Bill Text: NY S05626 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that, prior to granting a certificate for the construction of an electric transmission line facility, the public service commission must find that the facility conforms to the most recent state energy plan and consider whether approval of the facility would cause adverse impacts on the state's environmental quality due to electric generation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S05626 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S05626-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5626
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     June 7, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 service law, in relation to approval of elec-
         tric transmission line facilities
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 126 of the public
    2  service law, as added by chapter 272 of the laws of 1970, is amended  to
    3  read as follows:
    4    (d)  in  the  case of an electric transmission line, (1) what part, if
    5  any, of the line shall be located underground; (2)  that  such  facility
    6  conforms  to [a long-range plan for expansion of the electric power grid
    7  of the electric systems serving this state  and  interconnected  utility
    8  systems,  which  will serve the interests of electric system economy and
    9  reliability] THE MOST RECENT STATE ENERGY PLAN AS  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT
   10  TO  ARTICLE  SIX  OF THE ENERGY   LAW, WITH CONSIDERATION OF WHETHER THE
   11  APPROVAL OF SUCH FACILITY WOULD CAUSE ADVERSE  IMPACTS  ON  THE  STATE'S
   12  ENVIRONMENTAL  QUALITY  DUE  TO  AN INCREASE IN IN-STATE OR OUT-OF-STATE
   13  ELECTRIC GENERATION;
   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.
                                                                  LBD11332-01-1