Bill Text: NY S05632 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to providing oversight and monitoring of the operations of an independent system operator; authorizes the public service commission to provide oversight and requires annual reports on the independent system operator.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-29 - PRINT NUMBER 5632A [S05632 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S05632-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5632--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 21, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni- cations -- recommitted to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni- cations in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to providing over- sight and monitoring the operations of an independent system operator The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the 2 terms: 3 a. "independent system operator" shall mean any not-for-profit corpo- 4 ration formed and operating in the state of New York that is approved by 5 the United States federal energy regulatory commission to operate in the 6 state to administer and monitor wholesale electricity markets. 7 b. "end use sector member" shall mean any entity that purchases elec- 8 tricity for its own consumption and not for resale. 9 2. Board members. The board of directors of the independent system 10 operator shall include three members who shall represent the interests 11 of small business owners and farmers. The governor, the speaker of the 12 assembly and the temporary president of the senate shall each appoint 13 one such member. 14 3. Disclosure of information. a. An independent system operator oper- 15 ating in this state shall disclose price data related to its wholesale 16 market operations including, but not limited to, information on real- 17 time, hour-ahead and day-ahead bids in the independent system operator's 18 wholesale electricity market auctions, transmission congestion contract 19 auctions and installed capacity market auctions with no more than a 20 three month delay. Such data shall be provided in aggregate hourly, EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07555-03-8S. 5632--A 2 1 daily, monthly, annual and historical data sets for comparison purposes 2 and shall also reflect seasonal and peak load variations and averages. 3 b. The independent system operator shall also disclose the names of 4 any bidder that submits a bid in any of the auctions described in para- 5 graph a of this subdivision and the amount of the bid. 6 c. Such information shall be made in a format readily available and 7 accessible to the public. 8 4. Consumer liaison. The independent system operator shall appoint an 9 employee to serve as consumer liaison, whose primary duty shall be to 10 interact with members of the end-use sector for the purposes of: 11 a. keeping end-use sector members informed about developments that may 12 affect their interests; 13 b. explaining the issues and proposals under discussion and proposed 14 for consideration at the operating committee, business issues committee 15 and management committee as well as the ramifications of those proposals 16 on residential consumers; 17 c. responding to the questions and concerns of members of the end-use 18 sector; and 19 d. serving as the liaison between the end-use sector and the members 20 of the operator's board of directors who are designated or assigned to 21 focus on the interests of the residential, small business and farm elec- 22 tricity users. 23 5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the 24 independent system operator shall be subject to the provisions of arti- 25 cles 6 and 7 of the public officers law. 26 § 2. Section 66 of the public service law is amended by adding a new 27 subdivision 29 to read as follows: 28 29. (a) For the purposes of this subdivision: 29 (i) "independent system operator" shall mean any not-for-profit corpo- 30 ration formed and operating in the state that is approved by the United 31 States federal energy regulatory commission to operate in the state to 32 administer and monitor wholesale electricity markets; and 33 (ii) "end use sector member" shall include any entity that purchases 34 electricity for its own consumption and not for resale. 35 (b) The commissioner is authorized and directed to provide oversight 36 and monitor the market and corporate operations of an independent system 37 operator, including but not limited to the extent to which it: 38 (i) serves the needs of all customer classes and operates in a manner 39 that is in the best interest of the public; 40 (ii) ensures reliability, quality and maintenance of the transmission 41 system; 42 (iii) complies with the requirements of the New York state open meet- 43 ing and freedom of information laws; and 44 (iv) contributes to the achievement of energy efficiency and fuel 45 diversity goals of the state. 46 (c) The commissioner shall annually issue a report relating the market 47 and corporate operations of the independent system operator. Such 48 reports shall include, but not be limited to: 49 (i) analyses by an independent system operator and other data 50 collected and analyzed by the commission information on real-time, hour- 51 ahead and day-ahead market bids and bidders in an independent system 52 operator's wholesale electricity market auctions, transmission 53 congestion contract auctions and installed market auctions; 54 (ii) a determination of the extent to which the energy markets are 55 maintaining necessary levels of reliability;S. 5632--A 3 1 (iii) a determination of whether or not all customer classes are being 2 adequately served by competitive energy markets; 3 (iv) a determination of the competitiveness of energy markets; includ- 4 ing a determination whether or not the electric industry is providing 5 consumers with the lowest prices possible within a restructured, compet- 6 itive retail marketplace; 7 (v) a determination of the extent to which the energy markets are 8 achieving the energy efficiency and fuel diversity goals of the state; 9 (vi) the name and terms of the boards of directors and of the members 10 of the independent system operator's management, operating and business 11 committees; 12 (vii) an independent system operator's financial information; and 13 (viii) recommendations for improving any deficiencies so identified in 14 electricity energy markets, including non-competitive pricing situ- 15 ations. 16 (d) The commission shall submit such report to the governor, the 17 temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the 18 minority leaders of the senate and the assembly, the chairs of the ener- 19 gy committees of the senate and the assembly, no later than April first, 20 two thousand eighteen and annually thereafter. 21 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
