Assembly Bill A3017

                            
 
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                                   3017
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 28, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. FAHY, GALEF, SIMON, GOTTFRIED -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Energy
 
 AN ACT requiring reporting  on  residential  customer  savings  realized
   through the use of time-of-use tariffs and smart meters
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. On or before December 1, 2020, the New  York  state  public
 service  commission,  in  consultation  with  the  New York state energy
 research and development authority, the Long Island power authority, and
 the New York power authority shall publish an up to date report on resi-
 dential customer savings realized through the use of time-of-use tariffs
 and smart meters. The  report  on  residential  customer  savings  shall
 include, at a minimum, the following:
   1.  A  comprehensive summary, for New York state and for each utility,
 of:
   (a) the total number of customers enrolled in time-of-use tariffs;
   (b) the total number of smart meters installed;
   (c) the total  cost,  including  capital  expenditures  and  operating
 expenses, actually incurred or spent on the use of smart meters, includ-
 ing the allocation of costs between utilities, all ratepayers, and smart
 meter customers;
   (d)  the  total savings realized through time-of-use tariffs and smart
 meters; and
   (e) outcomes associated with time-of-use  tariffs  and  smart  meters,
 including, at a minimum, the following:
   i. changes in carbon emissions;
   ii. changes and/or shifts in customer electricity usage;
   iii.  changes in the frequency and/or duration of electricity outages;
 and
   iv. any other outcomes the commission deems relevant;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   2. An analysis of each utility's  time  variant  pricing  tariffs  and
 customer  bill savings realized through the use of such tariffs, includ-
 ing, but not limited to time-of-use;
   3.  An  analysis  and summary of each utility's best practices, proce-
 dures, and policies for providing smart meter and time-of-use  customers
 with  reasonable  access  to  their own data, protecting the privacy and
 confidentiality of such data, and any other information  the  commission
 deems relevant to customer data protection;
   4. A forecast of smart meter installations and penetration by the year
 2024; and
   5.  A  forecast  of  customer enrollment in time-of-use tariffs by the
 year 2024.
   § 2. For purposes of this act, the term:
   1. "Smart meter" shall mean a  meter  that  is  capable  of  recording
 consumption  of  electric  energy  and  communicating  such  information
 utilizing two-way communication between the meter and the utility; and
   2. "Utility" shall include electric corporations and  combination  gas
 and  electric corporations having annual gross revenues in excess of two
 hundred million dollars.
   § 3. A copy of the report required by section one of this act shall be
 submitted to the temporary president of the senate, the speaker  of  the
 assembly, the chairperson of the senate standing committee on energy and
 telecommunications  and the chairperson of the assembly standing commit-
 tee on energy.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.