Senate Bill S6241

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to adjustment of electric residential fixed charges

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee

  • 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-S6241 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8118
Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §42-a, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S2837, A1384
2023-2024: S1303, A295

2019-S6241 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of public service to adjust each utility corporation's residential fixed charge upon such corporation's filing with the department of an amendment of rate schedules, to recover only the fixed costs and operation and maintenance expenses directly related to metering, billing, service connections and the provision of customer service.

2019-S6241 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6241 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6241
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 28, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. METZGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the public service law, in relation to adjustment of
   electric residential fixed charges
 
   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
 42-a to read as follows:
   § 42-A. ADJUSTMENT OF ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION COMPANY RESIDENTIAL  FIXED
 CHARGE.  1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION "RESIDENTIAL FIXED CHARGE" MEANS ANY
 FIXED FEE CHARGED TO RESIDENTIAL ELECTRIC CUSTOMERS, INCLUDING, BUT  NOT
 LIMITED  TO,  (A)  A  FIXED CHARGE FOR DISTRIBUTION BASIC SERVICE, (B) A
 DISTRIBUTION CUSTOMER SERVICE CHARGE, (C) A CUSTOMER CHARGE,  OR  (D)  A
 BASIC  SERVICE  FEE WHICH IS SEPARATE AND DISTINCT FROM ANY DISTRIBUTION
 CHARGE PER KILOWATT-HOUR.
   2. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADJUST EACH UTILITY CORPORATION'S  RESIDENTIAL
 FIXED  CHARGE  UPON  SUCH CORPORATION'S FILING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF AN
 AMENDMENT OF RATE SCHEDULES PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER, TO
 RECOVER ONLY THE FIXED COSTS  AND  OPERATION  AND  MAINTENANCE  EXPENSES
 DIRECTLY  RELATED  TO  METERING,  BILLING,  SERVICE  CONNECTIONS AND THE
 PROVISION OF CUSTOMER SERVICE.
   3. THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT  PERMIT
 OR ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT TO CAUSE A COST SHIFT TO OTHER RATE CLASSES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13034-01-9

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