Requires the Long Island power authority to conform to safety standards regarding manual lockable disconnect switches for solar electric generating equipment.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4548
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 12, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. MAZIARZ -- 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 external
disconnect switches on solar electric generating equipment
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1020-cc of the public authorities law, as added by
2 chapter 517 of the laws of 1986 and as renumbered by chapter 334 of the
3 laws of 1987, is amended to read as follows:
4 § 1020-cc. Authority subject to certain provisions contained in the
5 state finance law, the public service law, the social services law and
6 the general municipal law. All contracts of the authority shall be
7 subject to the provisions of the state finance law relating to contracts
8 made by the state. The authority shall also establish rules and regu-
9 lations with respect to providing to its residential gas, electric and
10 steam utility customers those rights and protections provided in article
11 two and sections one hundred seventeen and one hundred eighteen of the
12 public service law and section one hundred thirty-one-s of the social
13 services law. The authority shall conform to any safety standards
14 regarding manual lockable disconnect switches for solar electric gener-
15 ating equipment established by the public service commission pursuant to
16 subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision five and subparagraph
17 (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision five-a of section sixty-six-j of
18 the public service law. The authority shall let contracts for
19 construction or purchase of supplies, materials, or equipment pursuant
20 to section one hundred three and paragraph (e) of subdivision four of
21 section one hundred twenty-w of the general municipal law.
22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08771-03-1
