Bill Text: NY S05406 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Directs the New York state power authority to issue requests for proposals on certain gas turbine generators installed in and around the New York metropolitan area.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS [S05406 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S05406-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        5406--A
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 18, 2011
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       Introduced by Sens. GOLDEN, LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and
         when printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations, Author-
         ities  and  Commissions -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
         reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT directing the power authority of the state of New York to release
         requests for proposals  on  certain  natural  gas  powered  generating
         facilities in and around New York city
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. (a) The power authority of the state of New York ("authori-
    2  ty") shall within 90 days of the effective date of  this  act,  issue  a
    3  request  for the proposals to purchase from the authority one or more of
    4  the ten gas turbine electric  generating  facilities  with  a  nameplate
    5  capacity  of  less  than 80 megawatts each, owned by the authority as of
    6  the effective date of this act and located in and around the city of New
    7  York. Such request for proposals to sell such generators  shall  be  put
    8  out  for  bid  for  a maximum of 90 days and shall include the following
    9  sites and generating facilities:
   10    (1) Two units at Harlem river yard plant, located in the Harlem  River
   11  Yards, at E. 132nd street, Bronx, New York 10454;
   12    (2)  Two  units  at  Vernon  Boulevard, located at 41-98, 42-02, 42-16
   13  Vernon boulevard, Long Island City, Queens, New York 11101;
   14    (3) Two units at the Hell Gate plant, located  at  Locust  Avenue,  E.
   15  132nd street to E. 134th street, Bronx, New York 10454;
   16    (4)  Two  units  at  the  Windsor  Terrace power plant, located at 3rd
   17  avenue and 23rd street, Brooklyn, New York 11232;
   18    (5) One unit at Pouch terminal; located at 1 Edgewater street,  Staten
   19  Island, New York 10305; and
   20    (6)  One unit at North First avenue and River street, located at 47-79
   21  River street, Brooklyn, New York 11211.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11722-02-1
       S. 5406--A                          2
    1    (b) The authority shall issue such requests to determine, among  other
    2  things  the  likely value to New York state for the sale of such genera-
    3  tors. The authority shall, within 30 days of the end of the solicitation
    4  period, report on the range of  solicited  bids  to  the  governor,  the
    5  temporary  president  of  the  senate  and  the speaker of the assembly,
    6  subject to all appropriate and applicable  confidentiality  requirements
    7  with respect to individual bids and information contained therein.
    8    (c)  The  authority, as its trustees deem feasible and in the interest
    9  of the authority and the citizens of the state of  New  York,  shall  be
   10  authorized  to  permit  the  sale of one or more of the turbine electric
   11  facilities listed in subdivision (a) of this section. Revenues collected
   12  from such sale or sales shall be used to  encourage  alternative  energy
   13  generation,  transmission  and delivery, including ultra-high efficiency
   14  cogeneration or tri-generation plants, within a city of one  million  or
   15  more  in  the  state of New York.  Furthermore, the authority shall only
   16  authorize such alternative  energy  projects  following  a  request  for
   17  proposals  to select qualified private entities for public private part-
   18  nership ventures consistent with the stated goal of the  updated  PlaNYC
   19  2030  to ensure that future New Yorkers have access to clean, affordable
   20  and reliable power, through the  encouragement  of  a  more  diversified
   21  portfolio of private sector-driven supply and transmission investments.
   22    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.