Senate Bill S4414A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Establishes the power authority of the state of New York shall make low cost hydropower available to certain hospitals

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S4414 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3780
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1005, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A925
2011-2012: A5134
2013-2014: A4130
2017-2018: S691, A5602
2019-2020: S5176, A4610
2021-2022: S3652, A5822
2023-2024: S1311, A2219

2015-S4414 - Summary

Establishes the power authority of the state of New York shall make low cost hydropower available to hospitals located within the counties of Niagara and Orleans.

2015-S4414 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S4414 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  4414

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 19, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  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 establishing
  the power authority of the state of  New  York  shall  make  low  cost
  hydropower available to certain hospitals

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

  Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 13 of section 1005  of
the  public  authorities  law,  as amended by chapter 645 of the laws of
2006, is amended to read as follows:
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary but subject
to the terms and conditions  of  federal  energy  regulatory  commission
licenses,  to allocate or reallocate directly or by sale for resale, two
hundred fifty megawatts of firm Niagara project hydroelectric  power  as
"expansion  power" and four hundred forty-five megawatts of firm Niagara
project hydroelectric power as "replacement power" to businesses  within
the  state  located within thirty miles of the Niagara project, and four
hundred ninety megawatts of firm and interruptible power from the  Saint
Lawrence-FDR  project as "preservation power" sold to businesses located
within the counties of Jefferson, Saint Lawrence and Franklin,  provided
that the amount of expansion power allocated to businesses in Chautauqua
county on January first, nineteen hundred eighty-seven shall continue to
be  allocated  in  such  county and, provided further that up to seventy
megawatts of replacement power, up to thirty-eight and six-tenths  mega-
watts of preservation power from the Saint Lawrence-FDR project which is
relinquished  or  withdrawn  after  the  effective date of chapter three
hundred thirteen of the laws of two thousand  five  which  amended  this
subdivision  and,  for  the  period ending on December thirty-first, two
thousand six, up to twenty megawatts  of  other  power  from  the  Saint
Lawrence-FDR  project  which  is unallocated as of the effective date of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07140-01-5
              

2015-S4414A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3780
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1005, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A925
2011-2012: A5134
2013-2014: A4130
2017-2018: S691, A5602
2019-2020: S5176, A4610
2021-2022: S3652, A5822
2023-2024: S1311, A2219

2015-S4414A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the power authority of the state of New York shall make low cost hydropower available to hospitals located within the counties of Niagara and Orleans.

2015-S4414A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S4414A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 4414--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 19, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
  cations  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
  amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to  establishing
  the  power  authority  of  the  state  of New York shall make low cost
  hydropower available to certain hospitals

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

  Section  1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 13 of section 1005 of
the public authorities law, as amended by chapter 645  of  the  laws  of
2006, is amended to read as follows:
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary but subject
to  the  terms  and  conditions  of federal energy regulatory commission
licenses, to allocate or reallocate directly or by sale for resale,  two
hundred  fifty  megawatts of firm Niagara project hydroelectric power as
"expansion power" and four hundred forty-five megawatts of firm  Niagara
project  hydroelectric power as "replacement power" to businesses within
the state located within thirty miles of the Niagara project,  and  four
hundred  ninety megawatts of firm and interruptible power from the Saint
Lawrence-FDR project as "preservation power" sold to businesses  located
within  the counties of Jefferson, Saint Lawrence and Franklin, provided
that the amount of expansion power allocated to businesses in Chautauqua
county on January first, nineteen hundred eighty-seven shall continue to
be allocated in such county and, provided further  that  up  to  seventy
megawatts  of replacement power, up to thirty-eight and six-tenths mega-
watts of preservation power from the Saint Lawrence-FDR project which is
relinquished or withdrawn after the  effective  date  of  chapter  three
hundred  thirteen  of  the  laws of two thousand five which amended this
subdivision and, for the period ending  on  December  thirty-first,  two
thousand  six,  up  to  twenty  megawatts  of other power from the Saint

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07140-02-5
              

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