Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 25, 2014 |
referred to energy |
Assembly Bill A8872
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
QUART
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2013-A8872 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A8872 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8872 I N A S S E M B L Y February 25, 2014 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. QUART -- read once and referred to the Committee on Energy AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to the regional greenhouse gas initiative THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 77-a to read as follows: S 77-A. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. THE LEGISLATURE HEREBY FINDS AND DECLARES THAT IT IS IN THE BEST PUBLIC POLICY INTERESTS OF THE STATE, ITS BUSI- NESSES AND ITS CITIZENS TO ENSURE THAT, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, THE LETTER AND SPIRIT OF ITS ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS AIMED AT REDUCING CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS AND IMPROVING AIR QUALITY UNDER THE REGIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS INITIATIVE (RGGI), ESTABLISHED BY REGULATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, ARE ENFORCED FOR ANY GENERATOR WHO DOES BUSINESS IN THE NEW YORK STATE ENERGY MARKET. THIS POLICY CHANGE IS NECESSARY BECAUSE STATES THAT SURROUND NEW YORK THAT DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN RGGI, BUT WHO DO EXPORT POWER TO NEW YORK STATE, HAVE A DISTINCT COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OVER IN-STATE POWER GENERA- TORS. WHILE THE GOALS OF THE RGGI PROGRAM ARE LAUDABLE, IN-STATE FOSSIL FUEL GENERATORS ARE EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THEIR COSTS AS A RESULT OF THE NEED TO BUY CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION ALLOWANCES IN THE RGGI AUCTION, ESTABLISHED BY REGULATION OF THE NEW YORK STATE ENERGY AND RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. HOWEVER, OUT-OF-STATE FOSSIL FUEL GENER- ATORS IN NON-RGGI STATES MAY USE THE SAME EXACT FUEL AND PRODUCE THE GREATER EMISSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT FUEL, BUT ARE STILL ABLE TO EXPORT POWER TO NEW YORK AT A CHEAPER PRICE BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH RGGI. THIS STATE OF AFFAIRS HURTS IN-STATE POWER GENERATORS, THREATENS JOBS AND ENCOURAGES THE IMPORTATION OF POLLUTION INTENSIVE POWER FROM OTHER STATES. THE LEGISLATURE FURTHER DECLARES THAT IT IS IN THE BEST ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL INTERESTS OF THE STATE TO ADOPT POLICIES THAT SUPPORT JOB RETENTION AND CREATION IN THE POWER GENERATION SECTOR IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND TO SEEK TO LIMIT POLLUTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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