Senate Bill S158A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires all set top boxes provided by cable, satellite, telecom and internet service providers to comply with energy star guidelines by 7/1/2019

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 29, 2014	print number 158a
Jan 29, 2014	amend and recommit to energy and telecommunications
Jan 08, 2014	referred to energy and telecommunications
Jan 09, 2013	referred to energy and telecommunications

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2013-S158 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:: Public Service Law
Laws Affected:: Add §231, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S4237
2011-2012: S1228

2013-S158 - Summary

Requires all set top boxes provided by cable, satellite, telecom and internet service providers to comply with energy star guidelines by 7/1/2019.

2013-S158 - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S158

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring all set top
boxes provided by cable, satellite, telecom and internet service
providers to comply with Energy Star guidelines

PURPOSE:
To insure that "set-top" boxes (cable, satellite, telecom or Internet
protocol devices i.e. cable boxes, DVRs, etc) maintain federal
Energy Star specifications by July 1, 2017.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section One of the bill amends the Public Service Law by adding new
section 231 stating that by July 1, 2014 all set top boxes provided
by cable, satellite, telecom or Internet protocol providers to
consumers located in New York shall comply with federal Energy Star
set top box product specifications promulgated by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Department of
Energy.

"Set-Top" box means a cable, satellite, telecom or Internet protocol
or other device, the primary function of which is to receive
television signals from a specific source and transmit or deliver
such signals to a consumer display and/or recording device.

EXISTING LAW:
Current law does not require cable and satellite providers to provide
energy saving set-box devices,

JUSTIFICATION:
Set-top box is a cable, satellite, Internet Protocol or other device
whose primary function is to receive television signals from a
specific source and deliver them to a consumer display and or
recording device, such as a television or DVR.

Set-top boxes that have earned the Energy Star rating are at least 30
percent more efficient than conventional models.

If all set-top boxes sold in the U.S. met the Energy Star
specification, the savings in energy costs will grow to about $2
billion each year and greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced by
the equivalent of greenhouse gas emissions from about 2.5 million
vehicles.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2011-12: S.1228A - Died in Energy & Telecom
2010:    S.4237/A.7815 Died in Senate Energy & Telecom/Died in
         Assembly Corporations
2009:    S.4237/A.7815 Died in Senate Energy & Telecom/Died
         in Assembly Corporations

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the state.


LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the 120th day after it shall have become
law.

2013-S158 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   158

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 requiring all set
  top  boxes  provided by cable, satellite, telecom and internet service
  providers to comply with Energy Star guidelines

  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
231 to read as follows:
  S 231. ENERGY STAR SET TOP BOXES. 1. NO LATER  THAN  JULY  FIRST,  TWO
THOUSAND EIGHTEEN, ALL SET TOP BOXES PROVIDED BY CABLE, SATELLITE, TELE-
COM  OR  INTERNET PROTOCOL SERVICE PROVIDERS TO CONSUMERS LOCATED IN THE
STATE SHALL COMPLY WITH FEDERAL ENERGY STAR SET TOP BOX PRODUCT SPECIFI-
CATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
AND/OR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.
  2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION: (A) "ENERGY STAR" MEANS A  DESIG-
NATION FROM THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY OR DEPART-
MENT  OF  ENERGY  INDICATING  THAT A PRODUCT MEETS THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY
STANDARDS SET FORTH BY THE AGENCY FOR COMPLIANCE WITH  THE  ENERGY  STAR
PROGRAM; AND
  (B) "SET TOP BOX" MEANS A CABLE, SATELLITE, TELECOM OR INTERNET PROTO-
COL  OR  OTHER DEVICE, THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF WHICH IS TO RECEIVE TELE-
VISION SIGNALS FROM A SPECIFIC  SOURCE  AND  TRANSMIT  OR  DELIVER  SUCH
SIGNALS TO A CONSUMER DISPLAY AND/OR RECORDING DEVICE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01824-01-3

2013-S158A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:: Public Service Law
Laws Affected:: Add §231, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S4237
2011-2012: S1228

2013-S158A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all set top boxes provided by cable, satellite, telecom and internet service providers to comply with energy star guidelines by 7/1/2019.

2013-S158A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S158A

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the public service law, in relation to
requiring all set top boxes provided by cable, satellite, telecom and
internet service providers to comply with Energy Star guidelines

PURPOSE:

To insure that "set-top" boxes (cable, satellite, telecom or Internet
protocol devices i.e. cable boxes, DVRs, etc) maintain federal Energy
Star specifications by July 1, 2019.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section One of the bill amends the Public Service Law by adding new
section 231 stating that by July 1, 2019 all set top boxes provided by
cable, satellite, telecom or Internet protocol providers to consumers
located in New York shall comply with federal Energy Star set top box
product specifications promulgated by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency and the United States Department of Energy.

"Set-Top" box means a cable, satellite, telecom or Internet protocol
or other device, the primary function of which is to receive
television signals from a specific source and transmit or deliver such
signals to a consumer display and/or recording device.

EXISTING LAW:

Current law does not require cable and satellite providers to provide
energy saving set-box devices,

JUSTIFICATION:

Set-top box is a cable, satellite, Internet Protocol or other device
whose primary function is to receive television signals from a
specific source and deliver them to a consumer display and or
recording device, such as a television or DVR.

Set-top boxes that have earned the Energy Star rating are at least 30
percent more efficient than conventional models.

If all set-top boxes sold in the U.S. met the Energy Star
specification, the savings in energy costs will grow to about $2
billion each year and greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced by the
equivalent of greenhouse gas emissions from about 2.5 million
vehicles.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2011-12: S.1228A - Died in Energy & Telecom
2010:S.4237/A.7815 Died in Senate Energy & Telecom/Died in Assembly
Corporations
2009:S.4237/A.7815 Died in Senate Energy & Telecom/Died in Assembly
Corporations

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:


None to the state.

LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

This act shall take effect on the 120th day after it shall have become
law.

2013-S158A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 158--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
  cations  --  recommitted  to  the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
  cations in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring all set
  top  boxes  provided by cable, satellite, telecom and internet service
  providers to comply with Energy Star guidelines

  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
231 to read as follows:
  S 231. ENERGY STAR SET TOP BOXES. 1. NO LATER  THAN  JULY  FIRST,  TWO
THOUSAND NINETEEN, ALL SET TOP BOXES PROVIDED BY CABLE, SATELLITE, TELE-
COM  OR  INTERNET PROTOCOL SERVICE PROVIDERS TO CONSUMERS LOCATED IN THE
STATE SHALL COMPLY WITH FEDERAL ENERGY STAR SET TOP BOX PRODUCT SPECIFI-
CATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
AND/OR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.
  2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION: (A) "ENERGY STAR" MEANS A  DESIG-
NATION FROM THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY OR DEPART-
MENT  OF  ENERGY  INDICATING  THAT A PRODUCT MEETS THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY
STANDARDS SET FORTH BY THE AGENCY FOR COMPLIANCE WITH  THE  ENERGY  STAR
PROGRAM; AND
  (B) "SET TOP BOX" MEANS A CABLE, SATELLITE, TELECOM OR INTERNET PROTO-
COL  OR  OTHER DEVICE, THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF WHICH IS TO RECEIVE TELE-
VISION SIGNALS FROM A SPECIFIC  SOURCE  AND  TRANSMIT  OR  DELIVER  SUCH
SIGNALS TO A CONSUMER DISPLAY AND/OR RECORDING DEVICE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.

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

                                                           LBD01824-02-4

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2013-S158A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S158A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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