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                                   2430
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 16, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BRAUNSTEIN  -- 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
   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.
   3. ANNUALLY, EACH WATER-WORKS CORPORATION AND MUNICIPAL  WATER  SYSTEM
 SERVING ONE THOUSAND CUSTOMERS OR MORE SHALL CALCULATE AND SUBMIT TO THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04926-01-5
              

 A. 2430                             2
 
 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 3 to read as follows:
   3. 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.