Assembly Bill A50

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires inspection and regulation of all electric and gas meters that measure usage of any end use customer of electricity or gas services by the public service commission

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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-A50 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S221
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §67, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A186, S2348
2011-2012: A41, S1511
2015-2016: A1877, S577
2017-2018: A1702, S1845

2013-A50 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires inspection and regulation of all electric and gas meters that measure usage of any end use customer of electricity or gas services by the public service commission.

2013-A50 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   50

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. HEVESI, O'DONNELL, KELLNER, DINOWITZ, GOTTFRIED,
  COLTON, JAFFEE, MOYA, ROSENTHAL, V. LOPEZ -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.
  of  A.  AUBRY, BOYLAND, BRENNAN, FARRELL, GABRYSZAK, GLICK, SCHIMEL --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Energy

AN ACT to amend  the  public  service  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
  inspection  and regulation of all electric and gas meters that measure
  usage of any end use customer of electricity or gas  services  by  the
  public service commission

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 67 of the public service  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  446  of  the  laws  of 1972, is amended to read as
follows:
  1. The commission shall appoint inspectors of electric and gas  meters
WHICH  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION SHALL MEAN ALL ELECTRIC AND GAS
METERS THAT MEASURE USAGE OF ANY END USE CUSTOMER OF ELECTRICITY OR  GAS
SERVICES  whose  duty  it  shall be, when required by the commission, to
inspect, examine and ascertain the accuracy of any and all electric  and
gas  meters  used  or intended to be used for measuring and ascertaining
the quantity of electric current or gas furnished  for  light,  heat  or
power  by  any  person, corporation or municipality to or for the use of
any person or corporation, and to inspect,  examine  and  ascertain  the
accuracy  of all apparatus for testing and proving the accuracy of elec-
tric and gas meters, and when found to be or  made  to  be  correct  the
inspector  shall  stamp  or mark all such meters and apparatus with some
suitable device, which device shall be recorded in  the  office  of  the
secretary  of  state.    No  corporation,  person  or municipality shall
furnish, set or put in use any electric or gas meter the type  of  which
shall not have been approved by the commission.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00264-01-3

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