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Assembly Bill A8191

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits certain costs from being charged to ratepayers who purchase all of their electricity from renewable energy resources

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2017-A8191 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Energy
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A461
2021-2022: A5041

2017-A8191 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits charges for any costs related to the zero emissions credit requirement from being charged to ratepayers who purchase all of their electricity from renewable energy resources.

2017-A8191 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8191
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 1, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Energy
 
 AN  ACT  to  prohibit certain costs from being charged to ratepayers who
   purchase all of their electricity from renewable energy resources
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Notwithstanding any other law, rule, regulation, or order,
 no ratepayer that purchases all  of  their  electricity  from  renewable
 energy  resources  shall  be  charged  for any costs related to the zero
 emissions credit requirement established by the New York public  service
 commission. As used in this act, "renewable energy resources" shall have
 the  same  meaning  as established by the commission in the Clean Energy
 Standard.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13034-01-7

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