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Senate Bill S3296
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
2015-S3296 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A3435
- Current Committee:
- Senate Energy And Telecommunications
- Law Section:
- Public Service Law
- Laws Affected:
- Rpld §18-a sub 6, amd §18-a, Pub Serv L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S6132, A9098
2011-2012: S4081, A1202
2013-2014: S2435, A382
2017-2018: A1718
2019-2020: A1723
2021-2022: A5717
2023-2024: A2015
2015-S3296 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3296 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public service law, in relation to reducing the amount a utility can be assessed and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating to a temporary state energy and utility service conservation assessment PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To repeal subdivision 6 of section 18-A of the Public Service Law which establishes a "utility service conservation assessment" on specified utility entities of 2% of gross intrastate revenues, and a 1% of gross intrastate revenues for Long Island Power Authority. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Repeals subdivision 6 of section 18-A of the Public Service Law JUSTIFICATION: The Service Conservation Assessment is a fee placed on utility companies including municipally owned utilities of 2 percent. The tax creates a condition requiring utility companies to raise more revenue to cover the assessment fee. Utility company's financial resources are strained and to raise the mandated fee they have placed the surcharge directly on customer's utility bills. The assessment fees are scheduled to be deposited directly into the state's general fund and only a portion will be passed on to the Public Service Commission within each budget season. This legislation would provide a direct savings to utility consumers.
2015-S3296 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3296 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 4, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommu- nications AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to reducing the amount a utility can be assessed and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating to a temporary state energy and utility service conservation assessment THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 18-a of the public service law is REPEALED. S 2. Paragraph (g) of subdivision 2 of section 18-a of the public service law, as amended by section 2 of part A of chapter 173 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows: (g) The total amount which may be charged to any public utility compa- ny and the Long Island power authority under authority of this subdivi- sion for any state fiscal year shall not exceed ONE-THIRD OF one per centum of such public utility company's or authority's gross operating revenues derived from intrastate utility operations in the last preced- ing calendar year, or other twelve month period as determined by the chairman; provided, however, that no corporation or person that is subject to the jurisdiction of the commission only with respect to safe- ty, or the power authority of the state of New York, shall be subject to the general assessment provided for under this subdivision. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section, for telephone corporations as defined in subdivision seventeen of section two of this article, the total amount which may be charged such corpo- rations for department expenses under the authority of subdivision one of this section for any state fiscal year shall not exceed one-third of one percentum of such corporation's gross operating revenue, over and above five hundred thousand dollars, derived from intrastate utility operations in the last preceding calendar year, or other twelve month period as determined by the chairman. S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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