Senate Bill S4003

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  4003

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              April 7, 2009
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Introduced  by  Sen. MORAHAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
  cations

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring the
  power  authority  of the state of New York to provide power and energy
  to volunteer ambulance services and rescue squads

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

  Section  1.  The  third  undesignated paragraph of section 1005 of the
public authorities law, as amended by chapter 287 of the laws  of  2004,
is amended to read as follows:
  The  authority  is  further authorized to construct and/or acquire and
complete such base load generating, transmission and related  facilities
as  it deems necessary or desirable to assist in maintaining an adequate
and dependable supply of electricity by supplying power and  energy  for
the  metropolitan transportation authority, its subsidiary corporations,
the New York city transit authority, the port authority of New York  and
New  Jersey,  the  city  of  New York, the state of New York, the United
States, other public corporations and electric corporations  within  the
metropolitan  area of the city of New York within the state of New York;
provided, however, that (i) the acquisition of  completed  or  partially
completed  facilities shall be after public hearing and shall be limited
to facilities located in New York city or  Westchester  county  and  the
energy  and  power  generated  by  such facilities shall be used, to the
extent feasible, for the benefit of electric  consumers  in  that  area,
(ii)  not  more  than  one such generating facility shall be acquired in
each of New York city and Westchester county, (iii) the price to be paid
pursuant to any agreement entered into with  respect  to  the  purchase,
appropriation  or  condemnation  of  any  such  completed  or  partially
completed facility, as the case may be, shall be subject to the approval
of the state comptroller and (iv) transmission facilities shall  not  be

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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so acquired pursuant to this paragraph unless such acquisition is neces-
sary  to  assure  delivery  of power and energy produced by any acquired
generating facility. The authority is further authorized, to the  extent
it  deems  it necessary or desirable, to provide power and energy, as it
may determine it to be available, for the use by  the  Niagara  frontier
transportation  authority  or its subsidiary corporation.  The authority
is authorized to make energy efficiency services, clean energy technolo-
gies and, in the event that supplies of power and energy are  determined
to  be available from the competitive market for this purpose, power and
energy, available to  public  and  nonpublic  elementary  and  secondary
schools throughout the state.  THE AUTHORITY SHALL FURTHER PROVIDE POWER
AND  ENERGY TO VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE SERVICES AND RESCUE SQUADS THROUGHOUT
THE STATE.
  S 2. This act shall  take  effect  on  the  first  of  September  next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.