Bill Text: NY S05541 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the powers and duties of NYPA to finance, design, develop, construct, implement, provide and administer energy-related projects, programs and services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S05541 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S05541-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5541 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 7, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GRIFFO -- (at request of the New York Power Authori- ty) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be commit- ted to the Committee on Energy and Telecommunications AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to energy-relat- ed projects, programs and services of the power authority of the state of New York The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 17 of section 1005 of the 2 public authorities law, as amended by chapter 494 of the laws of 2011, 3 is amended to read as follows: 4 (a) As deemed feasible and advisable by the trustees, to finance 5 [and], design, develop, construct, implement, provide and administer 6 energy-related projects, programs and services for any public entity, 7 any independent not-for-profit institution of higher education within 8 the state, [and] any recipient of [the] economic development power, 9 expansion power, replacement power, preservation power, high load factor 10 power, municipal distribution agency power, [power for jobs, and] or 11 recharge New York power [programs administered by] allocated by the 12 authority, and any party located within the state of New York under 13 contract with the authority to purchase power from the authority pursu- 14 ant to this title or any other law. In establishing and providing high 15 performance and sustainable building programs and services authorized by 16 this subdivision, the authority is authorized to consult standards, 17 guidelines, rating systems, and/or criteria established or adopted by 18 other organizations, including but not limited to the United States 19 green building council under its leadership in energy and environmental 20 design (LEED) programs, the green building initiative's green globes 21 rating system, and the American National Standards Institute. The source 22 of any financing and/or loans provided by the authority for the purposes 23 of this subdivision may be the proceeds of notes issued pursuant to EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10152-01-7S. 5541 2 1 section one thousand nine-a of this title, the proceeds of bonds issued 2 pursuant to section one thousand ten of this title, or any other avail- 3 able authority funds. 4 § 2. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph (b) of subdivision 17 of section 1005 5 of the public authorities law, as added by chapter 477 of the laws of 6 2009 and such subdivision as renumbered by section 16 of part CC of 7 chapter 60 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows: 8 (2) "Energy-related projects, programs and services" means energy 9 management, distribution, or control projects and services, energy effi- 10 ciency projects and services, clean energy technology projects and 11 services, and high performance and sustainable building programs and 12 services, and the construction, installation and/or operation of facili- 13 ties or equipment done in connection with any such projects, programs or 14 services. 15 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
