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Power for Jobs bill comparison
The following chart delineates the differences between the three bills introduced that address the "Power for Jobs" program. The chart has ten categories that show the differences between each proposal.
The State Senate Majority addressed the "Power for Jobs" issue in its budget press conference last week (February 29th). At that time it was proposed that the first year contracts be re-approved (similar to the Assembly "roll over" provision below). In addition 50 new Megawatts were also added to the last year of the existing program.
The Assembly majority, in their March 14, 2000, press release regarding the
budget also advocated adding an additional 200 megawatts of power to their
version of "Power for Jobs".
| House |
Governor |
Assembly |
Senate |
| Sponsor |
Budget bill (Article 7) |
Silver (Tonko) |
Wright |
| Title |
Upstate Economic Revitalization Program |
"extension of the effective term of
contracts...under power for jobs program". |
"..increasing the amount of electrical
power available under the power for jobs program". |
| Bill# |
(S.6295/A.9295) |
(A.9566-A) |
(S.6165) |
| Amount of Power |
200 megawatts |
267 megawatts |
300 megawatts |
| Type of Power |
new power |
re-approval of old power |
new power |
| Region effected |
upstate only |
entire state |
entire state |
| Timetable |
Budget Bill |
Passed on 3-1-00 |
Sent to Energy 1-5-00 |
| Life of program |
2 years |
3 year extension of the contracts that were
awarded in'98 and run through '01. |
3 years, adds the new power into last round of
original PFJ allocations to be awarded in 2000 |
| Utility impact |
50% recovered through GRT |
100% through GRT |
100% through GRT |
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