Senate Bill S3575

                            
 
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                                   3575
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 11, 2019
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 directing the
   New  York state energy research and development authority to conduct a
   study related to a comprehensive energy plan for the downstate  region
   of the state
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public authorities law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 1855-a to read as follows:
   §  1855-A.  COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY MANAGEMENT PLAN.  1. THE AUTHORITY IS
 HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED  TO  CONDUCT  A  COMPREHENSIVE  STUDY  TO
 ANALYZE  THE  ELECTRICITY AND STEAM CAPACITY AND POWER DISTRIBUTION GRID
 CONDITIONS IN THE DOWNSTATE REGION OF THE STATE.  FOR PURPOSES  OF  THIS
 SECTION,  "DOWNSTATE"  SHALL  BE DEFINED AS THAT REGION LOCATED SOUTH OF
 THE MILLWOOD - SOUTH TRANSMISSION INTERFACE.  SUCH STUDY SHALL  INCLUDE,
 BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (A)  AN  ANALYSIS OF PROJECTED POWER NEEDS AND AN ASSESSMENT OF EXIST-
 ING:
   (I) GENERATING FACILITIES WITH A CAPACITY OF TWENTY MEGAWATTS OR MORE;
   (II) POWER GRID CAPACITY AND LOAD POCKETS;
   (III) NATURAL GAS AND OTHER FUEL SOURCE CAPACITY;
   (IV) SUBSTATION TRANSFORMERS; AND
   (V) EMERGENCY GENERATORS;
   (B) AN ANALYSIS OF FUTURE POWER NEEDS;
   (C) AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF GENERATING FACILITIES WITH A CAPAC-
 ITY OF TWENTY MEGAWATTS OR MORE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
   (I) EMISSIONS;
   (II) WATER IMPACTS;
   (III) LAND USE IMPACTS;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   (IV) TRAFFIC IMPACTS; AND
   (V) NOISE IMPACTS;
   (D) THE IDENTIFICATION OF AREAS OF OVERSATURATION OF POWER FACILITIES;
 AND
   (E) AN ASSESSMENT OF ALTERNATIVES, SUCH AS:
   (I) ENERGY EFFICIENCY;
   (II) LOAD CURTAILMENT;
   (III) CLEAN DISTRIBUTED GENERATION; AND
   (IV) CO-GENERATION.
   2.  THE  AUTHORITY  SHALL SUBMIT A COPY OF SUCH STUDY TO THE GOVERNOR,
 THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY,  THE
 CHAIRPERSON  OF  THE  SENATE ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE AND
 THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE ASSEMBLY ENERGY COMMITTEE NO LATER  THAN  JANUARY
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY.
   3.  UPON COMPLETION OF THE STUDY CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE
 OF THIS SECTION, THE AUTHORITY SHALL DEVELOP  AN  OVERALL  COMPREHENSIVE
 ENERGY  MANAGEMENT PLAN.   SUCH PLAN SHALL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE RESULTS
 AND FINDINGS OF SUCH STUDY, AND SHALL INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE  LIMITED
 TO THE FOLLOWING:
   (A) AN OUTLINE OF GUIDELINES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR SITING POWER PLANTS;
   (B)  THE  RESEARCH OF POTENTIAL SITES FOR FUTURE POWER PLANT LOCATIONS
 THAT MEET THE GUIDELINES AND REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO  PARA-
 GRAPH  (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND ARE NOT LOCATED IN AREAS OF OVERSATU-
 RATION;
   (C) AN IDENTIFICATION OF EXISTING PLANTS THAT SHOULD BE  TARGETED  FOR
 RE-POWERING WITH MORE EFFICIENT GENERATORS; AND
   (D) A REQUIREMENT THAT AT LEAST TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS BE HELD WITHIN THE
 DOWNSTATE  REGION  DESCRIBED  IN  SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION WITHIN
 SIXTY DAYS OF THE PUBLICATION  OF  SUCH  MANAGEMENT  PLAN,  AND  PROVIDE
 ADEQUATE OPPORTUNITY FOR WRITTEN TESTIMONY REGARDING SUCH PLAN.
   4.  THE  AUTHORITY  SHALL SUBMIT A COPY OF SUCH MANAGEMENT PLAN TO THE
 GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE  SENATE,  THE  SPEAKER  OF  THE
 ASSEMBLY,  THE  CHAIRPERSON  OF THE SENATE ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
 COMMITTEE AND THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE ASSEMBLY ENERGY COMMITTEE NO  LATER
 THAN SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.