Senate Bill S1785

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                 1785--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 6, 2009
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Introduced by Sens. PARKER, DIAZ, DILAN, DUANE, HASSELL-THOMPSON, KRUEG-
  ER,  KRUGER,  MONTGOMERY, OPPENHEIMER, PERKINS, SAMPSON, SCHNEIDERMAN,
  STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and  when  printed  to  be
  committed  to the Committee on Energy and Telecommunications -- recom-
  mitted to the Committee on Energy and Telecommunications 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 authorities law, in relation to directing the
  New  York state energy research and development authority to conduct a
  study related to a comprehensive energy plan for the downstate  region
  of the state

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The public authorities law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
section 1855-a to read as follows:
  S  1855-A.  COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY MANAGEMENT PLAN.  1. THE AUTHORITY IS
HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED  TO  CONDUCT  A  COMPREHENSIVE  STUDY  TO
ANALYZE  THE  ELECTRICITY AND STEAM CAPACITY AND POWER DISTRIBUTION GRID
CONDITIONS IN THE DOWNSTATE REGION OF THE STATE.  FOR PURPOSES  OF  THIS
SECTION,  "DOWNSTATE"  SHALL  BE DEFINED AS THAT REGION LOCATED SOUTH OF
THE MILLWOOD - SOUTH TRANSMISSION INTERFACE.  SUCH STUDY SHALL  INCLUDE,
BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO:
  (A)  AN  ANALYSIS OF PROJECTED POWER NEEDS AND AN ASSESSMENT OF EXIST-
ING:
  (I) GENERATING FACILITIES WITH A CAPACITY OF TWENTY MEGAWATTS OR MORE;
  (II) POWER GRID CAPACITY AND LOAD POCKETS;
  (III) NATURAL GAS AND OTHER FUEL SOURCE CAPACITY;
  (IV) SUBSTATION TRANSFORMERS; AND
  (V) EMERGENCY GENERATORS;
  (B) AN ANALYSIS OF FUTURE POWER NEEDS;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00204-02-0

              

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  (C) AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF GENERATING FACILITIES WITH A CAPAC-
ITY OF TWENTY MEGAWATTS OR MORE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
  (I) EMISSIONS;
  (II) WATER IMPACTS;
  (III) LAND USE IMPACTS;
  (IV) TRAFFIC IMPACTS; AND
  (V) NOISE IMPACTS;
  (D) THE IDENTIFICATION OF AREAS OF OVERSATURATION OF POWER FACILITIES;
AND
  (E) AN ASSESSMENT OF ALTERNATIVES, SUCH AS:
  (I) ENERGY EFFICIENCY;
  (II) LOAD CURTAILMENT;
  (III) CLEAN DISTRIBUTED GENERATION; AND
  (IV) CO-GENERATION.
  2.  THE  AUTHORITY  SHALL SUBMIT A COPY OF SUCH STUDY TO THE GOVERNOR,
THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY,  THE
CHAIRPERSON  OF  THE  SENATE ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE AND
THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE ASSEMBLY ENERGY COMMITTEE NO LATER  THAN  JANUARY
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN.
  3.  UPON COMPLETION OF THE STUDY CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE
OF THIS SECTION, THE AUTHORITY SHALL DEVELOP  AN  OVERALL  COMPREHENSIVE
ENERGY  MANAGEMENT PLAN.   SUCH PLAN SHALL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE RESULTS
AND FINDINGS OF SUCH STUDY, AND SHALL INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE  LIMITED
TO THE FOLLOWING:
  (A) AN OUTLINE OF GUIDELINES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR SITING POWER PLANTS;
  (B)  THE  RESEARCH OF POTENTIAL SITES FOR FUTURE POWER PLANT LOCATIONS
THAT MEET THE GUIDELINES AND REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO  PARA-
GRAPH  (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND ARE NOT LOCATED IN AREAS OF OVERSATU-
RATION;
  (C) AN IDENTIFICATION OF EXISTING PLANTS THAT SHOULD BE  TARGETED  FOR
RE-POWERING WITH MORE EFFICIENT GENERATORS; AND
  (D) A REQUIREMENT THAT AT LEAST TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS BE HELD WITHIN THE
DOWNSTATE  REGION  DESCRIBED  IN  SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION WITHIN
SIXTY DAYS OF THE PUBLICATION  OF  SUCH  MANAGEMENT  PLAN,  AND  PROVIDE
ADEQUATE OPPORTUNITY FOR WRITTEN TESTIMONY REGARDING SUCH PLAN.
  4.  THE  AUTHORITY  SHALL SUBMIT A COPY OF SUCH MANAGEMENT PLAN TO THE
GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE  SENATE,  THE  SPEAKER  OF  THE
ASSEMBLY,  THE  CHAIRPERSON  OF THE SENATE ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
COMMITTEE AND THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE ASSEMBLY ENERGY COMMITTEE NO  LATER
THAN SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.