NY State Senate Bill 2013-S2936

Senate Bill S2936

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires the Long Island power authority to impose time of day rates and charges for gas or electric power

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2013-S2936 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:: Public Authorities
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:: S3668

2013-S2936 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the Long Island power authority to impose time of day rates and charges for electric or gas power, upon the expiration of the existing limitations upon the rates which may be charged therefor.

2013-S2936 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S2936

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to authorize the Long Island power authority to
impose time of day rates and charges for the furnishing or rendition of
gas or electric power

PURPOSE:  To reduce electricity costs, ensure the stability of New
York's electric grid, and protect the environment by requiring Long
Island Power Authority rates to reflect shifts in the cost of electric-
ity production throughout the day.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one requires the Long Island Power Authority to fix its rates
based upon the time of day during which power or services are rendered,
upon the expiration of current rates.

Section two provides that this act shall take effect immediately.

JUSTIFICATION:  It is axiomatic that any truly competitive market
depends upon an equality in bargaining power between buyers and sellers.
Such equality, in turn, requires the parties to have full knowledge of
the circumstances surrounding the purchase.

This rule is applicable to the newly-deregulated electric industry to
the same extent as any other industry. In order for electricity custom-

ers to be able to make educated decisions about electricity purchases,
they must be aware of the implications of their own usage patterns,
including the impact of those patterns on electricity cost.

This is especially true for customers of the Long Island Power Authority
("EPA"), which routinely imposes artificial price controls to protect
LIPA customers. While such controls are important to protect Long Islan-
ders from the negative effects of transmission constraints which would
otherwise artificially inflate the cost of electricity on Long Island,
they do nothing to encourage consumers to reduce power consumption, or
utilize the opportunities of a competitive market to reduce prices.

The implementation of time-of-day rating will have several salutary
effects. As noted, it will enable customers to better control the costs
of their electricity. This, in turn, will reduce overall power consump-
tion, providing some protection for New York's electric grid against the
overload which will result from a continued failure to increase power
production in New York. It will also reduce the need to operate the
older, less clean power plants which are brought online to address emer-
gency demand, which will help to protect the environment.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:  2011/2012 - S.3668 2007/2008 - S.2723 2005/2006 -
S.4618 2003/2004 - S.4152 2001/2002 - S.7051

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  This act shall take effect immediately.

2013-S2936 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2936

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 25, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
  and Commissions

AN  ACT  to  authorize the Long Island power authority to impose time of
  day rates and charges for the furnishing or rendition of gas or  elec-
  tric power

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

  Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,  upon
the  expiration  of  the existing limitations upon the rates and charges
which may be imposed by the Long Island power authority for the furnish-
ing or rendition of gas or electric power or  of  any  related  service,
such  authority shall, consistent with the provisions of subdivision (u)
of section 1020-f and subdivision 6 of  section  1020-k  of  the  public
authorities  law,  as added by chapter 517 of the laws of 1986, fix such
rates and charges based upon the time of day of the furnishing or rendi-
tion of such power or services.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05784-01-3

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