Senate Bill S2475

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Expands the scope of management and operations audits of gas and electric corporations conducted by the public service commission

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Archive: Last 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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2017-S2475 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §66, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S1980
2013-2014: S584
2015-2016: S2390
2019-2020: S1266
2021-2022: S101
2023-2024: S1702

2017-S2475 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the scope of management and operations audits of gas and electric corporations conducted by the public service commission; requires copies of such audits to be provided to the governor and various legislative leaders.

2017-S2475 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2475 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2475
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GIANARIS -- 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 the management
   and operations audits of certain utilities

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraphs (a) and (c) of subdivision 19 of section 66 of
 the public service law, as amended by section 4 of part X of chapter  57
 of the laws of 2013, are amended to read as follows:
   (a)  The  commission  shall  have  power to provide for management and
 operations audits of gas corporations and  electric  corporations.  Such
 audits  shall be performed AT SUCH TIMES AS THE COMMISSION SHALL DIRECT,
 BUT AN AUDIT SHALL BE PERFORMED at least once every  [five  years]  YEAR
 for  combination  gas and electric corporations, as well as for straight
 gas corporations having annual gross revenues in excess of  two  hundred
 million dollars.  WHEN ANY SUCH CORPORATION ALSO OPERATES A STEAM CORPO-
 RATION  PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FOUR-A OF THIS CHAPTER, THE COMMISSION SHALL
 PROVIDE FOR A MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS AUDIT OF THE  STEAM  CORPORATION
 IN  THE  TIME  AND  MANNER  SPECIFIED  IN  THIS SECTION. The audit shall
 include, but not be  limited  to,  an  investigation  of  the  company's
 construction  program,  planning [in relation], SECURITY AND MAINTENANCE
 OPERATIONS AS THEY RELATE to the needs of  its  customers  for  reliable
 service,  an  evaluation  of the efficiency of the company's operations,
 recommendations with respect to same, and the timing with respect to the
 implementation of such recommendations.  THE AUDIT SHALL  INCLUDE  INDE-
 PENDENT VERIFICATION OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE CORPORATION. The
 commission  shall  have  discretion to have such audits performed by its
 staff, or by independent auditors.    UPON  COMPLETION,  COPIES  OF  THE
 AUDITS  SHALL  BE PROVIDED TO THE GOVERNOR, SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE
 TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE,  THE  CHAIR  OF  THE  SENATE  FINANCE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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