Assembly Bill A2708

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Directs the public service commission to undertake a study of consumer protections adopted by electric corporations and utilities

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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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2013-A2708 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S690
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Public Services
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A7777, S5696
2015-2016: A2903, S916
2017-2018: A2673, S1525
2019-2020: A1019, S2764
2021-2022: A5620, S5805
2023-2024: A2519, S2878

2013-A2708 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the public service commission to undertake a study of consumer protections adopted by electric corporations and utilities; includes reporting on the adequacy of the public service commission's assistance to customers facing disconnection of utility service.

2013-A2708 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2708

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 17, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. SIMOTAS, CAHILL, HEVESI, WEPRIN, STEVENSON, KELL-
  NER,  COLTON,  ROSENTHAL,  PERRY,  JAFFEE, GABRYSZAK, HOOPER -- Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A.  BOYLAND, GLICK, LUPARDO, MARKEY -- read once
  and referred to the Committee on Energy

AN ACT to direct the public service commission to undertake a  study  of
  consumer protections adopted by electric corporations and utilities

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The New York State public service commission  shall  under-
take  an  immediate  study  of  consumer protections adopted by electric
corporations and municipalities ("utilities") pursuant to article  2  of
the  public service law and provide a report to the governor, the tempo-
rary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chair  of
the  senate  committee on energy and telecommunications and the chair of
the assembly committee on energy. Such report shall include an  analysis
of the effectiveness of current utility procedures for notifying custom-
ers  in  arrears on utility charges of how they may avoid termination of
electric, gas or steam service, including the availability  of  deferred
payment  agreements.  In addition, such report shall review the adequacy
of the commission's assistance to customers negotiating deferred payment
agreements with utilities in lieu of disconnection of service  including
the  number  of deferred payment plans by utility service territory; the
number of incidences, if any, in which utilities have required more than
the lawfully allowed level of down payments or  deferred  payments  from
customers  seeking to connect service or avoid disconnection; the effec-
tiveness and availability of the commission's shutoff hotline in receiv-
ing calls from customers facing termination of electric, gas  and  steam
service;  the call volume to such hotline in each utility service terri-
tory; the monthly number of  electric  and  natural  gas  customers  who
previously received utility bill assistance from the Home Energy Assist-
ance  Program  whose service was terminated for bill collection purposes

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02557-01-3

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