§ 25-t. Authorization to require special rebates and discounts. (a)\nAny city having a population of one million or more is hereby authorized\nand empowered to adopt and amend local laws:\n (1) Requiring utilities that provide energy services within such city\nto make special rebates to eligible energy users and on-site\ncogenerators certified after June thirtieth, two thousand three, other\nthan clean on-site cogenerators, and to make discounts to vendors of\nenergy services and public utility services as follows:\n (i) a utility that sells energy services to an eligible energy user\nshall be required to make a special rebate to such eligible energy user\nequal to the product of the applicable percentage specified for special\nrebates in the schedule contained in paragraph four of this subdivision\nand the eligible charges for such energy services.\n (ii) a utility that delivers natural gas to an on-site cogenerator,\nother than a clean on-site cogenerator, that uses such gas to produce\nelectricity used by an eligible energy user, which cogenerator and user\nare certified after June thirtieth, two thousand three, shall be\nrequired to make a special rebate to such on-site cogenerator equal to\nthe product of the applicable percentage specified for special rebates\nin the schedule contained in paragraph four of this subdivision and the\neligible on-site cogenerator charges for the energy services related to\nsuch delivery of such gas.\n (iii) a utility that sells energy services to a vendor of energy\nservices shall be required to make a discount to such vendor of energy\nservices in an amount equal to the sum of the special rebates certified\nto such utility by such vendor as having been made by such vendor to\neligible energy users in accordance with subparagraphs (i) through (iii)\nof paragraph three of this subdivision.\n (iv) a utility that sells energy services to a public utility service\nshall be required to make a discount to such public utility service\nequal to the sum of the special rebates and discounts certified to such\nutility by such public utility service as having been made by such\npublic utility service in accordance with subparagraphs (i) through\n(iii) of paragraph two of this subdivision.\n (2) Requiring a public utility service providing energy services\nwithin such city to make special rebates to eligible energy users and\nqualified eligible energy users and discounts to vendors of energy\nservices as follows:\n (i) where, pursuant to a written agreement between a public utility\nservice and the power authority of the state of New York, such public\nutility service sells energy services to an eligible energy user that\nhas been individually approved by such power authority and certified\npursuant to subdivision (c) of this section prior to November first, two\nthousand, such special rebate shall be in the amount or amounts derived\nby calculating the full amount of the special rebate to which such\neligible energy user would have been entitled pursuant to the schedule\ncontained in paragraph four of this subdivision for eligible charges\nrelating to the purchase of such energy services had such eligible\nenergy user purchased such energy services directly from the utility and\nsubtracting from such full amount the difference between the eligible\ncharges relating to the purchase of such energy services had such\neligible energy user purchased the energy services directly from the\nutility and the eligible public utility service charges relating to the\npurchase of such energy services actually charged to such eligible\nenergy user by such public utility service for actual purchases of\nenergy services from such public utility service; except that (A) in no\nevent shall the amount of such special rebate exceed the amount of the\nspecial rebate to which such eligible energy user would have been\nentitled pursuant to the schedule contained in paragraph four of this\nsubdivision had such eligible
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