Assembly Bill A2859

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring the notification of a public utility company's or municipality's customers when the supply rate increases by at least forty percent and to notify such customers of bill assistance

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A2859 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§44-a & 44-b, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10782
2019-2020: A3155
2021-2022: A3888

2023-A2859 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the notification of a public utility company's or municipality's customers when the supply rate increases by at least forty percent and to notify such customers of bill assistance programs by posting on the utility company's website.

2023-A2859 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2859
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SLATER -- 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
   notification of a public utility company's or municipality's customers
   when the supply rate increases by at least forty percent

   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
 44-a to read as follows:
   § 44-A. INCREASE IN ENERGY SUPPLY RATE; CUSTOMER NOTIFICATION. WHEN  A
 PUBLIC  UTILITY COMPANY OR MUNICIPALITY WHICH SUPPLIES ENERGY DETERMINES
 THAT AN ACTUAL OR PROJECTED ENERGY SUPPLY RATE IS AT LEAST FORTY PERCENT
 OVER THE PRIOR MONTH'S ENERGY SUPPLY RATE, SUCH PUBLIC  UTILITY  COMPANY
 OR MUNICIPALITY SHALL NOTIFY THEIR CUSTOMERS BY CONSPICUOUSLY POSTING ON
 THEIR  WEBSITE  THEIR ENERGY SUPPLY RATE AS WELL AS THE PERCENT INCREASE
 IN SUCH RATE FROM THE PRIOR MONTH.
   § 2. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 44-b to
 read as follows:
   § 44-B. BILL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS; CUSTOMER NOTIFICATION.  EACH  PUBLIC
 UTILITY COMPANY OR MUNICIPALITY WHICH SUPPLIES ENERGY SHALL NOTIFY THEIR
 CUSTOMERS  BY  CONSPICUOUSLY  POSTING  ON THEIR WEBSITE ANY AND ALL BILL
 ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO THEIR CUSTOMERS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03899-04-3

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