Bill Text: NY S00506 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that certain electric generating facilities operating within five hundred feet of a residence shall not be permitted to operate unless the demand for electrical capacity exceeds the daily forecast for the city of New York as determined by the public service commission the day prior to such operation; requires the shut down of certain facilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S00506 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S00506-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          506
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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 service law, in relation to electrical gener-
         ating facilities
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 66 of the public service law is amended by adding a
    2  new subdivision 29 to read as follows:
    3    29. (A) THE COMMISSION SHALL REQUIRE THAT  ANY  ELECTRICAL  GENERATING
    4  FACILITY  LOCATED  WITHIN  THE  CITY  OF  NEW YORK, THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED
    5  BETWEEN JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ONE AND DECEMBER  THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO
    6  THOUSAND ONE AND THAT LIES WITHIN FIVE HUNDRED FEET OF A RESIDENCE SHALL
    7  NOT  BE  PERMITTED  TO OPERATE OR GENERATE ELECTRICITY UNLESS THE DEMAND
    8  FOR ELECTRICAL CAPACITY EXCEEDS THE DAILY FORECAST FOR THE CITY  OF  NEW
    9  YORK AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSION THE DAY BEFORE THE DAY OF USAGE.
   10    (B) THE COMMISSION SHALL REQUIRE THAT THE POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE
   11  OF  NEW YORK PRODUCE A PLAN WITHIN SIX MONTHS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
   12  THIS SUBDIVISION TO CEASE OPERATION OF ANY ELECTRICAL GENERATING FACILI-
   13  TY LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF NEW YORK,  THAT  WAS  CONSTRUCTED  BETWEEN
   14  JANUARY  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ONE AND DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
   15  ONE, AND THAT IS LOCATED WITHIN FIVE HUNDRED FEET  OF  A  RESIDENCE,  BY
   16  DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN.
   17    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
   18  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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