NY State Senate Bill 2023-S5921

Senate Bill S5921

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Reduces the amount a utility can be assessed for costs and expenses of the department of public service and the public service commission from one percent to one-third of one percent

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Current 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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Jan 03, 2024	referred to energy and telecommunications
Mar 22, 2023	referred to energy and telecommunications

2023-S5921 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2015
Current Committee:: Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:: Public Service Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §18-a, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: A9098
2011-2012: A1202
2013-2014: A382
2015-2016: A3435
2017-2018: A1718
2019-2020: A1723
2021-2022: A5717

2023-S5921 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Reduces the total amount that can be charged from one percent to one-third of one percent.

2023-S5921 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S5921

SPONSOR: BORRELLO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public service law, in relation to reducing the
amount a utility can be assessed for costs and expenses of the depart-
ment of public service and the public service commission

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL::

To repeal subdivision 6 of section 18-A of the Public Service Law which
establishes a "utility service conservation assessment" on specified
utility entities of 2% of gross intrastate revenues, and a 1% of gross
intrastate revenues for Long Island Power Authority.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:: :

Repeals subdivision 6 of section 18-A of the Public Service Law

 
JUSTIFICATION::

The Service Conservation Assessment is a fee placed on utility companies
including municipally owned utilities of 2 percent. The tax creates a
condition requiring utility companies to raise more revenue to cover the
assessment fee. Utility company's financial resources are strained and
to raise the mandated fee they have placed the surcharge directly on
customer's utility bills. The assessment fees are scheduled to be depos-
ited directly into the state's general fund and only a portion.will be
passed on to the Public Service Commission within each budget season.
This legislation would provide a direct savings to utility consumers.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY::

2010 - S.6132/A.9098 -- ENERGY/Corporations

2011-2012 - S.4081-B - ENERGY/Corporations

2013 - S.2435/A382-A -ENERGY/Corporations,

05/20/14 A382B held for consideration in corporations, authorities and
commissions

04/12/16 held for consideration in corporations, authorities and commis-
sions A3435

A1718 - 05/14/18 held for consideration in corporations, authorities and
Commissions

07/12/20 - A.1723 held for consideration in corporations, authorities
and commissions

A5717 - 05/03/22 held for consideration in corporations, authorities and
commissions

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:



Consumers will save money from this unnecessary tax. A $520 million loss
of projected revenue to the State's General Fund over the next 5 years
by repealing the utility service conservation assessment.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE::

This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S5921 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5921
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 22, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. BORRELLO -- 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 reducing the
   amount a utility can be assessed for costs and expenses of the depart-
   ment of public service and the public service commission

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (g)  of  subdivision  2 of section 18-a of the
 public service law, as amended by section 2 of part A of chapter 173  of
 the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (g) The total amount which may be charged to any public utility compa-
 ny  and the Long Island power authority under authority of this subdivi-
 sion for any state fiscal year shall not exceed  ONE-THIRD  OF  one  per
 centum  of  such public utility company's or authority's gross operating
 revenues derived from intrastate utility operations in the last  preced-
 ing  calendar  year,  or  other twelve month period as determined by the
 chairman; provided, however, that  no  corporation  or  person  that  is
 subject to the jurisdiction of the commission only with respect to safe-
 ty, or the power authority of the state of New York, shall be subject to
 the general assessment provided for under this subdivision.
   Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section, for
 telephone  corporations  as  defined in subdivision seventeen of section
 two of this article, the total amount which may be charged  such  corpo-
 rations  for  department expenses under the authority of subdivision one
 of this section for any state fiscal year shall not exceed one-third  of
 one  percentum  of  such corporation's gross operating revenue, over and
 above five hundred thousand dollars,  derived  from  intrastate  utility
 operations  in  the  last preceding calendar year, or other twelve month
 period as determined by the chairman.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04310-01-3

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