Bill Text: NY S05126 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the authority from contracting or purchasing energy or environmental attributes when such energy is transmitted over an electric transmission line that interconnects a location outside of the United States when the transmission does not provide access to electric generating facilities within the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S05126 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S05126-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5126
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      March 9, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- 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 the authority
          to contract for energy
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 1005 of the public authorities law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new closing paragraph to read as follows:
     3    Notwithstanding  any law, rule, regulation, policy, order or executive
     4  action to the contrary, the authority shall not contract for  or  other-
     5  wise  purchase  or  acquire power or energy, or associated environmental
     6  attributes, from  any  individual,  trustee,  partnership,  association,
     7  corporation, company, municipality, political subdivision or other legal
     8  entity if such energy is transmitted over an electric transmission line,
     9  including  but  not  limited  to  a high voltage direct current electric
    10  transmission line, that enters commercial operation after the  effective
    11  date  of  this  paragraph  and that interconnects a location outside the
    12  territorial limits of the United States to a location within  the  state
    13  and  such  transmission line does not provide access within the state to
    14  electric generating facilities located within the state to transmit such
    15  power or energy to a location within the state.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10437-01-7