Bill Text: NY S05773 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the timing of the commencement of certain engineering, environmental permitting and cost feasibility analyses and studies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S05773 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S05773-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5773
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     June 2, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  MARCELLINO  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
         when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommu-
         nications
       AN ACT to amend section 16 of part A of chapter 173 of the laws of 2013,
         amending the public service law, the public authorities law, the exec-
         utive law and the education law relating to the powers and  duties  of
         the  department of public service and the Long Island power authority,
         in relation to the timing of the commencement of certain  engineering,
         environmental permitting and cost feasibility analysis and studies
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 16 of part A of chapter 173 of the  laws  of  2013,
    2  amended  the  public service law, the public authorities law, the execu-
    3  tive law and the education law relating to the powers and duties of  the
    4  department  of  public  service  and the Long Island power authority, as
    5  amended by section 5 of part W of chapter 58 of the  laws  of  2015,  is
    6  amended to read as follows:
    7    S 16. Repowering. The Long Island power authority, in cooperation with
    8  its service provider, as defined under section 3-b of the public service
    9  law,  and the owner of the legacy LILCO power generating facilities will
   10  perform an engineering, environmental permitting  and  cost  feasibility
   11  analysis  and  study  of  repowering  the  Port  Jefferson power station
   12  located in the town of Brookhaven in the county  of  Suffolk,  the  E.F.
   13  Barrett  power station located in the town of Hempstead in the county of
   14  Nassau, and the Northport power station located in the village of North-
   15  port in the county of Suffolk.  Such  study  will  focus  on  repowering
   16  utilizing  greater efficiency and environmentally friendly technologies,
   17  and shall have been commenced no later than October  1,  2015  [for  the
   18  power  stations in the town of Brookhaven and the town of Hempstead, and
   19  no later than October 1, 2018 for the power station in  the  village  of
   20  Northport]. These analyses shall be completed and presented to the board
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11426-01-5
       S. 5773                             2
    1  of  the  Long  Island  power authority and the Long Island branch of the
    2  department of public service no later than  eighteen  months  after  the
    3  analysis  commencement date.   If after the Long Island power authority,
    4  or  its successor, determines, in accordance with the feasibility deter-
    5  minations resulting from the studies and analyses authorized under  this
    6  section,  and  in  accordance with the terms and conditions contained in
    7  the amended and restated power supply agreement ("A&R PSA"), dated Octo-
    8  ber 10, 2012, between the authority and the owner of  the  legacy  LILCO
    9  power generating facilities, that repowering any such generating facili-
   10  ty  is  in  the  best  interests  of its ratepayers and will enhance the
   11  authority's ability to provide a more efficient, reliable and economical
   12  supply of electric energy in its service territory, consistent with  the
   13  goal of improving environmental quality, the authority will exercise its
   14  rights  under  the  A&R  PSA  related to repowering any such facility or
   15  facilities, and shall enter into an agreement  related  to  payments  in
   16  lieu-of-taxes  for a term commensurate with any power purchase agreement
   17  entered into related to such repowered facility, consistent  with  other
   18  such  agreements  related to generating facilities under contract to the
   19  authority in the service territory.
   20    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.