NY State Senate Bill 2017-S1767

Senate Bill S1767

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Adds public and nonpublic elementary and secondary schools to the New York power authority's list of mandated customers

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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 20, 2018	committed to rules
Mar 26, 2018	advanced to third reading
Mar 22, 2018	2nd report cal.
Mar 21, 2018	1st report cal.715
Jan 03, 2018	referred to energy and telecommunications
Jan 10, 2017	referred to energy and telecommunications

Votes

- Mar 21, 2018 - Energy And Telecommunications Committee Vote
  S1767
  
  9
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  2
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Energy And Telecommunications Committee Vote: Mar 21, 2018
      
      aye (9)
      
      Comrie
      
      Croci
      
      Dilan
      
      Kennedy
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Ritchie
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      Griffo
      
      Little

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2017-S1767 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6348
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1005, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S5667, A7820
2015-2016: S4566, A467
2019-2020: A6155

2017-S1767 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Adds public and nonpublic elementary and secondary schools to the New York power authority's list of mandated customers.

2017-S1767 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S1767

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to adding
public and nonpublic elementary and secondary schools to the list of
the New York power authority's mandated customers

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

The purpose of this legislation is to ensure that public and nonpublic
elementary and secondary schools located in New York State receive an
adequate and dependable supply of power and energy.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section one of the bill amends the third undesignated paragraph of
section 1005 of the Public Authorities Law to add public and nonpublic
elementary and secondary schools located in the State to the list of
entities for which the New York Power Authority ("NYPA") assists in
providing an adequate and dependable power supply. Section one further
amends the third undesignated paragraph of section 1005 by directing
NYPA to make energy efficient services and clean energy technologies
available to public and nonpublic elementary and secondary schools
located in the State.

Section two of the bill provides that this act shall take effect
immediately.

 EXISTING LAW :

Currently, public and nonpublic elementary and secondary schools are
not included in the list of NYPA's mandated customers. These schools
may receive power and energy if supplies are available from the
competitive market.

 JUSTIFICATION :

The public and nonpublic schools in New York provide benefits to the
State beyond educating our children. These schools also used to
provide shelter and services when disaster strikes. Additionally, they
are used by community and other groups to provide educational
opportunities and programs to the public. For these schools to fulfill
all of these uses, they need an adequate and stable power supply.
Without a stable and adequate power supply, these schools may not be
able to fulfill the needs of our children, our communities, and when
disaster strikes, the people affected by the disaster. This bill would
provide such needed stability and adequacy.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2016: S.4566-A - Referred to Energy and Telecommunications
2015:  S.4566 - Referred to Energy and Telecommunications
2013-4: S.5667 - Referred to Energy and Telecommunications

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S1767 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1767
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- 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 adding public
   and  nonpublic elementary and secondary schools to the list of the New
   York power authority's mandated customers

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  third  undesignated paragraph of section 1005 of the
 public authorities law, as amended by chapter 287 of the laws  of  2004,
 is amended to read as follows:
   The  authority  is  further authorized to construct and/or acquire and
 complete such base load generating, transmission and related  facilities
 as  it deems necessary or desirable to assist in maintaining an adequate
 and dependable supply of electricity by supplying power and  energy  for
 the  metropolitan transportation authority, its subsidiary corporations,
 the New York city transit authority, the port authority of New York  and
 New  Jersey,  the  city  of  New York, the state of New York, the United
 States, other public corporations and electric corporations  within  the
 metropolitan  area of the city of New York within the state of New York;
 provided, however, that (i) the acquisition of  completed  or  partially
 completed  facilities shall be after public hearing and shall be limited
 to facilities located in New York city or  Westchester  county  and  the
 energy  and  power  generated  by  such facilities shall be used, to the
 extent feasible, for the benefit of electric  consumers  in  that  area,
 (ii)  not  more  than  one such generating facility shall be acquired in
 each of New York city and Westchester county, (iii) the price to be paid
 pursuant to any agreement entered into with  respect  to  the  purchase,
 appropriation  or  condemnation  of  any  such  completed  or  partially
 completed facility, as the case may be, shall be subject to the approval
 of the state comptroller and (iv) transmission facilities shall  not  be

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

                                                            LBD06048-01-7

 S. 1767                             2
 
 so acquired pursuant to this paragraph unless such acquisition is neces-
 sary  to  assure  delivery  of power and energy produced by any acquired
 generating facility. The authority is further authorized, to the  extent
 it  deems  it necessary or desirable, to provide power and energy, as it
 may determine it to be available, for the use by  the  Niagara  frontier
 transportation  authority  or its subsidiary corporation.  The authority
 is [authorized] DIRECTED to make energy efficiency services, clean ener-
 gy technologies and, in the event that supplies of power and energy  are
 determined to be available from the competitive market for this purpose,
 power  and  energy,  available  to  public  and nonpublic elementary and
 secondary schools throughout the state.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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