Assembly Bill A10782

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring the notification of a public utility company's or municipality's customers when the supply rate increases by at least one hundred percent

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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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2017-A10782 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §44-a, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A3155
2021-2022: A3888
2023-2024: A2859

2017-A10782 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the notification of a public utility company's or municipality's customers when the supply rate increases by at least one hundred percent by posting on the utility company's website.

2017-A10782 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10782
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 18, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BYRNE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in  relation  to  requiring  the
   notification of a public utility company's or municipality's customers
   when the supply rate increases by at least one hundred percent
 
   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
 44-a to read as follows:
   §  44-A. INCREASE IN ENERGY SUPPLY RATE; CUSTOMER NOTIFICATION. WHEN A
 PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANY OR MUNICIPALITY WHICH SUPPLIES ENERGY  DETERMINES
 THAT  AN  ACTUAL OR PROJECTED ENERGY SUPPLY RATE IS AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED
 PERCENT OVER THE PRIOR MONTH'S ENERGY SUPPLY RATE, SUCH  PUBLIC  UTILITY
 COMPANY  OR  MUNICIPALITY  SHALL NOTIFY THEIR CUSTOMERS BY CONSPICUOUSLY
 POSTING ON THEIR WEBSITE THEIR ENERGY SUPPLY RATE AS WELL AS THE PERCENT
 INCREASE IN SUCH RATE FROM THE PRIOR MONTH.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15946-01-8



              

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