SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE EIGHTY-FIFTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON S. 512 and S. 1037 BILLS TO AUTHORIZE THE CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN 91898 APRIL 10, 11, 12, 13, 1957 Printed for the use of the Committee on Public Works UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1957 COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS DENNIS CHAVEZ, New Mexico, Chairman ROBERT S. KERR, Oklahoma EDWARD MARTIN, Pennsylvania CHAPMAN REVERCOMB, West Virginia SUBCOMMITTEE ON FLOOD CONTROL-RIVERS AND HARBORS ALBERT GORE, Tennessee II FRANCIS CASE, South Dakota CHAPMAN REVERCOMB, West Virginia ·A2. 1957 струч CONTENTS Page Blair, F. R., president, Claverack Electric Cooperative, Inc.. Edelman, John W., Textile Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO. 331 279 Gatchell, Willard, General Counsel, Federal Power Commission Ginna, Robert E., president, Rochester Cas & Electric Corp--- Lefkowitz, Hon. Louis J., attorney general of New York. Lindy, Edward F., president, Central Electric Cooperative, Inc... Lipsig, James, representing the Liberal Party of New York Luse, Powers, manager, Hancock-Wood Electric Cooperative, Inc. Machold, Earl J., president, Niagara-Mohawk Power Corp. MacCregor, Robert, vice president, New York State Association of McKinley, William C., manager, Central Electric Cooperative McMahon, Andrew J., president, Local 1-2, Utility Workers Union of Martin, Lauman, vice president and general counsel, Niagara-Mohawk 268 Miller, Hon. William E, Member of Congress from New York. Moore, Thomas F., general counsel, New York Power Authority. Moses, Robert, chairman, New York Power Authority. Murray, Lindley, chairman, Basic Industries Power Committee_ Olds, Leland, Director, Energy Research Associates Radin, Alex, general manager, American Public Power Association..... Robinson, Charles A., Jr., staff engineer, National Rural Electric Co- Rosenman, Samuel I., legal consultant to New York Power Authority. Stockton, Blaine, president, New York State Association of Rural Amendments suggested by the International Paper Co- Exhibits, letters, etc.: Biemiller, Andrew J., director, legislative department, AFL-CIO. Busch, Harvey M., chairman, Industrial Power Consumers Con- ference.. ш 75- Doty, Dale E., Commissioner, Federal Power Commission__ Ellis, Clyde T., general manager, National Rural Electric Cooperative Estimated 1955 power requirements. Evans, Miller, Acting Director of Operations and Maintenance, Ginna, Robert E., president, Tochester Gas & Electric Corp. Johnson, Smith, secretary, New York State Power Authority. 108 349 Keller, Hon. Calvin L., mayor, Niagara Falls, N. Y. Lehman, Hon. Herbert H., former Senator from New York 149 355 Kellett, W. R., executive vice president Kimberly-Clark Corp--- Luse, Powers, executive secretary, Pennsylvania-Ohio-New York Committee on Low Cost Niagara-St. Lawrence Power-- License issued by Federal Power Commission to New York Power Merriam, Hon. Robert E., Assistant Director, Bureau of the Budget_ Miles, Clarence R., United States Chamber of Commerce_ Mills, William A., executive vice president, Empire State Chamber of 349 347 359 Smith, Hon. Nelson Lee, Commissioner, Federal Power Commissioner_ Treaty of 1950 with Canada, and exchange notes.. Wenner, William C., manager, Northwestern Rural Electric Co-op DEVELOPMENT OF POWER AT NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1957 UNITED STATES SENATE, RIVERS AND HARBORS, Washington, D. C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:07 a. m., in room 412, Senate Office Building, Hon. Robert S. Kerr, presiding. Present: Senators Kerr (chairman of the subcommittee), Gore, Neuberger, Scott, Carroll, Case, Kuchel, Cotton, and Hruska. Also present: Senators Clark (Pennsylvania), Ives (New York), Javits (New York), and Congressman Miller (New York). Senator KERR. The committee will be in order. We have before us S. 512 and S. 1037, bills to authorize the construction of certain works of improvement in the Niagara River for power and other purposes. (S. 512 and S. 1037 follow :) [S. 512, 85th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To authorize the construction of certain works of improvement in the Niagara River for power and other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That pursuant to the provisions of the reservation of the Senate of the United States in giving its advice and consent to the ratification of the treaty between the United States of America and Canada concerning uses of the waters of the Niagara River signed February 27, 1950, which provides that no project for redevelopment of the United States share of such waters shall be undertaken until it be specifically authorized by Act of Congress, a project for the redevelopment of the United States share of such waters for power purposes is hereby authorized, in accordance with existing general laws of the United States and this Act. This authorization constitutes compliance with the reservation to said treaty and is consistent therewith. SEC. 2. (a) The Federal Power Commission is hereby authorized and directed to issue a license to the New York Power Authority for the construction and operation of the project, upon its application therefor and its acceptance of licensing conditions set forth in this section. (b) The Federal Power Commission shall include among the licensing conditions, in addition to those deemed necessary and required under the terms of the Federal Power Act, the following: (1) In contracting for the disposition of project power, the licensee (the New York Power Authority) shall (A) give equal preference for the purchase of such power to (i) counties and municipalities, including their agencies or instrumentalities, (ii) departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of New York State, (iii) rural electric cooperatives not organized or administered for profit but primarily for the purpose of supplying electric energy to their members as nearly as possible at cost; and (iv) the defense agencies of the United States, and (B) make flexible arrangements and contracts for the disposition of project power to utility companies organized and administered for profit, with suitable provisions in such contracts for the withdrawal upon reasonable notice and fair terms of enough power to meet the needs of the foregoing classes of preference customers. 1 |
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