Assembly Bill A6530

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Improves public service commission oversight of the Long Island power authority; repealer

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2025-A6530 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §3-b, amd §§5 & 18-a, Pub Serv L; amd §7208, Ed L; amd §94-a, Exec L; amd §§1020-f & 1020-s, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A10165

2025-A6530 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Improves public service commission oversight of the Long Island power authority.

2025-A6530 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   6530
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 5, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, the education law, the executive
   law  and  the  public authorities law, in relation to improving public
   service commission oversight of the Long Island power  authority;  and
   to repeal certain provisions of the public service law relating there-
   to
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3-b of the public service law is REPEALED.
   § 2. Section 5 of the public service law is amended by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7. A. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION:
   I. "AUTHORITY" MEANS THE LONG ISLAND POWER AUTHORITY.
   II.  "SERVICE  PROVIDER"  MEANS  THE  ENTITY  UNDER  CONTRACT WITH THE
 AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION SERVICES  ASSOCIATED  WITH
 THE  AUTHORITY'S  ELECTRIC  TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND ANY
 SUBSIDIARY OF SUCH ENTITY THAT PROVIDES SUCH  SERVICES  UNDER  CONTRACT.
 HOWEVER,  THE SERVICE PROVIDER AND ANY AFFILIATE OF THE SERVICE PROVIDER
 WITH WHOM  THE  AUTHORITY  OR  SERVICE  PROVIDER  CONTRACTS  TO  PROVIDE
 SERVICES  ASSOCIATED  WITH  THE  AUTHORITY'S  ELECTRIC  TRANSMISSION AND
 DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM SHALL NOT  BE  CONSIDERED  AN  ELECTRIC  CORPORATION
 UNDER THIS CHAPTER.
   III. "OPERATIONS SERVICES AGREEMENT" MEANS AN AGREEMENT AND ANY AMEND-
 MENTS  THERETO  BETWEEN THE LONG ISLAND LIGHTING COMPANY DBA LIPA OR THE
 LONG ISLAND POWER AUTHORITY AND THE SERVICE PROVIDER TO PROVIDE  MANAGE-
 MENT  AND  OPERATION  SERVICES  ASSOCIATED WITH THE AUTHORITY'S ELECTRIC
 TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.
   B. I. IN UNDERTAKING THE REQUIREMENTS  OF  THIS  SECTION,  SUBJECT  TO
 SUBDIVISIONS  (U) AND (BB) THROUGH (HH) OF SECTION ONE THOUSAND TWENTY-F
 OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW, THE DEPARTMENT  SHALL  BE  EMPOWERED  AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10233-01-5
              

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