ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POWER
ALLOCATION BOARD
MINUTES
January
30, 2007
Video
Conference 10:00 a.m.
1. Approval
of the Minutes of the Meeting of December 19, 2006
2. Power for Jobs Extended Benefits
Recommendations
for Electricity Savings
Reimbursements
A. COMPANIES
IN JOB COMPLIANCE
Con Edison -
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Blyhedale Childrens Hospital Valhalla Long Island Jewish Manhasset |
Pepsi Cola Bottling Company College Point |
Long
Island Power Authority -
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Flag Poles, Inc East Setauket Kozy Shack, Inc. Hicksville |
Standard Microsystems Corp Hauppauge |
National Grid -
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Borg Warner Morse Tech Corp Cascades Tissue Group |
Natrium Products Snyder Industries, Inc Welch Allyn Data Collection Skaneatelas Falls |
New York
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Borg Warner Automotive Morse TEC Candlelight Cabinetry, Inc Consumers Beverages, Inc Corning (Big Flats) Big |
Corning (Costar Plant) Oneonta Merritt Plywood Machinery, Inc Soucy Champlain |
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Optical Gaging Products |
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B. COMPANIES
NOT IN JOB COMPLIANCE
Con
Edison -
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AT&T International Business Machines |
Norampac New York City, Inc Maspeth |
Long Island Power Authority Gas
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Photocircuits |
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National
Grid -
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Dodge-Graphic Press Inc Higbee, Inc |
Lydall Manning |
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International Business Machines |
Jada Precision Plastics, CO. |
3. 2007 Power for Jobs Extended
Benefits Recommendations
for Electricity Savings
Reimbursements
Con Edison -
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Kruysman, Inc |
OTHER BUSINESS
4. Request to Approve the Plan for
Webcasting
EDPAB Meetings Pursuant to
Executive Order No. 3
5. Next Meeting
A regular meeting of the Economic Development
Power Allocation Board was held via video conference at the following
participating locations:
1)
2)
3)
The following Members of the
Board were present at the following locations:
Frank
S. McCullough, Jr., Chairman (
Bernard P. McGarry, Member (
James
A. Duncan, Member, (
Kevin S. Corbett, Member (Excused)
Also in attendance were:
Timothy S. Carey President
and Chief Executive Officer, NYPA
Thomas J. Kelly Executive Vice President and General Counsel, NYPA
Louise M. Morman Senior
Vice President Marketing and Economic Development, NYPA
Thomas H. Warmath Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, NYPA
Anne B. Cahill Corporate
Secretary, NYPA
Dennis T. Eccleston Chief
Information Officer, NYPA
Angela D. Graves Deputy
Corporate Secretary, NYPA
Joseph C. Carline Assistant
General Counsel, NYPA
John B. Hamor Executive
Director State Governmental Relations, NYPA
James F. Pasquale Director
Business Power Allocations, Compliance & Municipal Cooperative Marketing,
NYPA
Anthony C. Savino Manager
Business Power Allocations and Compliance, NYPA
Joanne Willmott Manager Community Relations,
NYPA
Niko P. Ladopoulos Legislative Liaison, NYPA
Jeffrey Carey Special Assistant to President and Chief Executive Officer, NYPA
Jack Murphy Temporary PR Counsel, NYPA
Lynnette J. Taylor Senior Legal Secretary, NYPA
Michael J. Santarcangelo Director Energy Policy, Empire
State Development Corporation
1. Adoption of Minutes
The minutes of the meeting of December 19, 2006, were unanimously adopted.
Chairman
McCullough presented the Minutes to the Board and asked for questions or
changes before voting to adopt them into the official record. In response to a question from Mr. McGarry,
Mr. Pasquale said that the contracts were for 2006 and that his staff had to
finish the 2006 contracts before presenting the contracts for 2007.
2.
Power for
Jobs Extended Benefits Recommendations
for Electricity Savings
Reimbursements
The members of the Board reconsidered the 31 applications for extended benefits recommendations for electricity savings reimbursements listed below for Power for Jobs. Mr. Pasquale explained that some 35,230 jobs would be impacted. See Exhibits 2-A and 2-B.
The following resolution was unanimously adopted
by members of the Board present.
WHEREAS, the following entities have
applied for extended benefits recommendations for electricity savings
reimbursements under the Power for Jobs program:
COMPANIES IN JOB
COMPLIANCE
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Con Edison - |
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Blyhedale Childrens Hospital Valhalla Long Island Jewish Manhasset |
Pepsi Cola Bottling Company College Point |
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Long Island Power Authority
- |
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Flag Poles, Inc East Setauket Kozy Shack, Inc. Hicksville |
Standard Microsystems Corp Hauppauge |
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National Grid |
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Borg Warner Morse Tech Corp Cascades Tissue Group |
Natrium Products Snyder Industries, Inc Welch Allyn Data Collection Skaneatelas Falls |
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Borg Warner Automotive Morse TEC Candlelight Cabinetry, Inc Consumers Beverages, Inc Corning (Big Flats) Big |
Corning (Costar Plant) Oneonta Merritt Plywood Machinery, Inc Soucy Champlain |
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Optical Gaging Products |
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COMPANIES
NOT IN JOB COMPLIANCE
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Con Edison - |
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AT&T International Business Machines |
Norampac New York City, Inc Maspeth |
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Long Island Power Authority
- |
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Photocircuits |
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National Grid |
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Dodge-Graphic Press Inc Higbee, Inc |
Lydall Manning |
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International Business Machines |
Jada Precision Plastics, CO. |
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That the
Board hereby finds and determines that such applications meet the requirements
of the extended benefits provisions of the Power for Jobs legislation contained
in Article 6 of the Economic Development Law as amended by Chapter 313 of the
Laws of 2005; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the
Board recommends to the Power Authority of the State of New York the 31 applications for extended benefits
recommendations for electricity savings reimbursements discussed herein
totaling 35,230 kW until December 31, 2006.
3.
2007 Power
for Jobs Extended Benefits
Recommendations for Electricity Savings Reimbursements
The members of the Board reconsidered the two applications for extended benefits recommendations for contract extensions listed below for 2007 Power for Jobs. Mr. Pasquale explained that some 224 jobs would be impacted. See Exhibit 3-A.
The following resolution was unanimously adopted
by members of the Board present.
WHEREAS, the following entities have
applied for extended benefits recommendations for electricity savings
reimbursements under the 2007 Power for Jobs program:
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Con Edison - |
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Kruysman, Inc |
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That the
Board hereby finds and determines that such applications meet the requirements
of the extended benefits provisions of the Power for Jobs legislation contained
in Article 6 of the Economic Development Law as amended by Chapter 645 of the
Laws of 2006; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the
Board recommends to the Power Authority of the State of New York the two applications
for extended benefits recommendations for electricity savings reimbursements discussed
herein totaling 300 kW until June 30, 2007.
4.
Request to
Approve the Plan for Webcasting EDPAB
Meetings Pursuant to Executive Order No. 3
Summary
The members of the Economic Development Power Allocation Board (EDPAB) are requested to approve the plan, set forth in Exhibit 4-A, for webcasting EDPAB meetings pursuant to Executive Order No. 3.
BACKGROUND
On January 1, 2007, Governor Eliot Spitzer issued five new Executive Orders, one of which, Executive Order No. 3, impacts EDPAB. Among the topics addressed and actions taken in the Executive Orders are new ethical conduct guidelines for public employees and members of authorities, the elimination of politics from governmental decision making, the promotion of public access to government decision making and the continuation of certain other Executive Orders from prior administrations. Executive Order Nos. 1 and 2 apply to all boards whose members serve at the pleasure of the governor; as the members of EDPAB are appointed to definite terms pursuant to Economic Development Law Section 182, they are not subject to Executive Order Nos. 1 and 2. Executive Orders 4 and 5 deal with judicial appointment and the continuation of certain other Executive Orders from prior administrations, respectively, and therefore are not applicable to EDPAB.
DISCUSSION
Executive Order No. 3, which is applicable to EDPAB, requires all state agencies, boards and public authorities to identify all meetings that are subject to the Open Meetings Law and to set a time by which these meetings will be broadcast on the Internet (known as webcasting). In addition, Executive Order No. 3 requires every agency and public authority to submit by March 1, 2007 a plan to the Secretary to the Governor that identifies all meetings subject to the Open Meetings Law and specifies a timetable that will ensure that all such meetings are webcast no later than July 1, 2007. Executive Order No. 3 also requires that a report be submitted to the Secretary to the Governor by December 31, 2007 detailing the number of meetings webcast during the year and summarizing any public comments received concerning the webcasts and any recommendations for changes or improvements.
Since EDPAB meetings are defined as
public meetings, they are subject to the Open Meetings Law. Staff has been working with the Authoritys
Information Technology department to develop the technology that will enable
webcasts of the EDPAB meetings, and have been advised that this webcasting
capability will be in place by July 1, 2007.
RECOMMENDATION
The Chairman of the Economic Development Power Allocation Board recommends that the members of the Board: (1) approve the plan, attached as Exhibit 4-A, for webcasting the meetings of the Economic Development Power Allocation Board by July 1, 2007 pursuant to Executive No. 3; (2) authorize the Chairman of the Board to submit the plan to the Secretary to the Governor by March 1, 2007; and (3) authorize the Chairman of the Board to submit a report to the Secretary to the Governor by December 31, 2007 that details the number of meetings webcast during 2007, and summarizing the public comments received, as well as any recommendations for changes or improvements.
Ms.
Cahill presented the highlights of staffs recommendations to the Board. In response to a question from Mr. Duncan,
she said that only one motion was needed to approve the resolutions.
Following consideration of such request, the Members of the Board present voted unanimously to approve the following resolution:
RESOLVED, That pursuant to Executive Order
No. 3 issued by Governor Eliot Spitzer on January 1, 2007, the plan for
webcasting the meetings of the Economic Development Power Allocation Board
(EDPAB) by July 1, 2007, attached hereto as Exhibit 4-A, is approved in
accordance with the attached memorandum of the Chairman; and be it further
RESOLVED, That pursuant to Executive Order
No. 3, the Chairman be, and hereby is, authorized to submit the plan attached
hereto as Exhibit 4-A to the Secretary to the Governor by March 1, 2007; and
be it further
RESOLVED, That pursuant to Executive Order
No. 3, the Chairman be, and hereby is, authorized to submit a report setting
forth the number of EDPAB meetings webcast during the year, together with a
summary of any public comments received regarding the webcasting and any
recommendations for changes or improvements, to the Secretary to the Governor
by December 31, 2007; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Chairman be, and hereby
is, authorized on behalf of EDPAB to do any and all things, take any and all
actions and execute and deliver any and all agreements, certificates and other
documents to effectuate the foregoing resolution.
Exhibit 4-A
January 30, 2007
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POWER ALLOCATION
BOARD
Plan for Webcasting of Public
Meetings
pursuant to
Executive Order No. 3
(a) Meetings of the Economic Development Power Allocation
Board subject to the Open
Meetings Law:*
Meetings of
the members of the Economic Development Power Allocation Board Board.
*(Convened
for the purpose of conducting public business and where a quorum is
present.)
(b) Timetable
Effective
July 1, 2007 the Economic Development Power Allocation Board will broadcast its
meetings on the Internet via a link from the website of the Power
Authority of the State of New York, www.nypa.gov,
except those portions of its meetings during which an executive session is
being conducted.
5. Next
Meeting
Chairman
McCullough said that the date for the next EDPAB meeting would be selected
shortly and the EDPAB members would be