Assembly Bill A7770

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the establishment and the reporting of residential water cost indexes

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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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2019-A7770 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §89-k, amd §89-l, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A797
2023-2024: A4172

2019-A7770 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the public service commission to develop a formula for the calculation of a residential water cost index; requires each water works corporation and municipal water system serving one thousand customers or more to calculate and submit to the public service commission its residential water cost index; and requires the public service commission to publish a report on the residential water cost index of each applicable water works corporation and municipal water system.

2019-A7770 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7770
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 20, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZEBROWSKI  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in  relation  to  requiring  the
   public  service commission to develop a formula for the calculation of
   a residential water cost index; requiring each water-works corporation
   and municipal water system serving one thousand customers or  more  to
   calculate  and submit to the public service commission its residential
   water cost index; and  requiring  the  public  service  commission  to
   publish  a report on the residential water cost index of each applica-
   ble water-works corporation and municipal water system
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The public service law is amended by adding a new section
 89-k to read as follows:
   § 89-K. RESIDENTIAL WATER COST INDEX. 1.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS
 SECTION,  "RESIDENTIAL  WATER COST INDEX" MEANS THE ANNUAL COST OF WATER
 FOR AN AVERAGE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSEHOLD SERVED BY  A  WATER-WORKS  CORPO-
 RATION  OR  MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM. THE WATER COST INDEX SHALL BE CALCU-
 LATED USING UNIFORM FACTORS DEVELOPED BY THE COMMISSION  INCLUDING,  BUT
 NOT  LIMITED  TO, USAGE, FEES, APPLICABLE TAXES, METER SIZE AND SEASONAL
 RATE STRUCTURES.
   2. WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS  SECTION,  THE
 COMMISSION  SHALL DEVELOP A FORMULA FOR THE CALCULATION OF A RESIDENTIAL
 WATER COST INDEX. SUCH FORMULA SHALL INCLUDE THE UNIFORM FACTORS  TO  BE
 USED  BY ANY WATER-WORKS CORPORATION OR MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM IN CALCU-
 LATING ITS WATER COST INDEX. THE COMMISSION SHALL PUBLISH  SUCH  FORMULA
 ON  ITS  WEBSITE,  AND  SHALL  PROVIDE  SUCH FORMULA TO EACH WATER-WORKS
 CORPORATION AND MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM SERVING ONE THOUSAND CUSTOMERS OR
 MORE. THE COMMISSION MAY, FROM TIME TO TIME, UPDATE SUCH FORMULA.
   3. ANNUALLY, EACH WATER-WORKS CORPORATION AND MUNICIPAL  WATER  SYSTEM
 SERVING ONE THOUSAND CUSTOMERS OR MORE SHALL CALCULATE AND SUBMIT TO THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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