Bill Text: NY S04800 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 4800 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Establishes a moratorium on an order of the public service commission enacting a zero-emission credit requirement in relation to certain upstate nuclear generating facilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S04800 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          4800
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      March 1, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
          cations
        AN  ACT  to  establish  a moratorium on that portion of the order of the
          state of New York public service commission, issued August 1, 2016  in
          cases 15-E-0302 and 16-E-0270 enacting a zero-emission credit require-
          ment in relation to certain upstate nuclear generating facilities; and
          providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. There is hereby established a moratorium on that portion of
     2  the order of the state of New York  public  service  commission,  issued
     3  August 1, 2016 in cases 15-E-0302 and 16-E-0270 enacting a zero-emission
     4  credit  requirement  in  relation  to certain upstate nuclear generating
     5  facilities. Such upstate nuclear  generating  facilities  shall  be  the
     6  Fitzpatrick,  Ginna  and  Nine  Mile Point nuclear generating facilities
     7  referred to in such order. Specifically,  paragraphs  ten,  eleven,  and
     8  twelve  of  said order shall be subject to the moratorium established by
     9  this act.
    10    § 2. Severability. If any provision of this  act  or  the  application
    11  thereof  shall  for  any  reason  be  adjudged by any court of competent
    12  jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect,  impair,  or
    13  invalidate the remainder of this act, but shall be confined in its oper-
    14  ation  to  the provision thereof directly involved in the controversy in
    15  which such judgment shall have been rendered.
    16    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
    17  have been in full force and effect on and after August 1, 2016 and shall
    18  expire  December 31, 2018 when upon such date the provisions of this act
    19  shall be deemed repealed.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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