S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        3542--A
           Cal. No. 189
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 12, 2015
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       Introduced  by Sens. GRIFFO, AMEDORE, CROCI, FUNKE, PARKER -- read twice
         and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
         on Energy and  Telecommunications  --  reported  favorably  from  said
         committee,  ordered  to  first  and  second report, ordered to a third
         reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining  its  place  in  the
         order of third reading
       AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to the public avail-
         ability of certain competitive requests for proposals
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a  new  section
    2  27 to read as follows:
    3    S   27.  PUBLIC  AVAILABILITY  OF  CERTAIN  COMPETITIVE  REQUESTS  FOR
    4  PROPOSALS.   ANY COMPETITIVE REQUESTS  FOR  PROPOSALS  RELATING  TO  THE
    5  GENERATION  OF ELECTRICITY, INITIATED AS PART OF A PROCEEDING BEFORE THE
    6  COMMISSION AND ISSUED BY ANY ELECTRIC CORPORATION HAVING A RETAIL  FRAN-
    7  CHISE  SERVICE  TERRITORY  IN  THE STATE, SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE
    8  DEPARTMENT AND FILED IN  THE  PROCEEDING  TO  WHICH  SUCH  REQUESTS  FOR
    9  PROPOSALS  PERTAIN  ACCORDING  TO  THE  DEPARTMENT'S REGULATIONS FOR THE
   10  FILING OF DOCUMENTS WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S SECRETARY.
   11    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09188-02-5