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Assembly Bill A3969

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to electric generating facilities operating within five hundred feet of a residence

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2009-A3969 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S506
Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง66, Pub Serv L

2009-A3969 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that certain electric generating facilities operating within five hundred feet of a residence shall not be permitted to operate unless the demand for electrical capacity exceeds the daily forecast for the city of New York as determined by the public service commission the day prior to such operation; requires the shut down of certain facilities.

2009-A3969 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3969

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 29, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. HYER-SPENCER, TITONE, TOBACCO -- Multi-Sponsored
  by -- M. of A. DIAZ -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
  Energy

AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to electrical gener-
  ating facilities

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

  Section 1. Section 66 of the public service law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 29 to read as follows:
  29. (A) THE COMMISSION SHALL REQUIRE THAT  ANY  ELECTRICAL  GENERATING
FACILITY  LOCATED  WITHIN  THE  CITY  OF  NEW YORK, THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED
BETWEEN JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ONE AND DECEMBER  THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO
THOUSAND ONE AND THAT LIES WITHIN FIVE HUNDRED FEET OF A RESIDENCE SHALL
NOT  BE  PERMITTED  TO OPERATE OR GENERATE ELECTRICITY UNLESS THE DEMAND
FOR ELECTRICAL CAPACITY EXCEEDS THE DAILY FORECAST FOR THE CITY  OF  NEW
YORK AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSION THE DAY BEFORE THE DAY OF USAGE.
  (B) THE COMMISSION SHALL REQUIRE THAT THE POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE
OF  NEW YORK PRODUCE A PLAN WITHIN SIX MONTHS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
THIS SUBDIVISION TO CEASE OPERATION OF ANY ELECTRICAL GENERATING FACILI-
TY LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF NEW YORK,  THAT  WAS  CONSTRUCTED  BETWEEN
JANUARY  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ONE AND DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
ONE, AND THAT IS LOCATED WITHIN FIVE HUNDRED FEET  OF  A  RESIDENCE,  BY
DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02992-01-9

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