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                                  8082

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 18, 2013
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Introduced  by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Energy

AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation  to  providing  real
  time smart metering technology to residential electricity customers

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Legislative intent.  The  legislature  intends  to  provide
residential customers with the ability to control and manage electricity
usage and the time of usage in their homes. The implementation of a real
time  pricing  smart  meter  program  should help to conserve energy and
prevent peak-time system overloads. The expansion of  the  use  of  real
time  pricing smart meters from the commercial and industrial markets to
the residential market should benefit  consumers  with  reduced  monthly
costs and stimulate market competition.
  S 2. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 39-a to
read as follows:
  S  39-A. REAL TIME PRICING SMART METERING. 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION,
THE TERM "REAL TIME SMART METER" OR "METER" SHALL MEAN A METERING DEVICE
THAT HAS THE FOLLOWING CAPABILITIES:
  (A) COUPLED WITH AN IN-HOME DISPLAY DEVICE THAT CAN DISPLAY REAL  TIME
USAGE  OR  DEMAND AND REAL TIME PRICING IN USEFUL COMPARISONS INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, MEANS SUCH AS SIDE BY SIDE BAR GRAPHS OR COLOR CODED
SYSTEMS THAT REFLECT CHANGING UTILITY DEMAND AND PRICING;
  (B) RECORDING AND STORING AND  INTERPRETING  KILOWATT  PER  HOUR  USER
RATES IN ONE-HALF HOUR INTERVALS;
  (C)  COMMUNICATING  REAL TIME PRICING THRESHOLDS TO HOME APPLIANCES TO
REDUCE APPLIANCE USAGE AS DETERMINED BY THE RATEPAYER OR  IN  AGREEMENTS
WITH AN ENERGY PROVIDER;
  (D)  BEING  READ  REMOTELY OR RECEIVING DATA FROM, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
THE INTERNET,  WIRELESS  FIDELITY  NETWORK,  BROADBAND OVER POWER  LINE,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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POWER  LINE  CARRIER,  ETHERNET,  PHONE  LINE, WIRELESS CELL PHONE LINE,
RADIO FREQUENCY OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM;
  (E) STORING USAGE DATA UP TO THREE MONTHS;
  (F)  DETECTING  A  LOSS OF POWER TO A CUSTOMER WITH IMMEDIATE COMMUNI-
CATION OF SUCH LOSS TO THE ENERGY PROVIDER; AND
  (G)  PROVIDING  DATA  ANALYSIS  ON  SUCH  AS  HISTORICAL   CONSUMPTION
PATTERNS,  UTILIZATION RATES, POWER OUTAGES, PEAK DEMAND TIMES AND POWER
REQUIREMENTS, COSTS PER KILOWATT HOUR, PRICING, AND USAGE HISTORY.
  2. (A) THE COMMISSION SHALL PROMOTE THE UTILIZATION OF REAL TIME SMART
METERS BY RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICITY CUSTOMERS IN THIS STATE.  FURTHERMORE,
IT  SHALL  PROVIDE FOR THE CERTIFICATION OF COMPANIES WHO INSTALL, RENT,
SELL, MAINTAIN, REPAIR, ALTER OR REPLACE SUCH METERS.
  (B) RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICITY CUSTOMERS SHALL HAVE THE OPTION TO CONTIN-
UE WITH THEIR PRESENT UTILITY METERING SYSTEM OR ACQUIRING A  REAL  TIME
SMART  METER. SUCH METER MAY BE PURCHASED OR RENTED FROM THE SUPPLIER OF
ELECTRICITY OR FROM A THIRD PARTY CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSION TO  TRANS-
ACT  SUCH  BUSINESS. PURCHASES MAY BE MADE BY CASH OR BY FINANCING FOR A
TERM OF UP TO TWENTY YEARS. RENTAL AGREEMENTS MAY ALSO BE  ENTERED  INTO
ON AN ANNUAL OR TERM OF YEARS BASIS.
  (C)  (I) THE COST OF ELECTRICITY FOR A RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER WHO ELECTS
TO CHANGE TO A REAL TIME SMART METER SHALL BE BASED ON:
  (1) THE CUSTOMER'S ELECTRICITY USAGE AND TIME OF USAGE; AND
  (2) A FLAT FEE THAT SHALL INCORPORATE: (A) A GENERATION BID COST;  AND
(B)  SERVICE SIZE COSTS BASED ON THE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER'S SERVICE SIZE
CAPACITY AS DETERMINED BY THE SUPPLIER OF ELECTRICITY.
  (II) AN ADDITIONAL SURCHARGE  SHALL  BE  LEVIED  ON  SUCH  RESIDENTIAL
CUSTOMER IF SUCH ELECTRICITY USAGE EXCEEDS THE SERVICE SIZE CAPACITY.
  (III)  THE  VARIABLE COSTS SHALL BE PAID BY A RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER FOR
ELECTRICITY USED AS INDICATED BY THE REAL TIME SMART METER AND THE  FLAT
FEE  COSTS SHALL BE PAID BY SUCH CUSTOMER, AS DETERMINED BY THE SUPPLIER
OF ELECTRICITY AND APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION, AS PART  OF  THE  REGULAR
BILLING CYCLE.
  (D)  THE  COMMISSION  SHALL  APPROVE  ALL  CHARGES, INCLUDING VARIABLE
RATES, FIXED RATES AND SURCHARGES.
  3. ELECTRICITY  TRANSFER  AND  DELIVERY  UTILITIES  REGULATED  BY  THE
COMMISSION  MAY  REACH  AGREEMENT  WITH THE COMMISSION TO FOREGO PARTIC-
IPATION IN THE REAL TIME SMART METER PROGRAM FOR  AT  LEAST  TEN  YEARS.
DURING  THIS  PERIOD  OF  TIME NEW METER SERVICE PROVIDERS AND COMMUNITY
PROVIDERS WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO  PROVIDE  SUCH  METERS  IN  THIS
MARKET.  IF  SUCH  AN AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO, SUCH UTILITIES SHALL BE
ALLOWED TO RECEIVE A METER DECOMMISSIONING FEE. THE METER  DECOMMISSION-
ING  FEE  SHALL BE AN AMOUNT AGREED UPON BY SUCH UTILITY AND THE COMMIS-
SION.
  4. THE COMMISSION SHALL  ESTABLISH  REAL  TIME  SMART  METERING  PILOT
PROGRAMS. A COUNTY LEGISLATURE OR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MAY PETITION THAT
THE COMMISSION APPROVE THE OPERATION OF A REAL TIME SMART METERING PILOT
PROGRAM  WITHIN  ITS JURISDICTION ON AN ACCELERATED BASIS. SUCH PETITION
SHALL SET FORTH THE  PARAMETERS  OF  THE  PILOT  PROGRAM  INCLUDING  THE
CUSTOMERS  OF  SUCH  COUNTY  TO  BE  SERVED, TECHNOLOGIES TO BE USED AND
PROVIDE DETAILED  PERFORMANCE  MEASURES  TO  BE  USED  INCLUDING  ENERGY
CONSERVATION GOALS.
  S  3.   The public service commission shall promulgate rules and regu-
lations to implement the provisions of this act. Such  rules  and  regu-
lations  shall include, but not be limited to, establishing criteria for
the operation and approval of all  smart  metering  programs,  including
those  applications  submitted  by county governments to establish their

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own real time smart metering programs. A county legislature or board  of
supervisors  may  petition the public service commission for approval to
establish a local real time smart metering program on or after the three
hundred  sixty-fifth day after this act shall have become a law. If such
petition is denied, the public service commission shall provide in writ-
ing the reasons for such denial and provide the conditions and  criteria
the  public  service  commission  maintains  would  lead to a subsequent
application approval. Any county application shall have a public hearing
conducted on such application within 120  days  of  submission  of  such
application  to  the  public  service commission and a decision rendered
within 120 days after the public hearing has been concluded.
  S 4. This act shall take effect on  the  two  hundred  seventieth  day
after  it  shall  have  become  a law; provided, however, that effective
immediately the public service commission is  authorized  to  adopt  any
rules  or  regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act
on or before such date.