§ 21-f. Operating assistance for certain public utility services. Each
city having a population of one million or more shall be authorized to
make an appropriation, notwithstanding any provision of general, special
or local law to the contrary, to a public utility service operated by
such city in accordance with a local law adopted pursuant to article
fourteen-A of the general municipal law for the purpose of reducing the
rates charged for the electricity sold and billed by such public utility
service to non-residential energy users, without the billing services of
a utility, so as to enable such public utility service to reduce its
rates and charges in a proportion substantially equivalent to reductions
effected by rebates made to non-residential energy users in accordance
with a local law adopted pursuant to authorization contained in article
two-G of this chapter. Any funds so appropriated shall be used by such
public utility service to effect a reduction of rates and charges of
such public utility service in the manner hereinabove described. For
purposes of this section the terms "non-residential energy user",
"rebate" and "utility" shall have the meanings ascribed by article two-G
of this chapter.