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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         1038--B
                                                                Cal. No. 594
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. JAFFEE, COLTON, ENGLEBRIGHT, KAVANAGH, ROBERTS,
          HOOPER, ABINANTI, ROSENTHAL, MILLMAN, OTIS, GOTTFRIED  --  Multi-Spon-
          sored  by  --  M.  of A. BRENNAN, BUCHWALD, COOK, GLICK, LIFTON, McDO-

          NOUGH, MONTESANO, ORTIZ, PAULIN, RIVERA, ROBINSON  --  read  once  and
          referred  to  the Committee on Energy -- ordered to a third reading --
          committed to the Committee on Energy  --  committee  discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee -- reported and referred to the Committee on  Ways  and  Means  --
          reported  from  committee,  advanced  to  a third reading, amended and
          ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading
 
        AN ACT in relation to mandating a study of energy-efficient and sustain-
          able forms of power to replace power generated by Indian Point units 2
          and 3
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Legislative  intent  and findings. The legislature hereby

     2  acknowledges the uncertainty of future operations of  the  Indian  Point
     3  Energy  Center  in  Buchanan,  Westchester  County,  pending  unresolved
     4  issues, including  New  York  state's  issuance  of  a  state  pollutant
     5  discharge  elimination system permit pursuant to article 17 of the envi-
     6  ronmental conservation law and a water quality certificate  pursuant  to
     7  section  four  hundred  one of the federal Clean Water Act and a reactor
     8  license renewal by the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Due to the
     9  uncertainty over the continued operation of Indian Point Energy Center's
    10  reactors (IPEC 2 and IPEC 3) beyond  2013  and  2015  respectively,  the
    11  legislature  declares the need for a comprehensive plan in the event the
    12  facility is retired. The legislature further  declares  that  the  state
    13  energy  planning  board, ("the board") established pursuant to article 6

    14  of the energy law should be responsible for such study.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02691-08-4
        A. 1038--B                          2
 
     1    § 2. 1. In addition to the  study  required  under  subdivision  1  of
     2  section  6-108  of  the energy law, the board shall undertake a separate
     3  study to evaluate the potential impact of the closure  and  discontinua-
     4  tion  of operations by IPEC 2 and IPEC 3. Such study shall include, at a
     5  minimum,  an  assessment of each of the following: (a) an examination of
     6  strategies to replace energy otherwise produced by Indian  Point  Energy
     7  Center.  The assessment shall examine: (i) additional installed electric

     8  generating capacity; (ii) distributed  electric  generation,  especially
     9  generation  using renewable or innovative energy resources; (iii) intra-
    10  state electric transmission system upgrades; (iv) demand response, ener-
    11  gy conservation and efficiency;  and  (v)  energy  storage  technologies
    12  energy efficiency measures.
    13    (b) the potential economic impacts, including but not limited to state
    14  and local tax revenues and employment directly and indirectly associated
    15  with  the facility. The assessment shall examine: (i) the municipalities
    16  where the facility is located; (ii) the downstate region, as defined  in
    17  subdivision  2  of  section  6-102 of the energy law; and (iii) New York
    18  state.
    19    (c) a plan for workforce redeployment.
    20    (d) the potential environmental impacts. The assessment shall include:
    21  (i) a site remediation plan; (ii) a plan for the removal, transportation

    22  and disposal of nuclear waste stored at the site; and (iii)  the  imple-
    23  mentation  costs  associated with the site remediation and nuclear waste
    24  removal, transportation and disposal plans.
    25    2. The board and any contractors it may retain for such purposes shall
    26  consult with entities that have resources and  expertise  to  assist  in
    27  such  study,  including,  but not limited to, the BSO, federal agencies,
    28  departments and commissions, public  utilities,  municipalities  in  the
    29  region  the  facility is located and any other electric company or trade
    30  organizations.
    31    § 3. The board shall issue the report required in section two of  this
    32  act  no  later than March thirty-first next succeeding the date on which
    33  this act shall have become  a  law.  Copies  of  such  report  shall  be
    34  provided  to  the  governor,  the temporary president of the senate, the

    35  speaker of the assembly, the chair of the senate committee on energy and
    36  telecommunications and the chair of the assembly committee on energy.
    37    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.