Legislative Memos

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

A.7400 (Sweeney) - AN ACT to suspend hydraulic fracturing; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

A.7511 (Silver) - AN ACT to amend the real property tax law and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to applications for tax abatements for industrial and commercial construction work on properties in a city of one million or more persons and to tax abatements for certain electricity generating facilities in such city

A.5713 (Englebright) / S.4178 (Maziarz) - AN ACT to amend the public service law and the public authorities law, in relation to the creation of the New York solar industry development and jobs act of 2010 and the procurement of solar renewable energy credits; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof