagara project hydroelectric  power  as
     8  "expansion  power" and four hundred forty-five megawatts of firm Niagara
     9  project hydroelectric power as "replacement power" to businesses  within
    10  the  state  located within thirty miles of the Niagara project, and four
    11  hundred ninety megawatts of firm and interruptible power from the  Saint

    12  Lawrence-FDR  project as "preservation power" sold to businesses located
    13  within the counties of Jefferson, Saint Lawrence and Franklin,  provided
    14  that the amount of expansion power allocated to businesses in Chautauqua
    15  county on January first, nineteen hundred eighty-seven shall continue to
    16  be  allocated  in  such  county and, provided further that up to seventy
    17  megawatts of replacement power, up to thirty-eight and six-tenths  mega-
    18  watts of preservation power from the Saint Lawrence-FDR project which is
    19  relinquished  or  withdrawn  after  the  effective date of chapter three
    20  hundred thirteen of the laws of two thousand  five  which  amended  this
    21  subdivision  and,  for  the  period ending on December thirty-first, two
    22  thousand six, up to twenty megawatts  of  other  power  from  the  Saint
    23  Lawrence-FDR  project  which  is unallocated as of the effective date of
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01082-01-9

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     1  chapter three hundred thirteen of the laws of two  thousand  five  which
     2  amended  this  subdivision, shall be allocated by the authority together
     3  with such other funds of the authority as the trustees deem feasible and
     4  advisable  for  energy  cost  savings benefits pursuant to the [twelfth]
     5  eleventh undesignated paragraph of this section  and,  provided  further
     6  that low cost hydropower be made available to hospitals that are located
     7  in  the  counties  of Niagara and Orleans.   Provided, however, that the

     8  amount of replacement, preservation  power,  or  the  additional  twenty
     9  megawatts  of  Saint  Lawrence-FDR  power for the period ending December
    10  thirty-first, two thousand six made available for such purpose, used for
    11  energy cost savings benefits that are relinquished by or withdrawn  from
    12  a  recipient  thereof  shall be offered by the authority proportionately
    13  for a period of six months for reallocation to  applicants  who  qualify
    14  respectively  for  replacement  or  preservation  power  allocations  as
    15  provided in this subdivision. If such power is not allocated within such
    16  period it shall be allocated for the  purpose  of  energy  cost  savings
    17  benefits pursuant to subdivision (h) of section one hundred eighty-three
    18  of the economic development law. The authority shall negotiate contracts
    19  on  reasonable  terms  and conditions to renew or extend every permanent

    20  contract allocation of expansion power in effect on the  effective  date
    21  of  this  subdivision and, to the extent consistent with such contracts,
    22  the authority shall negotiate contracts on reasonable terms  and  condi-
    23  tions  to  extend  or  renew all other allocations or allotments of such
    24  power in effect on such date.  The authority shall  negotiate  contracts
    25  on reasonable terms and conditions to renew or extend for a period of at
    26  least  five  years  every  permanent  contract allocation of replacement
    27  power in effect on the effective date of chapter three hundred  thirteen
    28  of  the  laws  of  two  thousand five which added this sentence and that
    29  would expire by its terms on or before the end of  the  initial  federal
    30  energy  regulatory  commission license for the Niagara project; provided
    31  that, in negotiating the terms and conditions  of  such  contracts,  the

    32  authority  may consider a business' compliance with all current contrac-
    33  tual obligations, including  employment  and  power  usage  commitments.
    34  Contracts  entered  into  pursuant  to  this  subdivision  shall contain
    35  reasonable provisions providing for the partial or  complete  withdrawal
    36  of  the  power  in  the  event  the recipient fails to maintain mutually
    37  agreed levels of employment, investment, and power  utilization.  Expan-
    38  sion or replacement power relinquished by businesses or withdrawn by the
    39  authority  shall  be  allocated  directly  or  by sale for resale by the
    40  authority to businesses within the state located within thirty miles  of
    41  the  Niagara  project  provided,  that  the amount of power allocated to
    42  businesses in Chautauqua  county  on  January  first,  nineteen  hundred
    43  eighty-seven  shall be allocated in such county. Preservation power that

    44  is relinquished by businesses or withdrawn by  the  authority  shall  be
    45  allocated  directly  or  by  sale for resale by the authority within the
    46  counties of Jefferson, Saint Lawrence  and  Franklin.  Allocations  made
    47  pursuant  to  this  paragraph  shall be made in accordance with criteria
    48  established by the trustees.  Such criteria shall address the  expansion
    49  of industry and employment pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision
    50  and the revitalization of existing industry pursuant to paragraph (b) of
    51  this subdivision.
    52    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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