Bill Text: NY A07069 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the secretary of state to appoint a person from the utility intervention unit within the consumer protection division to serve on the state energy planning board.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-02-12 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [A07069 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A07069-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7069
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      May 1, 2013
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       Introduced  by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Energy
       AN ACT to amend the energy law, in relation to the  composition  of  the
         state energy planning board
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.   Subdivision 1 of section 6-102  of  the  energy  law,  as
    2  amended  by  chapter  195  of  the  laws  of 2011, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    1. There shall be established a state energy planning  board,  herein-
    5  after  referred  to  as the "board", which shall consist of the chair of
    6  the public service commission, the commissioner of environmental conser-
    7  vation, the commissioner of economic development,  the  commissioner  of
    8  transportation, the commissioner of labor, the commissioner of the divi-
    9  sion  of  homeland  security and emergency services, the commissioner of
   10  agriculture and markets, the commissioner of health,  the  secretary  of
   11  state and the president of the New York state energy research and devel-
   12  opment  authority.  The  governor,  the  speaker of the assembly and the
   13  temporary president of the senate  shall  each  appoint  one  additional
   14  representative  to  serve  on  the  board; IN ADDITION, THE SECRETARY OF
   15  STATE SHALL APPOINT, FROM THE UTILITY INTERVENTION UNIT WITH THE CONSUM-
   16  ER PROTECTION DIVISION ESTABLISHED IN SECTION NINETY-FOUR-A OF THE EXEC-
   17  UTIVE LAW, AN ADDITIONAL PERSON TO SERVE ON THE BOARD.    The  presiding
   18  officer  of the federally designated electric bulk system operator (BSO)
   19  shall serve as a non-voting member of the board. Any decision or  action
   20  by  the  board  shall be by majority vote. The president of the New York
   21  state energy research and development authority shall serve as chair  of
   22  the  board. Members of the board may designate an executive staff repre-
   23  sentative to participate on the board on their behalf.
   24    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10593-01-3