Senator Charles Schumer's proposed legislation to hamstring the proper functioning of New York's energy markets undermines current and future investment in the State and jeopardizes system reliability. The Senator is wrongly attempting to defund the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) oversight of the State's Lower Hudson Valley capacity zone, which was appropriately adopted to ensure adequate generating resources are available to provide energy to the part of the State with the highest energy demands.

A.10087 (Rules; Ryan) / S.7489-A (Young) - AN ACT to authorize an easement on a portion of real property within the Boutwell Hill state forest in the county of Chautauqua for the location of electric collection or distribution facilities in connection with a wind powered electric generation project located in the towns of Charlotte and/or Cherry Creek The Independent Power Producers of New York, Inc. (IPPNY) is a trade association representing companies involved in the development of electric generating facilities, the generation, sale, and marketing of electric power, and the development of natural gas facilities in the State of New York. IPPNY represents almost 75 percent of the electric generating capacity in New York, such as renewable energy resources that include wind energy.

A.9446-A (Paulin) / S.7026-A (Maziarz) – AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to exemption from taxation for certain solar or wind energy systems or farm waste energy systems The Independent Power Producers of New York, Inc. (IPPNY) is a trade association representing companies involved in the development of electric generating facilities, the generation, sale, and marketing of electric power, and the development of natural gas facilities in the State of New York. IPPNY represents almost 75 percent of the electric generating capacity in New York.