N.Y. Canal Law § 130: Operation of hydro-electric plants at Crescent and Vischer Ferry

§ 130. Operation of hydro-electric plants at Crescent and Vischer

Ferry. The corporation shall have charge of the hydro-electric plants

constructed pursuant to chapter five hundred thirty-two of the laws of

nineteen hundred twenty-two for the development and generation into

electric energy of water power available at the structures known as the

Crescent and Vischer Ferry dams located on the canalized Mohawk river

between the city of Schenectady and the village of Waterford, and shall

exercise the same powers over such structures as it has over other

structures on the canal system. The said structures shall be maintained

and operated as a part of the canal system.

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the

corporation, upon the approval of the state comptroller, and the

division of the budget, is authorized to enter into a negotiated

contract for the sale of surplus electricity produced at the Crescent

and Vischer Ferry dams, upon such terms and conditions as are beneficial

to the state including the corporation. Any revenue realized from the

sale of such surplus electricity shall be deposited into the canal fund.