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                                   2650
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 20, 2017
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. DINOWITZ, COOK, ORTIZ, STECK, ZEBROWSKI, GOTT-
   FRIED, COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BLAKE -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Energy
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to limiting authori-
   ty for retail wheeling or delivery of natural gas not  purchased  from
   the  electric  or  gas  corporation  delivering  it to non-residential
   customers
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision 12-b of section 66 of the
 public service law, as added by chapter 626 of  the  laws  of  1983,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (b) The commission may also authorize utility corporations to contract
 with  existing  or  prospective  industrial  and commercial customers to
 wheel or deliver electricity or gas purchased directly by  such  custom-
 ers,  provided  that  the commission finds that such arrangements are in
 the overall best interest of the rate payers  of  the  corporation,  and
 that  the rates and fees for the services provided adequately compensate
 the corporation for the use of its facilities, AND FURTHER PROVIDED THAT
 SUCH WHEELING OR DELIVERY OF ELECTRICITY OR NATURAL GAS  TO  RESIDENTIAL
 CUSTOMERS SHALL NOT BE ALLOWED.
   §  2.  Section 66-d of the public service law, as added by chapter 519
 of the laws of 1984, subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 790 of the laws
 of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
   § 66-d. Contract  carrier  authorization.  1.  For  purposes  of  this
 section  the term natural gas shall mean natural gas produced within the
 state or transported within the  state  no  matter  where  produced  for
 consumption in the state BY NON-RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS.
   2.  The  commission,  upon its own initiative or upon application by a
 natural gas producer or a NON-RESIDENTIAL consumer of natural gas in any
 year and after notice and hearing shall, upon such terms and subject  to
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 such  conditions  as  the commission considers just and reasonable, have
 the authority to order any gas corporation to transport or contract with
 others to transport gas under contract for  sale  by  such  producer  or
 owned  by  such  NON-RESIDENTIAL  consumer provided that, the commission
 finds that the gas corporation has available  capacity,  that  no  undue
 burden  shall  be  placed upon the gas corporation or its ratepayers and
 that the ability of the gas corporation to render  adequate  service  to
 its customers is not impaired.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.