New York A 40: Relates to the amount of St. Lawrence county economic development power that may be used by the New York Power Authority to generate net earnings

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A00040 Summary:

BILL NOA00040 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01357

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SPONSORGray

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COSPNSRBlankenbush, DeStefano

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1005, Pub Auth L; amd §197-a, Ec Dev L

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Relates to the amount of St. Lawrence county economic development power that may be used by the New York Power Authority to generate net earnings and authority-TMED contracts.

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BILL NOA00040 

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01/08/2025referred to energy

01/07/2026referred to energy

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 40

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. GRAY, BLANKENBUSH, DeSTEFANO -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Energy

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the amount of
 St. Lawrence county economic development power that may be used by the
 New York Power Authority to generate net earnings; and to amend the
 economic development law, in relation to authority-TMED contracts

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 24 of section 1005 of the
 2 public authorities law, as added by chapter 545 of the laws of 2014, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 (c) The authority shall establish an account to be known as the north-
 5 ern New York economic development fund, which shall consist solely of
 6 net earnings. The authority, as determined to be feasible and advisable
 7 by the trustees, shall deposit net earnings into the fund no less than
 8 quarterly, provided, however, that the amount of St. Lawrence county
 9 economic development power that may be used by the authority to generate
 10 net earnings shall not exceed the lesser of twenty megawatts or the
 11 amount of St. Lawrence county economic development power that has not
 12 been allocated by the authority under the authority-TMED contract for
 13 sub-allocations, [and provided further that beginning five years from
 14 the effective date of this subdivision, the amount of St. Lawrence coun-
 15 ty economic development power that may be used by the authority to
 16 generate net earnings shall not exceed the lesser of ten megawatts or
 17 the amount of St. Lawrence county economic development power that has
 18 not been allocated by the authority under the authority-TMED contract
 19 for sub-allocations] or directly allocated by the authority to one or
 20 more qualified applicants under the authority-TMED contract. At least
 21 fifteen percent of net earnings paid into the fund shall be dedicated to
 22 eligible projects which are energy-related projects, programs and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00054-01-5

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 1 services as such term is defined in subparagraph two of paragraph (b) of
 2 subdivision seventeen of this section. In addition to funding eligible
 3 projects, the authority may use northern New York economic development
 4 fund monies to cover reasonable costs and expenses of the authority
 5 related to the management and administration of the northern New York
 6 power proceeds allocation program created by article seven-A of the
 7 economic development law.
 8 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 197-a of the economic development law,
 9 as added by chapter 545 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as
 10 follows:
 11 2. "Authority-TMED contract" refers to a certain contract between the
 12 authority and the town of Massena electric department, entitled "Agree-
 13 ment Governing the Sale of St. Lawrence-FDR Project Power and Energy to
 14 the Town of Massena Electric Department for Economic Development
 15 Purposes," executed and dated by the authority on October eighteenth,
 16 two thousand twelve, and the associated authority service tariff issued
 17 and effective August twenty-first, two thousand twelve, and any exten-
 18 sion or successor tariff and contract, described as such in such exten-
 19 sion or successor tariff and contract, that expires on or before two
 20 thousand