Bill Text: NY S04426 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Directs the New York state power authority to issue requests for proposals on certain gas turbine generators installed in and around the New York metropolitan area.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S04426 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S04426-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        4426--A
           Cal. No. 247
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 27, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
         and  Commissions  --  recommitted  to  the  Committee on Corporations,
         Authorities and Commissions in accordance with Senate Rule 6,  sec.  8
         -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second
         report,  ordered  to  a  third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,
         retaining its place in the order of third reading
       AN ACT directing the power authority of the state of New York to release
         requests for proposals  on  certain  natural  gas  powered  generating
         facilities in and around New York city
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. (a) The power authority of the state of New York ("authori-
    2  ty") shall within 90 days of the effective date of  this  act,  issue  a
    3  request  for the proposals to purchase from the authority one or more of
    4  the ten gas turbine electric  generating  facilities  with  a  nameplate
    5  capacity  of  less  than 80 megawatts each, owned by the authority as of
    6  the effective date of this act and located in and around the city of New
    7  York. Such request for proposals to sell such generators  shall  be  put
    8  out  for  bid  for  a maximum of 90 days and shall include the following
    9  sites and generating facilities:
   10    (1) Two units at Harlem river yard plant, located in the Harlem  River
   11  Yards, at E. 132nd street, Bronx, New York 10454;
   12    (2)  Two  units  at  Vernon  Boulevard, located at 41-98, 42-02, 42-16
   13  Vernon boulevard, Long Island City, Queens, New York 11101;
   14    (3) Two units at the Hell Gate plant, located  at  Locust  Avenue,  E.
   15  132nd street to E. 134th street, Bronx, New York 10454;
   16    (4)  Two  units  at  the  Windsor  Terrace power plant, located at 3rd
   17  avenue and 23rd street, Brooklyn, New York 11232;
   18    (5) One unit at Pouch terminal; located at 1 Edgewater street,  Staten
   19  Island, New York 10305; and
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1    (6)  One unit at North First avenue and River street, located at 47-79
    2  River street, Brooklyn, New York 11211.
    3    (b)  The authority shall issue such requests to determine, among other
    4  things the likely value to New York state for the sale of  such  genera-
    5  tors. The authority shall, within 30 days of the end of the solicitation
    6  period,  report  on  the  range  of  solicited bids to the governor, the
    7  temporary president of the senate  and  the  speaker  of  the  assembly,
    8  subject  to  all appropriate and applicable confidentiality requirements
    9  with respect to individual bids and information contained therein.
   10    (c) The authority, as its trustees deem feasible and in  the  interest
   11  of  the  authority  and  the citizens of the state of New York, shall be
   12  authorized to permit the sale of one or more  of  the  turbine  electric
   13  facilities listed in subdivision (a) of this section. Revenues collected
   14  from  such  sale  or sales shall be placed in a dedicated account in the
   15  custody of the authority  and  used  to  reduce  electricity  costs  for
   16  private  primary  and  secondary  schools  in the state of New York. The
   17  authority shall, as deemed  feasible  and  advisable  by  the  trustees,
   18  create  and implement programs to promote energy efficiency, the instal-
   19  lation of renewable or clean energy technologies, and to aggregate ener-
   20  gy purchases for such private  primary  and  secondary  schools.  As  it
   21  relates  to  renewable  or clean energy projects only those technologies
   22  eligible for net metering under section  66-j  or  66-l  of  the  public
   23  service law shall qualify.
   24    S  2.  In  order  to measure the effectiveness of the programs created
   25  pursuant to this act, the authority shall issue  a  report  on  July  1,
   26  2015,  and  every  other  year from that date forward. Such report shall
   27  contain information on each program created and shall measure energy and
   28  monetary savings achieved by each private primary or  secondary  school,
   29  as  well  as  full  accounting  of  the funds remaining in the dedicated
   30  account. A copy of the report shall be provided to the temporary  presi-
   31  dent of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chair of the senate
   32  energy and telecommunications committee, the chair of the assembly ener-
   33  gy committee and also published on the authority's website.
   34    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.