Bill Text: NY S00631 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that fifty per centum of all additional power made available from improvements and upgrades at the Niagara project shall be deemed "additional expansion power" and shall be allocated to businesses located within the state within thirty miles of the Niagara project.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S00631 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S00631-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          631
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    January 9, 2009
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       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 improvements
         and upgrades at the Niagara project
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  public  authorities  law  is amended by adding a new
    2  section 1005-b to read as follows:
    3    S 1005-B. IMPROVEMENTS  AND  UPGRADES  AT  THE  NIAGARA  PROJECT.  THE
    4  AUTHORITY  IS  DIRECTED TO SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVE AND UPGRADE THE NIAGARA
    5  PROJECT'S POWER PRODUCING CAPACITY.
    6    NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISIONS OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY BUT  SUBJECT  TO
    7  THE  TERMS  AND  CONDITIONS  OF  FEDERAL  ENERGY  REGULATORY  COMMISSION
    8  LICENSES, FIFTY PER CENTUM OF ALL ADDITIONAL POWER MADE  AVAILABLE  FROM
    9  IMPROVEMENTS  AND UPGRADES AT THE NIAGARA PROJECT SHALL BE DEEMED "ADDI-
   10  TIONAL EXPANSION POWER" AND SHALL BE  ALLOCATED  TO  BUSINESSES  LOCATED
   11  WITHIN  THE STATE THAT ARE WITHIN THIRTY MILES OF THE NIAGARA PROJECT IN
   12  ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION  ONE  THOUSAND  FIVE  OF  THIS
   13  TITLE.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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