Legislative Memos

AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to the tax exemption for nuclear powered electric generating facilities 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 Member companies produce over 75 percent of New York's electric power.

S.2448-B (Maziarz) / A.6644-A (Simotas) - AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting the sale or lease and installation of commercial fuel cell electric generating equipment or the sale of electricity generated by such equipment from state sales and compensating use tax and granting municipalities the option to grant such exemption 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 Member companies produce over 75 percent of New York's electric power.

The primary goal of the Independent Power Producers of New York, Inc. (IPPNY) is to promote fair, fully competitive electric markets in New York State. In furtherance of this goal, IPPNY supports the following: "- Fair competition among wholesale and retail suppliers of electricity and among generators and all electric resource alternatives including renewable, fossil-fueled, nuclear, distributed energy resources, and conservation technologies; "- Regulatory certainty that enables power generators to plan for the future and finance new or repowered electric generating facilities, and ensuring consistency with the competitive energy marketplace in relation to incentives for power plant investments and for assisting communities impacted by power plant closures; "- Fair tax treatment of New York power facilities, including in the areas of property tax, the Corporate Franchise Tax, and benefits to manufacturers, as well as the continuation of previously enacted tax relief;

The primary goal of the Independent Power Producers of New York, Inc. (IPPNY) is to promote fair, fully competitive electric markets in New York State.

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 Member companies produce approximately 75 percent of New York electric power.

IPPNY strongly supports A.10530 (Morelle) / S.7391 (Maziarz). These bills would limit the use of eminent domain only to activities that achieve a public use, benefit or purpose that maximizes benefits to New York State.

IPPNY strongly supports A.10530 (Morelle)/S.7391 (Maziarz). This bill would limit the use of eminent domain only to activities that achieve a public use, benefit or purpose that maximizes benefits to New York State. The legislation would prevent certain electric corporations from having the power of eminent domain: (1) those that seek, either through themselves or through one or more affiliated interests, to build or expand transmission lines connecting a location outside the territorial limits of the United States to a location within New York State and (2) those that seek, either through themselves or through one or more affiliated interests, to build or expand an electric generating facility outside the United States and to interconnect it to a location within the New York State.

IPPNY strongly supports S.7391 (Maziarz). This bill would limit the use of eminent domain only to activities that achieve a public use, benefit or purpose that maximizes benefits to New York State.

The primary goal of the Independent Power Producers of New York, Inc. (IPPNY) is to promote fair, fully competitive electric markets in New York State.

A.6114-C (Hevesi) / S.3872-C (Maziarz) - AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring the development of a generation attribute tracking system by the New York state energy research and development authority