Assembly Bill A8837

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring utility companies to include a notice of public hearings concerning rate increases

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A8837 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4717
Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §44, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S3573
2011-2012: S1385
2013-2014: S1269
2015-2016: S3872
2019-2020: A4574, S1709
2021-2022: A815, S1389

2017-A8837 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires utility companies to include on their bills notice of any and all public hearings concerning rate hikes.

2017-A8837 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8837
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 22, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JEAN-PIERRE -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring utility
   companies to include a  notice  of  public  hearings  concerning  rate
   increases

   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. EVERY UTILITY CORPORATION SHALL INCLUDE  ON  THEIR  BILLS  SENT  TO
 THEIR  CUSTOMERS  ADVANCE  NOTICE  OF  THE DATE AND PLACE OF ANY AND ALL
 PUBLIC HEARINGS, INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO  HEARINGS  BEFORE  THE
 COMMISSION,  CONCERNING  PROPOSED  INCREASES  IN  RATES  OF SUCH UTILITY
 CORPORATION KNOWN TO SUCH UTILITY CORPORATION AT THE TIME OF THE  PREPA-
 RATION OF SUCH BILLS.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08321-01-7

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