New York A 4475: Establishes the power authority of the state of New York shall make low cost hydropower available to certain hospitals

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A04475 Summary:

BILL NOA04475 

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SAME ASSAME AS S02722

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SPONSORMorinello (MS)

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COSPNSRDeStefano, Miller

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MLTSPNSRDiPietro, Tague

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Amd §1005, Pub Auth L

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Establishes the power authority of the state of New York shall make low cost hydropower available to hospitals and municipal housing authorities located within Niagara County.

Go to top A04475 Actions:

BILL NOA04475 

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02/04/2025referred to energy

01/07/2026referred to energy

05/11/2026held for consideration in energy

Go to topA04475 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:ENERGY Chair:Barrett 
DATE:05/11/2026AYE/NAY:11/5 Action: Held for Consideration BarrettAyeGrayNay

SantabarbaraAyeBlankenbushNay

DilanExcusedManktelowNay

SternAyePirozzoloNay

AndersonAyeBolognaNay

RiveraAye

ConradAye

LucasAye

ShresthaAye

ClarkAye

DaisAye

JacobsonAye

Go to topA04475 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA04475 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4475

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. MORINELLO, DeSTEFANO, MILLER -- Multi-Sponsored
 by -- M. of A. DiPIETRO, TAGUE -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Energy

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to establishing
 the power authority of the state of New York shall make low cost
 hydropower available to certain hospitals

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

 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 13 of section 1005 of
 2 the public authorities law, as amended by chapter 645 of the laws of
 3 2006, is amended to read as follows:
 4 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary but subject
 5 to the terms and conditions of federal energy regulatory commission
 6 licenses, to allocate or reallocate directly or by sale for resale, two
 7 hundred fifty megawatts of firm Niagara project hydroelectric power as
 8 "expansion power" and four hundred forty-five megawatts of firm Niagara
 9 project hydroelectric power as "replacement power" to businesses within
 10 the state located within thirty miles of the Niagara project, and four
 11 hundred ninety megawatts of firm and interruptible power from the Saint
 12 Lawrence-FDR project as "preservation power" sold to businesses located
 13 within the counties of Jefferson, Saint Lawrence and Franklin, provided
 14 that the amount of expansion power allocated to businesses in Chautauqua
 15 county on January first, nineteen hundred eighty-seven shall continue to
 16 be allocated in such county and, provided further that up to seventy
 17 megawatts of replacement power, up to thirty-eight and six-tenths mega-
 18 watts of preservation power from the Saint Lawrence-FDR project which is
 19 relinquished or withdrawn after the effective date of chapter three
 20 hundred thirteen of the laws of two thousand five which amended this
 21 subdivision and, for the period ending on December thirty-first, two
 22 thousand six, up to twenty megawatts of other power from the Saint
 23 Lawrence-FDR project which is unallocated as of the effective date of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01202-01-5

 A. 4475 2

 1 chapter three hundred thirteen of the laws of two thousand five which
 2 amended this subdivision, shall be allocated by the authority together
 3 with such other funds of the authority as the trustees deem feasible and
 4 advisable for energy cost savings benefits pursuant to the twelfth
 5 undesignated paragraph of this section and, provided further that low
 6 cost hydropower be made available to hospitals and municipal housing
 7 authorities that are located in the county of Niagara. Provided, howev-
 8 er, that the amount of replacement, preservation power, or the addi-
 9 tional twenty megawatts of Saint Lawrence-FDR power for the period
 10 ending December thirty-first, two thousand six made available for such
 11 purpose, used for energy cost savings benefits that are relinquished by
 12 or withdrawn from a recipient thereof shall be offered by the authority
 13 proportionately for a period of six months for reall