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Assembly Bill A7685

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits the authority from contracting or purchasing energy when such energy electric transmission line interconnects to a location outside of the United States

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2017-A7685 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5126
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1005, Pub Auth L

2017-A7685 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the authority from contracting or purchasing energy or environmental attributes when such energy is transmitted over an electric transmission line that interconnects a location outside of the United States when the transmission does not provide access to electric generating facilities within the state.

2017-A7685 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7685
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PAULIN,  WALKER, D'URSO, GUNTHER, GOTTFRIED,
   ORTIZ, MURRAY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, SIMON, THIELE --
   read once and referred to the Committee on  Corporations,  Authorities
   and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the authority
   to contract for energy

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1005 of the public authorities law  is  amended  by
 adding a new closing paragraph to read as follows:
   NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY LAW, RULE, REGULATION, POLICY, ORDER OR EXECUTIVE
 ACTION TO THE CONTRARY, THE AUTHORITY SHALL NOT CONTRACT FOR  OR  OTHER-
 WISE  PURCHASE  OR  ACQUIRE POWER OR ENERGY, OR ASSOCIATED ENVIRONMENTAL
 ATTRIBUTES, FROM  ANY  INDIVIDUAL,  TRUSTEE,  PARTNERSHIP,  ASSOCIATION,
 CORPORATION, COMPANY, MUNICIPALITY, POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR OTHER LEGAL
 ENTITY IF SUCH ENERGY IS TRANSMITTED OVER AN ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINE,
 INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO  A HIGH VOLTAGE DIRECT CURRENT ELECTRIC
 TRANSMISSION LINE, THAT ENTERS COMMERCIAL OPERATION AFTER THE  EFFECTIVE
 DATE  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH  AND THAT INTERCONNECTS A LOCATION OUTSIDE THE
 TERRITORIAL LIMITS OF THE UNITED STATES TO A LOCATION WITHIN  THE  STATE
 AND  SUCH  TRANSMISSION LINE DOES NOT PROVIDE ACCESS WITHIN THE STATE TO
 ELECTRIC GENERATING FACILITIES LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE TO TRANSMIT SUCH
 POWER OR ENERGY TO A LOCATION WITHIN THE STATE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10437-01-7

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