NY State Senate Bill 2017-S8368

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 07, 2018	reported and committed to rules
May 03, 2018	referred to energy and telecommunications

Votes

- Jun 6, 2018 - Energy And Telecommunications Committee Vote
  S8368
  
  10
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Energy And Telecommunications Committee Vote: Jun 6, 2018
      
      aye (10)
      
      Comrie
      
      Dilan
      
      Griffo
      
      Kennedy
      
      Little
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Ritchie
      
      excused (1)
      
      Croci

2017-S8368 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Economic Development Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §188-a, Ec Dev L

2017-S8368 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to recharge New York power; authorizes a recipient to elect to reduce the recharge New York power allocation.

2017-S8368 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S8368       REVISED MEMO 05/04/2018

SPONSOR: GRIFFO
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the economic development law, in
relation to recharge New York power

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this bill is to increase the effectiveness of the
ReCharge New York Program. The ReCharge New York program provides New
York businesses the ability to buy low-cost power and spend the savings
on retaining and creating jobs. ReCharge New York allocates discount
power to companies across the State, an incentive that is proven to keep
companies and jobs in the State.

Due to market conditions, growing mission, and new mandates the low-cost
power provided by the ReCharge New York Program may not be less expen-
sive than market power. This legislation would increase the value of the
current program.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 and 2 of the bill would amend § 188-a of the economic develop-
ment law to provide that the price of ReCharge New York market power
shall be no less than eight percent lower than the utility default rate
for electricity provided to similarly-situated customers, and provided
further when NYPA bills under this program, the full allocation of
ReCharge New York hydropower shall be billed first before any ReCharge
New York market power or supplementary market power required by the
customer is billed.

Section 3 of the bill would amend § 188-a (c)(7) of the economic devel-
opment law to provide explicitly that ReCharge New York power allocation
has the authority to recommend an allocation greater than ten megawatts.

Section 4 provides an immediate effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Awardees of NYPA ReCharge Power have an option to accept and purchase
ReCharge Market Power from NYPA. ReCharge Market power is purchased on
the open market. Eligible ReCharge applicants often wave a ReCharge
Market power allocation because the product is not competitive. This
legislation would challenge NYPA to provide power at less than the util-
ity default service which is a justifiable goal for NYPA.

In any month a recipient of ReCharge Hydropower does not consume as much
power as projected, the recipient must reduce their Hydropower allo-
cation proportional with any load reduction. NYPA currently only
provides a ReCharge Customer an allocation of ReCharge New York Hydro-
power of between 5 to 25% of the facilities load.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Legislation.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

The bill would have no impact on the State budget.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediate.

2017-S8368 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8368
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 3, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the economic development law, in relation to recharge
   New York power
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Paragraph  8  of  subdivision (a) of section 188-a of the
 economic development law, as added by section 2 of part CC of chapter 60
 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   (8) "Recharge New York power" shall mean and consist of equal  amounts
 of  (i)  four  hundred  fifty-five megawatts of firm hydroelectric power
 from the Niagara and Saint Lawrence hydroelectric projects to  be  with-
 drawn  from  utility  corporations  that, prior to the effective date of
 this section, purchased such power for the benefit of their domestic and
 rural  consumers  ("recharge  New  York  hydropower"),  and  (ii)  power
 procured  by  the  authority  through a competitive procurement process,
 authority sources (other than the Niagara and Saint  Lawrence  projects)
 or  through  an  alternate  method  ("recharge  New York market power");
 provided, however, that if such recharge New  York  market  power  comes
 from  authority  sources,  the  use  of  that power shall not reduce the
 availability of, or cause an increase in the price of, power provided by
 the authority for any other program authorized in this article or pursu-
 ant to any other  statute;  PROVIDED,  FURTHER,  HOWEVER  THAT  IF  SUCH
 RECHARGE  NEW YORK MARKET POWER COMES FROM AUTHORITY SOURCES, THE USE OF
 THAT POWER SHALL BE AT LEAST EIGHT PERCENT LESS THAN DEFAULT SERVICE.
   § 2. Paragraph 3 of subdivision (c) of section 188-a of  the  economic
 development  law,  as added by section 2 of part CC of chapter 60 of the
 laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   (3) The board's  recommendation  shall  require  that  if  the  actual
 metered  load  at  the facility where the allocation is utilized is less
 than the  allocation,  such  allocation  will  be  reduced  accordingly,
 provided  that,  THE RECIPIENT MAY ELECT TO REDUCE THE RECHARGE NEW YORK
 MARKET POWER ALLOCATION FIRST, AND  PROVIDED  FURTHER  THAT,  under  its
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15087-01-8

 S. 8368                             2
 
 contract  with  the authority, the recipient shall be afforded a reason-
 able period within which to fully utilize the  allocation,  taking  into
 account  construction  schedules  and economic conditions. The authority
 shall  reallocate  any  withdrawn or relinquished power for the recharge
 New York power program consistent with paragraph four of  this  subdivi-
 sion.
   §  3.  Paragraph 7 of subdivision (c) of section 188-a of the economic
 development law, as added by section 2 of part CC of chapter 60  of  the
 laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   (7)  The  board shall not recommend a total of recharge New York power
 allocations in excess of nine hundred  ten  megawatts  EXCEPT  UPON  THE
 UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Senate Bill S8368

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

Jun 6, 2018 - Energy And Telecommunications Committee Vote

Energy And Telecommunications Committee Vote: Jun 6, 2018

2017-S8368 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S8368 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S8368 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8368 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Joseph A. Griffo

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

2017-S8368 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S8368 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S8368 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8368 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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