Senate Bill S5387

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to the discontinuation of utility service to 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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2013-S5387 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2197
Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §39, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10580
2015-2016: S1931, A4742
2017-2018: S3644, A2451

2013-S5387 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the discontinuation of utility service to residential customers.

2013-S5387 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S5387 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5387

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 16, 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 the discontinua-
  tion of utility service to residential customers

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

  Section 1. Section 39 of the public service law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
  4.  UPON DISCONTINUATION OF UTILITY SERVICE TO A RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER,
A GAS OR ELECTRIC CORPORATION SHALL NOTIFY SUCH CUSTOMER OF THEIR  RIGHT
TO  AN  ACTUAL METER READING. IT SHALL BE THE RIGHT OF EVERY RESIDENTIAL
CUSTOMER OF A GAS OR ELECTRIC CORPORATION, UPON THE  DISCONTINUATION  OF
UTILITY  SERVICE,  TO  OBTAIN,  UPON REQUEST, AN ACTUAL METER READING BY
SUCH CUSTOMER'S GAS OR ELECTRIC CORPORATION. A GAS  OR  ELECTRIC  CORPO-
RATION  SHALL  PROVIDE  SUCH  A READING WITHIN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS OF SUCH
REQUEST, PROVIDED THAT IF CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND THE CONTROL OF THE GAS OR
ELECTRIC CORPORATION MAKE AN  ACTUAL  READING  OF  THE  METER  EXTREMELY
DIFFICULT,  SUCH  CORPORATION SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AN ACTUAL
METER READING. A GAS OR ELECTRIC CORPORATION SHALL NOT  BE  REQUIRED  TO
PROVIDE  A  PHYSICAL METER READING DURING A HOLIDAY OR NON-WORK DAY, BUT
SHALL INSTEAD PROVIDE SUCH METER READING ON THE NEXT WORKDAY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02735-01-3

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