§ 1020-cc. Authority subject to certain provisions contained in the
state finance law, the public service law, the social services law and
the general municipal law. 1. All contracts of the authority shall be
subject to the provisions of the state finance law relating to contracts
made by the state. The authority shall also establish rules and
regulations with respect to providing to its residential gas, electric
and steam utility customers those rights and protections provided in
article two and sections one hundred seventeen and one hundred eighteen
of the public service law and section one hundred thirty-one-s of the
social services law. The authority shall conform to any safety standards
regarding manual lockable disconnect switches for solar electric
generating equipment established by the public service commission
pursuant to subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision five and
subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision five-a of section
sixty-six-j of the public service law. The authority shall let contracts
for construction or purchase of supplies, materials, or equipment
pursuant to section one hundred three and paragraph (e) of subdivision
four of section one hundred twenty-w of the general municipal law.

2. The authority and service provider shall provide to the state
comptroller on March thirty-first and September thirtieth of each year a
report documenting each contract in excess of two hundred fifty thousand
dollars per year entered into with a third party and related to
management and operation services associated with the authority's
electric transmission and distribution system, including the name of the
third party, the contract term and a description of services or goods to
be procured, and post such report on each of their websites. All
contracts entered into between the service provider and third parties
are not subject to the requirements of subdivision one of this section.