Assembly Bill A5822

2021-2022 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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2021-A5822 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
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
2015-2016: A3780
2017-2018: A5602
2019-2020: A4610
2023-2024: A2219

2021-A5822 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the power authority of the state of New York shall make low cost hydropower available to hospitals and municipal housing authorities located within Niagara County.

2021-A5822 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5822
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 25, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. MORINELLO, SAYEGH, DeSTEFANO, B. MILLER, NORRIS,
   SALKA, J. M. GIGLIO, TAGUE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DiPIETRO,
   MANKTELOW -- read once and referred to the Committee on Energy
 
 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.
              

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