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Assembly Bill A10530

2011-2012 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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2011-A10530 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7391
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Transportation Corporations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง11, Transp Corps L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
S1344

2011-A10530 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2011-A10530 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  10530

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 4, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Morelle,
  Gabryszak, Zebrowski,  Russell,  Ryan,  Brindisi)  --  read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Judiciary

AN  ACT  to amend the transportation corporation 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 corporation 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
  C. IS, ALONG WITH ANOTHER  PERSON,  UNDER  THE  CONTROL  OF  A  COMMON
PARENT.
  II.  "CONTROL"  MEANS  POSSESSION OF THE POWER TO DIRECT, OR CAUSE THE
DIRECTION OF, THE MANAGEMENT AND POLICIES OF ANOTHER PERSON.

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

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