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                                  8288--B
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 6, 2017
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 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Corporations, Authorities and Commissions -- committee discharged,
   bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
   committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities
   and  Commissions in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- commit-
   tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and  recom-
   mitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public service law and the public authorities law,
   in relation to requiring combination gas  and  electric  corporations,
   the  New  York  Power Authority and the Long Island Power Authority to
   provide an annual transparency statement to customers
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 44 of the public service law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6.  COMMENCING ON JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, EVERY COMBI-
 NATION GAS AND ELECTRIC CORPORATION ON AN ANNUAL  BASIS,  SHALL  PROVIDE
 EACH  CUSTOMER  WITH AN ANNUAL TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT WHICH SHALL DETAIL
 THE FOLLOWING CHARGES ON A  GROSS  BASIS  WHICH  ARE  INCLUDED  IN  EACH
 CUSTOMER'S DELIVERY SERVICE PORTION OF THEIR UTILITY BILL, INCLUDING BUT
 NOT  LIMITED  TO:  (I)  PROPERTY  TAXES; (II) SALES AND COMPENSATING USE
 TAXES; (III) COSTS AND EXPENSES OF THE COMMISSION AND DEPARTMENT  PURSU-
 ANT  TO  SECTION  EIGHTEEN-A OF THIS CHAPTER; (IV) GROSS RECEIPTS TAXES;
 (V) FRANCHISE AND INCOME TAXES; (VI) METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHOR-
 ITY PAYROLL TAXES; AND (VII) FEES, CHARGES  AND  COSTS  IMPOSED  BY  THE
 PUBLIC  SERVICE COMMISSION WHICH ARE EMBEDDED IN THE CUSTOMER BILL. SUCH
 FEES, CHARGES AND COSTS SHALL INCLUDE COSTS FROM THE  IMPLEMENTATION  OF
 REFORMING ENERGY VISION, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES
 AND  ZERO  EMISSION CREDITS. SUCH TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT SHALL PROVIDE A
 PERCENTAGE OF THE FOREGOING CHARGES AS APPLIED TO THE AVERAGE BILL OF  A
 CUSTOMER OF SUCH UTILITY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD11743-07-8

 A. 8288--B                          2
 
   § 2. Section 1005 of the public authorities law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 26 to read as follows:
   26. COMMENCING ON JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, THE AUTHORI-
 TY, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, SHALL PROVIDE EACH CUSTOMER WITH AN ANNUAL TRAN-
 SPARENCY  STATEMENT  WHICH SHALL DETAIL THE FOLLOWING CHARGES ON A GROSS
 BASIS WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN EACH CUSTOMER'S DELIVERY SERVICE PORTION  OF
 THEIR  UTILITY  BILL,  INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: (I) PROPERTY TAXES;
 (II) SALES AND COMPENSATING USE TAXES; (III) COSTS AND EXPENSES  OF  THE
 AUTHORITY  AND  THE  PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGH-
 TEEN-A OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE LAW; (IV) GROSS RECEIPTS TAXES;  (V)  FRAN-
 CHISE  AND  INCOME  TAXES;  (VI)  METROPOLITAN  TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
 PAYROLL TAXES; AND (VII) FEES, CHARGES AND COSTS IMPOSED BY THE AUTHORI-
 TY WHICH ARE EMBEDDED IN THE CUSTOMER BILL. SUCH FEES, CHARGES AND COSTS
 SHALL INCLUDE COSTS FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REFORMING ENERGY  VISION,
 ENERGY  EFFICIENCY, DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES AND ZERO EMISSION CRED-
 ITS. SUCH TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT SHALL PROVIDE A PERCENTAGE OF THE FORE-
 GOING CHARGES AS APPLIED TO THE AVERAGE BILL OF A CUSTOMER OF SUCH UTIL-
 ITY.
   § 3. Sections 1020-jj, 1020-kk, and 1020-ll of the public  authorities
 law,  as  renumbered  by chapter 415 of the laws of 2017, are renumbered
 sections 1020-xx, 1020-yy, and 1020-zz and  a  new  section  1020-jj  is
 added to read as follows:
   §  1020-JJ.  CUSTOMER BILLS. COMMENCING ON JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-ONE, THE AUTHORITY,  ON  AN  ANNUAL  BASIS,  SHALL  PROVIDE  EACH
 CUSTOMER  WITH  AN  ANNUAL TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT WHICH SHALL DETAIL THE
 FOLLOWING CHARGES ON A GROSS BASIS WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN EACH CUSTOMER'S
 DELIVERY SERVICE PORTION OF THEIR UTILITY BILL, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMIT-
 ED TO: (I) PROPERTY TAXES; (II) SALES AND COMPENSATING USE TAXES;  (III)
 COSTS  AND  EXPENSES  OF THE AUTHORITY AND THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
 PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHTEEN-A OF THE PUBLIC  SERVICE  LAW;  (IV)  GROSS
 RECEIPTS TAXES; (V) FRANCHISE AND INCOME TAXES; (VI) METROPOLITAN TRANS-
 PORTATION  AUTHORITY  PAYROLL  TAXES;  AND (VII) FEES, CHARGES AND COSTS
 IMPOSED BY THE AUTHORITY WHICH ARE EMBEDDED IN THE CUSTOMER  BILL.  SUCH
 FEES,  CHARGES  AND COSTS SHALL INCLUDE COSTS FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
 REFORMING ENERGY VISION, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES
 AND ZERO EMISSION CREDITS. SUCH TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT SHALL  PROVIDE  A
 PERCENTAGE  OF THE FOREGOING CHARGES AS APPLIED TO THE AVERAGE BILL OF A
 CUSTOMER OF SUCH UTILITY.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.