Bill Text: NY S07537 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the public service commission to investigate the use of funds from the Systems Benefits Charge to pay the portion of consumers' bills that results from Federal Energy Commission Docket No. ER13-1380-000 proceeding that ordered a new capacity zone be created in New York state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-15 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S07537 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S07537-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7537
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 15, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  GIPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
         cations
       AN ACT directing the public service commission to investigate the use of
         funds  from the Systems Benefits Charge to cover costs associated with
         a new capacity zone
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Notwithstanding any general or special law, rule or regu-
    2  lation, the public service commission  shall,  within  30  days  of  the
    3  effective  date  of  this  act, commence a proceeding to investigate the
    4  development of a program to use funds collected for the system  benefits
    5  charge  to  pay the portion of consumers bills that results from Federal
    6  Energy Regulatory Commission Docket No.  ER13-1380-000  proceeding  that
    7  ordered a new capacity zone be created in New York state. The commission
    8  shall  consult  with  the New York State energy research and development
    9  authority in the preparation of its recommendations  to  the  commission
   10  for  such  a  determination.  The proceeding must be completed within 90
   11  days from the commencement of  the  proceedings.  The  commission  shall
   12  conduct  at least two public hearings within the area that comprises the
   13  proposed new capacity zone.
   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.
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