Bill Text: NY S06310 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the definition of alternate energy production facilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S06310 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S06310-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6310
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   November 23, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
       AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to the definition of
         alternate energy production facilities
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Subdivision 2-b of section 2 of the public service law, as
    2  amended by chapter 276 of the laws  of  2009,  is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    2-b.  The  term  "alternate  energy production facility", when used in
    5  this chapter, includes any solar, wind turbine, fuel cell,  tidal,  wave
    6  energy,  waste management resource recovery, refuse-derived fuel or wood
    7  burning facility, AND ANY PUMPED  HYDROELECTRIC  GENERATION,  COMPRESSED
    8  AIR ENERGY SYSTEMS, BATTERIES (INCLUDING THOSE USED FOR PLUG-IN ELECTRIC
    9  VEHICLES),  CAPACITORS  AND FLY WHEELS together with any related facili-
   10  ties located at the same  project  site,  with  an  electric  generating
   11  capacity  of  up to eighty megawatts, which produces electricity, gas or
   12  useful thermal energy.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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