S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4562
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 27, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
         and Commissions
       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.
   22    (b)  The authority shall issue such requests to determine, among other
   23  things the likely value to New York state for the sale of  such  genera-
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  tors. The authority shall, within 30 days of the end of the solicitation
    2  period,  report  on  the  range  of  solicited bids to the governor, the
    3  temporary president of the senate  and  the  speaker  of  the  assembly,
    4  subject  to  all appropriate and applicable confidentiality requirements
    5  with respect to individual bids and information contained therein.
    6    (c) The authority, as its trustees deem feasible and in  the  interest
    7  of  the  authority  and  the citizens of the state of New York, shall be
    8  authorized to permit the sale of one or more  of  the  turbine  electric
    9  facilities listed in subdivision (a) of this section. Revenues collected
   10  from  such  sale  or sales shall be placed in a dedicated account in the
   11  custody of the authority  and  used  to  reduce  electricity  costs  for
   12  private  primary  and  secondary  schools  in the state of New York. The
   13  authority shall, as deemed  feasible  and  advisable  by  the  trustees,
   14  create  and implement programs to promote energy efficiency, the instal-
   15  lation of renewable or clean energy technologies, and to aggregate ener-
   16  gy purchases for such private  primary  and  secondary  schools.  As  it
   17  relates  to  renewable  or clean energy projects only those technologies
   18  eligible for net metering under section  66-j  or  66-l  of  the  public
   19  service law shall qualify.
   20    S  2.  In  order  to measure the effectiveness of the programs created
   21  pursuant to this act, the authority shall issue  a  report  on  July  1,
   22  2017,  and  every  other  year from that date forward. Such report shall
   23  contain information on each program created and shall measure energy and
   24  monetary savings achieved by each private primary or  secondary  school,
   25  as  well  as  full  accounting  of  the funds remaining in the dedicated
   26  account. A copy of the report shall be provided to the temporary  presi-
   27  dent of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chair of the senate
   28  energy and telecommunications committee, the chair of the assembly ener-
   29  gy committee and also published on the authority's website.
   30    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.