NY State Senate Bill 2021-S2938

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2021-S2938 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A797
Current Committee:: Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:: Public Service Law
Laws Affected:: Add §89-k, amd §89-l, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S8882, A7770
2023-2024: S800, A4172

2021-S2938 (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; 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.

2021-S2938 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S2938

SPONSOR: COMRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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 calcu-
late 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 applicable water-
works corporation and municipal water system

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill would require public and private water supply systems, serving
over one thousand customers, to annually submit to the public service
commission their residential water cost index, a uniform measurement of
the average cost of water usage in residential settings.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of the bill amends the public service law by adding a new
section 89-k as it relates to requiring public and private water supply
systems, serving over one thousand customers, to annually submit to the
public service commission their residential water cost index. The public
service commission shall develop the water cost index calculation based
on uniform consumption factors. Water works corporations and municipal
water systems, using the calculations provided by the public service
commission, shall submit their water cost index within sixty days of the
close of their fiscal year. The commission shall annually publish a
report with all the submitted data and the analysis on their website by
December 31st of each year.

Section two of the bill authorizes municipal water systems to calculate
and submit a residential water cost index.

Section three of the bill relates to the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

There is little information available to consumers on how each water
supply providers costs vary throughout the state. Each water system
bills consumers in different measurements and utilizes various cost
structures which make it difficult to compare the impact to consumers
across systems.

This bill would shed light on the annual costs to residential consumers
and provide valuable information to ratepayers. It would require the PSC
to develop a uniform standard on measuring the annual cost of water in
each public and private water supply system. This will allow residential
consumers to analyze their water costs and compare to systems across the
state. Water is not a commodity that is traded or which has prices that
are uniform across markets; leading to varying costs throughout the
state.

This bill address the governor's veto from last year but explicitly
authorizing municipal water systems to calculate and submit a residen-
tial water cost index. It also clarifies that the water cost index seeks
to measure residential water use which make up the overwhelming majority
of water customers in water systems.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

Minimal cost to the commission in collecting the data from, water
systems.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S2938 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2938
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 26, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- 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 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.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04373-02-1

 S. 2938                             2
 
   3.  ANNUALLY,  EACH WATER-WORKS CORPORATION AND MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM
 SERVING ONE THOUSAND CUSTOMERS OR MORE SHALL CALCULATE AND SUBMIT TO THE
 COMMISSION ITS RESIDENTIAL WATER COST INDEX. THE WATER COST INDEX  SHALL
 BE SUBMITTED TO THE COMMISSION WITHIN SIXTY DAYS SUCCEEDING THE CLOSE OF
 ITS FISCAL YEAR. MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEMS MAY SUBMIT ITS WATER COST INDEX
 AS  PART OF THEIR ANNUAL REPORT AS PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION EIGHTY-NINE-L
 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   4. ANNUALLY, BY DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, THE COMMISSION SHALL PUBLISH  A
 REPORT  ON  THE  RESIDENTIAL  WATER COST INDEX OF EACH APPLICABLE WATER-
 WORKS CORPORATION AND MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM OF THE  PRECEDING  CALENDAR
 YEAR.  THE REPORT SHALL PROVIDE A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DATA AND A
 COMPARISON OF RESIDENTIAL  WATER  COST  INDEXES  THROUGHOUT  THE  STATE,
 INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO, COMPARISONS BASED ON REGIONS, TYPE OF
 PROVIDER, AND SIZE.
   5. A COPY OF THE REPORT SHALL BE POSTED ON  THE  COMMISSION'S  WEBSITE
 AND  THE  COMMISSION SHALL NOTIFY THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE,
 THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE ENERGY AND TELECOM-
 MUNICATIONS COMMITTEE, AND  THE  CHAIR  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY  CORPORATIONS,
 AUTHORITIES  AND  COMMISSIONS  COMMITTEE  OF ITS POSTING AND ANY UPDATES
 MADE THERETO.
   § 2. Section 89-l of the public service law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7. EACH MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM SERVING ONE THOUSAND CUSTOMERS OR  MORE
 SHALL  CALCULATE AND SUBMIT A RESIDENTIAL WATER COST INDEX TO THE PUBLIC
 SERVICE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHTY-NINE-K OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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

2021-S2938 (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S2938 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S2938 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2938 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

2021-S2938 (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S2938 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S2938 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2938 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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