N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 1020-e*2: Power to furnish service within district

* § 1020-e. Power to furnish service within district. The authority

shall have power to construct or acquire, and to equip, own and operate,

within or without the territorial limits of the district, any properties

and any and all other real and personal property, used, connected with

or appertaining to the furnishing and transmission of electric current

for light, heat and power, for the purpose of furnishing such service to

the district and to any corporate or natural persons in such district

and also, for such purpose, to purchase electrical energy from the power

authority of the state of New York, or from any state agency, or from

any municipality, or from any private or public corporation.

* NB There are 2 § 1020-e's