Senate Bill S6748

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting utilities from imposing a moratorium on services in cities with a population of two hundred thousand or more

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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-S6748 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §65, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S5577
2023-2024: S2620

2019-S6748 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to prohibiting utilities from imposing a moratorium on services in cities with a population of two hundred thousand or more.

2019-S6748 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6748 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6748
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                            September 25, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to prohibiting util-
   ities from imposing a moratorium on services in cities  with  a  popu-
   lation of two hundred thousand or more

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 65 of the public service  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  789  of  the  laws  of 1930, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1. Every gas corporation, every electric corporation and every munici-
 pality  shall furnish and provide such  service,  instrumentalities  and
 facilities  as  shall  be safe and adequate and in all respects just and
 reasonable. NO GAS CORPORATION,  ELECTRIC  CORPORATION  OR  MUNICIPALITY
 SHALL  IMPOSE A MORATORIUM ON SUCH SERVICE IN ANY CITY WITH A POPULATION
 OF TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE OR MORE. All charges made or demanded  by
 any  such gas corporation, electric corporation or municipality for gas,
 electricity or any service rendered or to be rendered, shall be just and
 reasonable and not more than allowed by law or by order of  the  commis-
 sion.  Every  unjust  or  unreasonable  charge made or demanded for gas,
 electricity or any such service,  or  in  connection  therewith,  or  in
 excess  of  that  allowed  by  law  or by the order of the commission is
 prohibited.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13861-01-9

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