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Assembly Bill A7674

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Directs the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority to conduct an analysis of the potential impacts of participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative by out of state generators

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2013-A7674 (ACTIVE) - Details

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S4886
Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Energy

2013-A7674 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority to conduct an analysis of the potential impacts of participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative by out of state generators and also a cost benefit analysis of all of the programs associated with the program as it currently operates.

2013-A7674 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7674

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 30, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. SIMOTAS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Energy

AN ACT directing the New York  state  energy  research  and  development
  authority  to  conduct an analysis of the potential impacts of partic-
  ipation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas  Initiative  by  out  of  state
  generators

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

  Section 1. The New York state energy research and development authori-
ty shall, within ninety days of the effective date of this act, issue  a
request for proposals to conduct an analysis of the potential impacts of
participation  in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative by out of state
generators and also a cost benefit analysis of all of the programs asso-
ciated with the program as it currently operates.  Such  analysis  shall
include but not be limited to the following:
  1.  An  analysis  of  the feasibility and potential impacts, including
those on competitive markets and possible methodologies  that  could  be
employed  to  either require out of state generators who export power to
the state to participate in the auction  associated  with  the  Regional
Greenhouse  Gas  Initiative  or impose charges on such power, or utilize
other methods to ensure equitable  treatment  for  generators  operating
inside and outside the state; and
  2. An examination of the costs associated with the Regional Greenhouse
Gas Initiative, including a breakdown in the aggregate of the allowances
purchased organized by county of origin, as well as a specific breakdown
of the money spent from all of the programs associated with the Regional
Greenhouse  Gas  Initiative, including financial assistance provided and
projects constructed in each region since the inception of each program,
and a comprehensive analysis of jobs lost and gained as a result of  the
programs associated with the charges associated with the auction and the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10666-01-3

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