Bill Text: NY A08453 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits the purchase of energy by the city of New York generated outside the United States when such energy is not otherwise available to other places in the state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to cities [A08453 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A08453-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8453 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY June 16, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BARNWELL -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Cities AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the authority to contract for energy The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 22-302 of the administrative code of the city of 2 New York is amended to read as follows: 3 § 22-302 Acquisition of energy and facilities. The city shall contract 4 for or otherwise purchase or acquire hydroelectric or other forms of 5 energy as shall be available from the power authority of the state of 6 New York, the state, any state agency, any other municipal corporation, 7 or any private or public corporation, and shall arrange to use, lease or 8 acquire the transmission, substation and distribution facilities neces- 9 sary to furnish such power to the city and, for compensation, to resi- 10 dential, commercial, industrial and other customers; provided, however, 11 that the city will not acquire or build any electric or gas transmission 12 or distribution facilities which are parallel to, or duplicative of 13 electric or gas transmission or distribution facilities of any utility 14 companies within the city, nor take any action to impair any agreements, 15 franchises, rights or obligations of any utility company within the city 16 including, to provide safe, adequate and efficient service to conduct 17 its business in the city and to protect its assets unless so authorized 18 by further local law and public referendum. 19 Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule, regulation, policy, 20 order or executive action to the contrary, the city shall not contract 21 for or otherwise purchase energy or environmental attributes associated 22 with energy from the power authority of the state of New York, or any 23 individual, trustee, partnership, association, corporation, company, 24 municipality, state, political subdivision or other legal entity if such 25 energy is transmitted over an electric transmission line, including but EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10587-01-7A. 8453 2 1 not limited to a high voltage direct current electric transmission line, 2 that enters commercial operation after the effective date of the chapter 3 of the laws of two thousand seventeen that added this paragraph and that 4 interconnects a location outside the territorial limits of the United 5 States to a location within the state of New York and such transmission 6 line does not provide access within the state to electric generating 7 facilities located within the state of New York to transmit energy to a 8 location within the state of New York. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.