Assembly Bill A9548

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to eliminating certain utility surcharges for certain residential customers

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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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2021-A9548 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8489
Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §54, Pub Serv L

2021-A9548 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Eliminates certain utility surcharges for senior citizen residential customers who qualify for the home energy assistance program.

2021-A9548 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9548
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 16, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  B. MILLER  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Energy
 
 AN ACT to amend the public  service  law,  in  relation  to  eliminating
   certain utility surcharges for certain residential customers
 
   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
 54 to read as follows:
   §  54.  ELIMINATION  OF  SURCHARGES FOR CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS.
 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW, RULE, REGULATION  OR  ORDER  TO  THE  CONTRARY,
 NEITHER  THE  SURCHARGE  FOR THE SYSTEM BENEFIT CHARGE NOR THE SURCHARGE
 FOR THE RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD NOR THE SURCHARGE  FOR  THE  ENERGY
 EFFICIENCY  PORTFOLIO  STANDARD  SHALL  APPLY  TO, OR BE APPLIED TO, ANY
 ELECTRIC OR GAS BILL FOR A RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER THAT IS AT LEAST  SIXTY-
 FIVE YEARS OF AGE WHOSE INCOME LEVEL WOULD QUALIFY SUCH CUSTOMER FOR THE
 HOME  ENERGY  ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AS DESCRIBED IN PART 393 OF TITLE 18 OF
 THE NEW YORK CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS. NO REVENUES FOREGONE BY A GAS
 CORPORATION OR AN ELECTRIC CORPORATION OR ANY STATE ENTITY AS  A  RESULT
 OF  THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE RECOVERED FROM ANY OTHER
 CUSTOMER OR CLASS OF CUSTOMERS. THE COMMISSION  SHALL  ADOPT  RULES  AND
 REGULATIONS  RELATING TO AGE AND INCOME VERIFICATION AND ANY OTHER RULES
 AND REGULATIONS AS IT  DEEMS  NECESSARY  AND  PROPER  TO  IMPLEMENT  THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately the public  service  commission
 is authorized to amend, revise and/or repeal any rule, regulation, order
 or policy necessary for the implementation of this act on or before such
 effective date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14920-01-2

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