Senate Bill S5805

2021-2022 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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2021-S5805 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5620
Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Services
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S5696, A7777
2013-2014: S690, A2708
2015-2016: S916, A2903
2017-2018: S1525, A2673
2019-2020: S2764, A1019
2023-2024: S2878, A2519

2021-S5805 (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.

2021-S5805 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S5805 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5805
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 18, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations
 
 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
 in  each  utility  service  area in the previous calendar year, provided
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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