What's happening
This bill prohibits the Long Island Power Authority from contracting with service providers or affiliates that own competing electric generation.
Why it matters
Reduces potential conflicts of interest. By barring service providers (and their affiliates) who own competing electric generation from managing LIPA’s power supply, the bill aims to prevent situations where a provider might favor its own generation assets, ensuring decisions are made in LIPA’s best interest.
May improve market fairness and transparency. The restriction could encourage a more competitive and transparent marketplace for electric generation on Long Island by separating the roles of those who generate power from those who manage LIPA’s power supply and planning.
Could impact contract options and costs. Limiting eligible service providers might reduce the pool of qualified candidates LIPA can contract with, which could affect the cost or quality of management services—potentially leading to both positive and negative consequences for ratepayers.
Strengthens local oversight of power supply decisions. The bill gives LIPA greater control over who manages its power supply and planning, which could allow for more independent and objective resource planning and procurement strategies.
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Who cares
Long Island Power Authority
The bill would bar LIPA from authorizing its service provider to perform power supply management, electric resource planning or related services if the provider or an affiliate owns competing electric generation.
LIPA’s service provider and its affiliates
Their ownership of generation that competes directly or indirectly with generation in LIPA’s service area would disqualify the provider from performing the covered services.
Electric generators in LIPA’s service area
The bill would prevent a service provider with ownership ties to competing generation from managing LIPA’s power supply or electric resource planning.
Headline styles
Ban Conflicted Power Suppliers
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Sponsors
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
- Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
8867
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
December 22, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, MURRAY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the Long Island power authority and power supply management services
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 1020-f of the public authorities law, as added by chapter 517 of the laws of 1986, is amended by adding a new subdivision (ii) to read as follows:
(ii) Power supply management services. The authority shall not authorize the service provider to perform any power supply management services, electric resource planning services or related services for the authority if the service provider or any of its affiliates owns any electric generation that competes, directly or indirectly, with generation located in the authority's service area, including, but not limited to, generation that sells, directly or indirectly, electricity into the authority's service area.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13817-01-7
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