STATE OF NEW YORK
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4003
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 7, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. MORAHAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
cations
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring the
power authority of the state of New York to provide power and energy
to volunteer ambulance services and rescue squads
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The third undesignated paragraph of section 1005 of the
2 public authorities law, as amended by chapter 287 of the laws of 2004,
3 is amended to read as follows:
4 The authority is further authorized to construct and/or acquire and
5 complete such base load generating, transmission and related facilities
6 as it deems necessary or desirable to assist in maintaining an adequate
7 and dependable supply of electricity by supplying power and energy for
8 the metropolitan transportation authority, its subsidiary corporations,
9 the New York city transit authority, the port authority of New York and
10 New Jersey, the city of New York, the state of New York, the United
11 States, other public corporations and electric corporations within the
12 metropolitan area of the city of New York within the state of New York;
13 provided, however, that (i) the acquisition of completed or partially
14 completed facilities shall be after public hearing and shall be limited
15 to facilities located in New York city or Westchester county and the
16 energy and power generated by such facilities shall be used, to the
17 extent feasible, for the benefit of electric consumers in that area,
18 (ii) not more than one such generating facility shall be acquired in
19 each of New York city and Westchester county, (iii) the price to be paid
20 pursuant to any agreement entered into with respect to the purchase,
21 appropriation or condemnation of any such completed or partially
22 completed facility, as the case may be, shall be subject to the approval
23 of the state comptroller and (iv) transmission facilities shall not be
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 so acquired pursuant to this paragraph unless such acquisition is neces-
2 sary to assure delivery of power and energy produced by any acquired
3 generating facility. The authority is further authorized, to the extent
4 it deems it necessary or desirable, to provide power and energy, as it
5 may determine it to be available, for the use by the Niagara frontier
6 transportation authority or its subsidiary corporation. The authority
7 is authorized to make energy efficiency services, clean energy technolo-
8 gies and, in the event that supplies of power and energy are determined
9 to be available from the competitive market for this purpose, power and
10 energy, available to public and nonpublic elementary and secondary
11 schools throughout the state. The authority shall further provide power
12 and energy to volunteer ambulance services and rescue squads throughout
13 the state.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of September next
15 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
