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                                 2006--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 13, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on  Corporations,  Authorities  and  Commissions -- recommitted to the
  Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions  in  accordance
  with  Assembly  Rule  3, sec. 2 -- 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:

  Section 1. (a) The power authority of the state of New York ("authori-
ty") shall within 90 days of the effective date of  this  act,  issue  a
request  for the proposals to purchase from the authority one or more of
the ten gas turbine electric  generating  facilities  with  a  nameplate
capacity  of  less  than 80 megawatts each, owned by the authority as of
the effective date of this act and located in and around the city of New
York. Such request for proposals to sell such generators  shall  be  put
out  for  bid  for  a maximum of 90 days and shall include the following
sites and generating facilities:
  (1) Two units at Harlem river yard plant, located in the Harlem  River
Yards, at E. 132nd street, Bronx, New York 10454;
  (2)  Two  units  at  Vernon  Boulevard, located at 41-98, 42-02, 42-16
Vernon boulevard, Long Island City, Queens, New York 11101;
  (3) Two units at the Hell Gate plant, located  at  Locust  Avenue,  E.
132nd street to E. 134th street, Bronx, New York 10454;
  (4)  Two  units  at  the  Windsor  Terrace power plant, located at 3rd
avenue and 23rd street, Brooklyn, New York 11232;
  (5) One unit at Pouch terminal; located at 1 Edgewater street,  Staten
Island, New York 10305; and
  (6)  One unit at North First avenue and River street, located at 47-79
River street, Brooklyn, New York 11211.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  (b) The authority shall issue such requests to determine, among  other
things  the  likely value to New York state for the sale of such genera-
tors. The authority shall, within 30 days of the end of the solicitation
period, report on the range of  solicited  bids  to  the  governor,  the
temporary  president  of  the  senate  and  the speaker of the assembly,
subject to all appropriate and applicable  confidentiality  requirements
with respect to individual bids and information contained therein.
  (c)  The  authority, as its trustees deem feasible and in the interest
of the authority and the citizens of the state of  New  York,  shall  be
authorized  to  permit  the  sale of one or more of the turbine electric
facilities listed in subdivision (a) of this section. Revenues collected
from such sale or sales shall be placed in a dedicated  account  in  the
custody  of  the  authority  and  used  to  reduce electricity costs for
private primary and secondary schools in the  state  of  New  York.  The
authority  shall,  as  deemed  feasible  and  advisable by the trustees,
create and implement programs to promote energy efficiency, the  instal-
lation of renewable or clean energy technologies, and to aggregate ener-
gy  purchases  for  such  private  primary  and secondary schools. As it
relates to renewable or clean energy projects  only  those  technologies
eligible  for  net  metering  under  section  66-j or 66-l of the public
service law shall qualify.
  S 2. In order to measure the effectiveness  of  the  programs  created
pursuant  to  this  act,  the  authority shall issue a report on July 1,
2018, and every other year from that date  forward.  Such  report  shall
contain information on each program created and shall measure energy and
monetary  savings  achieved by each private primary or secondary school,
as well as full accounting of  the  funds  remaining  in  the  dedicated
account.  A copy of the report shall be provided to the temporary presi-
dent of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chair of the senate
energy and telecommunications committee, the chair of the assembly ener-
gy committee and also published on the authority's website.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.