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Assembly Bill A4742

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the discontinuation of utility service to residential customers

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2015-A4742 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1931
Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง39, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10580
2013-2014: A2197, S5387
2017-2018: A2451, S3644

2015-A4742 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the discontinuation of utility service to residential customers.

2015-A4742 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4742

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 5, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. SIMOTAS, CAHILL -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Energy

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.
                                                           LBD06666-01-5

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