Assembly Bill A9706

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires utility service providers to disclose planned rate increases to consumers within a certain amount of time

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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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2021-A9706 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6278
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §28, Pub Serv L; add §399-yyyy, Gen Bus L; amd §1020-cc, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S2993

2021-A9706 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires utility service providers to disclose planned rate increases to consumers within thirty but no less than seven days before a planned price increase takes effect; requires utility providers to provide contact information and a mechanism to cancel service completely.

2021-A9706 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9706
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 28, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Energy
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, the general business law and the
   public  authorities  law,  in  relation  to  requiring utility service
   providers to disclose planned rate increases  to  consumers  within  a
   certain amount of time

   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
 28 to read as follows:
   §  28. NOTICE OF PLANNED RATE INCREASE FOR SERVICES. 1. ANY GAS CORPO-
 RATION, ELECTRIC CORPORATION, WATER CORPORATION OR  MUNICIPALITY,  STEAM
 CORPORATION  OR TELEPHONE CORPORATION SHALL BE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE TO A
 CONSUMER ANY PLANNED RATE INCREASE FOR SERVICES BEING RENDERED  TO  SUCH
 CONSUMER,  WITHIN THIRTY BUT NO LESS THAN SEVEN DAYS BEFORE SUCH PLANNED
 RATE INCREASE TAKES EFFECT.
   2. (A) ANY NOTIFICATION OF A PLANNED RATE INCREASE  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SECTION SHALL BE COMMUNICATED TO THE CONSUMER IN A CLEAR AND CONSPICUOUS
 METHOD WHICH IS SUFFICIENT TO ALERT SUCH CONSUMER THAT SUCH PLANNED RATE
 INCREASE IS OCCURRING.
   (B)  A  CONSUMER SHALL BE NOTIFIED IN A SEPARATE COMMUNICATION OUTSIDE
 OF ANY BILLING  STATEMENT  VIA  PHONE,  ELECTRONIC  MAIL,  LETTER,  TEXT
 MESSAGE OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF THAT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT
 "THIS  IS  A  NOTIFICATION  OF  A PLANNED RATE INCREASE FOR THE SERVICES
 CURRENTLY BEING RENDERED".  INCLUSION OF SUCH NOTIFICATION  AS  PART  OF
 ANY BILLING STATEMENT SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE COMPLIANCE WITH THIS SECTION.
   3.  ANY  GAS  CORPORATION,  ELECTRIC CORPORATION, WATER CORPORATION OR
 MUNICIPALITY, STEAM CORPORATION OR TELEPHONE CORPORATION  SHALL  PROVIDE
 WITH  ANY  NOTIFICATION  OF A PLANNED RATE INCREASE INFORMATION ON HOW A
 CONSUMER CAN CONTACT THE SERVICE PROVIDER AND SHALL ALSO INCLUDE A MECH-
 ANISM TO ALLOW FOR A CONSUMER TO CANCEL THEIR SERVICE ALTOGETHER.
   § 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section  399-
 yyyy to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07224-04-1

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