Assembly Bill A5463

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prevents gas and electric companies from expanding transmission lines or electric generating facilities for lines and facilities originating outside of New York

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A5463 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4457
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Transportation Corporations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11, Transp Corps L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A4814
2015-2016: A3105
2019-2020: S1565

2017-A5463 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prevents gas and electric companies from expanding transmission lines or electric generating facilities for lines and facilities originating outside of New York.

2017-A5463 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5463
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. MORELLE, ZEBROWSKI, JENNE, RYAN, BRINDISI, HEVE-
   SI, CUSICK, SKOUFIS -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
   Judiciary
 
 AN  ACT to amend the transportation corporations law, in relation to the
   powers of gas and electric corporations

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    Section  11  of  the transportation corporations law is
 amended by adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8. SUBDIVISIONS THREE, THREE-A AND THREE-B OF THIS SECTION  SHALL  NOT
 APPLY TO ANY ELECTRIC CORPORATION WHICH:
   (A) SEEKS, THROUGH ITSELF, OR THROUGH ONE OR MORE AFFILIATED INTERESTS
 AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, TO EITHER BUILD A TRAN-
 SMISSION  LINE  OR  TO EXPAND AN EXISTING TRANSMISSION LINE WHICH TRANS-
 MISSION LINE ORIGINATES AT A LOCATION OUTSIDE OF THE TERRITORIAL  LIMITS
 OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  OF AMERICA AND EXTENDS TO A LOCATION WITHIN THE
 STATE OF NEW YORK; OR
   (B) SEEKS, THROUGH ITSELF, OR THROUGH ONE OR MORE AFFILIATED INTERESTS
 AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS  SUBDIVISION,  TO  EITHER  BUILD  AN
 ELECTRIC GENERATING FACILITY, OR TO EXPAND AN EXISTING ELECTRIC GENERAT-
 ING  FACILITY  THAT  IS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE TERRITORIAL LIMITS OF THE
 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TOGETHER WITH BUILDING OR  OTHERWISE  UTILIZING
 AN  EXISTING  ELECTRICAL  INTERCONNECTION  TO A POINT LOCATED WITHIN THE
 STATE OF NEW YORK.
   (C) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE  FOLLOWING  TERMS  SHALL
 HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   I.  "AFFILIATED  INTERESTS"  SHALL  INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, ANY
 PERSON WHICH DIRECTLY, INDIRECTLY, OR CONSTRUCTIVELY:
   A. CONTROLS ANOTHER PERSON;
   B. IS CONTROLLED BY ANOTHER PERSON; OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09812-01-7

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