Enables small manufacturing facilities which occupy former manufacturing facilities of over 100,000 square feet to be evaluated as a single unit for the purpose of complying with the criteria for eligibility for allocation of hydro power from the power authority; relates to the Niagara Power Project.

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S161-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
• Jan 5, 2011: REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

S161-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S161

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the public authorities law, in relation to allocation of
hydroelectric power within the area of the Niagara project

PURPOSE:
To enable small manufacturing facilities which occupy former
manufacturing facilities of over 100,000 square feet to be evaluated
as a single unit for the purpose of complying with the criteria for
eligibility for allocation of hydropower.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Amends section 1005 of the public authorities law to add a new
criteria for evaluation of facilities seeking allocation of
hydropower from the power Authority of the state of New York.

JUSTIFICATION:
There are numerous abandoned large manufacturing facilities over
100,000 square feet in the state. In those cases where a developer
can reuse these facilities with several smaller manufacturing tenants
(multi-tenant facility), those facilities should be placed on a level
playing field with the large facility for application purposes, when
the same multi-tenant unit would meet, as a single unit, the criteria
for eligibility of hydropower allocation.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
S.313/A.3880 of 2009/2010
S.2786/A.4799 of 2003/2004
S.3223/A.6365 of 2001/2002
S.3307/A.6441 of 1999/2000
S.1085/A.1806 of 1997/1998
S.6074/A.9024 of 1996

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  Immediately.

S161-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                     161

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                 (PREFILED)

                               January 5, 2011
                                 ___________

  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 allocation of
    hydroelectric power within the area of the Niagara project

    THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. Subparagraphs 10 and 11 of paragraph (a) of subdivision  13
  of section 1005 of the public authorities law, as amended by chapter 645
  of  the  laws of 2006, are amended and a new subparagraph 12 is added to
  read as follows:

    (10) the extent to which an allocation of  power  is  consistent  with
  state, regional and local economic development strategies and priorities
  and  supported  by  local  units  of government in the area in which the
  business is located; [and]
    (11) the impact of the allocation on the operation of any other facil-
  ities of the business, on other businesses within the region,  and  upon
  other electric ratepayers[.] ; AND
    (12)  THE  EXTENT  TO  WHICH  AN  ALLOCATION  OF EXPANSION POWER WOULD
  CONTRIBUTE TO THE REHABILITATION OF  AN  EXISTING  FORMER  MANUFACTURING
  FACILITY  OF  OVER  ONE  HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET FOR UTILIZATION OF
  SAID FACILITY BY SEVERAL OR "MULTI-TENANT" SMALLER MANUFACTURING FACILI-
  TIES, PROVIDED THE NEW MULTI-TENANT FACILITY WOULD  IN  THE  APPLICATION
  PROCESS BE EVALUATED AS A SINGLE UNIT FOR THE PURPOSES OF COMPLYING WITH
  THE CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBILITY.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD01366-01-1