Directs the New York state power authority to issue requests for proposals on certain gas turbine generators installed in and around the New York metropolitan area.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5406--A
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 18, 2011
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Introduced by Sens. GOLDEN, LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations, Author-
ities and Commissions -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT directing the power authority of the state of New York to release
requests for proposals on certain natural gas powered generating
facilities in and around New York city
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. (a) The power authority of the state of New York ("authori-
2 ty") shall within 90 days of the effective date of this act, issue a
3 request for the proposals to purchase from the authority one or more of
4 the ten gas turbine electric generating facilities with a nameplate
5 capacity of less than 80 megawatts each, owned by the authority as of
6 the effective date of this act and located in and around the city of New
7 York. Such request for proposals to sell such generators shall be put
8 out for bid for a maximum of 90 days and shall include the following
9 sites and generating facilities:
10 (1) Two units at Harlem river yard plant, located in the Harlem River
11 Yards, at E. 132nd street, Bronx, New York 10454;
12 (2) Two units at Vernon Boulevard, located at 41-98, 42-02, 42-16
13 Vernon boulevard, Long Island City, Queens, New York 11101;
14 (3) Two units at the Hell Gate plant, located at Locust Avenue, E.
15 132nd street to E. 134th street, Bronx, New York 10454;
16 (4) Two units at the Windsor Terrace power plant, located at 3rd
17 avenue and 23rd street, Brooklyn, New York 11232;
18 (5) One unit at Pouch terminal; located at 1 Edgewater street, Staten
19 Island, New York 10305; and
20 (6) One unit at North First avenue and River street, located at 47-79
21 River street, Brooklyn, New York 11211.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (b) The authority shall issue such requests to determine, among other
2 things the likely value to New York state for the sale of such genera-
3 tors. The authority shall, within 30 days of the end of the solicitation
4 period, report on the range of solicited bids to the governor, the
5 temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly,
6 subject to all appropriate and applicable confidentiality requirements
7 with respect to individual bids and information contained therein.
8 (c) The authority, as its trustees deem feasible and in the interest
9 of the authority and the citizens of the state of New York, shall be
10 authorized to permit the sale of one or more of the turbine electric
11 facilities listed in subdivision (a) of this section. Revenues collected
12 from such sale or sales shall be used to encourage alternative energy
13 generation, transmission and delivery, including ultra-high efficiency
14 cogeneration or tri-generation plants, within a city of one million or
15 more in the state of New York. Furthermore, the authority shall only
16 authorize such alternative energy projects following a request for
17 proposals to select qualified private entities for public private part-
18 nership ventures consistent with the stated goal of the updated PlaNYC
19 2030 to ensure that future New Yorkers have access to clean, affordable
20 and reliable power, through the encouragement of a more diversified
21 portfolio of private sector-driven supply and transmission investments.
22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.