Assembly Bill A966

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to converting residential rental buildings from being mass-metered to submetered

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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-A966 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1227
Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Ren §53 to be §54, add §53, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7871, S5383
2011-2012: A734, S1398
2015-2016: A2155
2017-2018: A688
2019-2020: A2604
2021-2022: A4041

2013-A966 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to application requirements for private or government entities that wish to provide electric service converting residential rental buildings from being mass-metered to submetered.

2013-A966 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   966

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. KELLNER, HEVESI, MAISEL, ROSENTHAL -- Multi-Spon-
  sored  by  -- M. of A.  BRENNAN, COOK, GLICK -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Energy

AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to converting  resi-
  dential rental buildings from being mass-metered to submetered

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

  Section 1. Section 53 of the public service law is renumbered  section
54 and a new section 53 is added to read as follows:
  S  53.  RESIDENTIAL  RENTAL  BUILDING SUBMETERING. 1. A MASTER-METERED
RESIDENTIAL RENTAL BUILDING MAY BE CONVERTED TO  BE  SUBMETERED  IF  THE
OWNER  OF  THE  BUILDING FILES AN APPLICATION TO CONVERT THE BUILDING TO
SUBMETERING WITH THE COMMISSION, PROVIDED THAT:
  (A) THE APPLICANT APPLYING  TO  PROVIDE  SUBMETERED  ELECTRIC  SERVICE
INCLUDES  WITH  THE  APPLICATION  A  PROCEDURE FOR NOTIFYING IN WRITING,
WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF FILING THE APPLICATION WITH  THE  COMMISSION,  ALL
TENANTS OF RECORD OF THE PROPOSAL TO SUBMETER. THE NOTIFICATION SHALL:
  (I) INCLUDE A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED TO THE COMMISSION;
  (II) INFORM TENANTS THAT A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD HAS COMMENCED;
  (III)  STATE  THE DATE AFTER WHICH COMMENTS DIRECTED TO THE COMMISSION
WILL NO LONGER BE ACCEPTED;
  (IV) PROMINENTLY DISPLAY THE ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF THE NEAR-
EST PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OFFICE;
  (V) STATE THE DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION OF THE PUBLIC  HEARING  SET  BY
THE COMMISSION TO HEAR TESTIMONY FROM THE PUBLIC;
  (VI)  DIRECT  THE  TENANT  WHERE  ON  THE  PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION'S
WEBSITE THE ENTIRE APPLICATION CAN BE VIEWED, AS WELL AS  TO  PROVIDE  A
TOLL-FREE TELEPHONE NUMBER AND ADDRESS FROM WHICH A TENANT OF RECORD MAY
REQUEST  A  COPY OF THE COMPLETE APPLICATION TO BE MAILED TO SUCH TENANT
AT NO COST TO THE TENANT;

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

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