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Senate Bill S2644

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Prohibits monitoring of gas and electric meters any more frequently than on a monthly or billing cycle basis

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2019-S2644 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §65, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S7535
2021-2022: S5624
2023-2024: S4612
2025-2026: S6566

2019-S2644 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the monitoring, collection, recording or storing of data from gas and electric meters any more frequently than on a monthly or billing cycle basis, unless the express written consent of the consumer has been provided; and requires the consent of the property owner for entry upon residential property.

2019-S2644 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S2644 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2644
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 28, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public service law, in relation to prohibiting the
   monitoring of natural gas or electricity meters more  frequently  than
   on a monthly or billing cycle basis and entry upon residential proper-
   ty
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 65 of the public service law is amended  by  adding
 two new subdivisions 5-a and 5-b to read as follows:
   5-A.  NO  GAS CORPORATION, ELECTRIC CORPORATION OR MUNICIPALITY SHALL,
 WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE  CONSUMER,  MONITOR,  RECORD,
 COLLECT  OR  STORE  DATA FROM ANY METER OR APPARATUS WHICH PROVIDES SUCH
 CORPORATION OR MUNICIPALITY WITH A MEASURE OF THE USE OF NATURAL GAS  OR
 ELECTRICITY  FOR  ANY  PERIOD OF TIME LESS THAN ONE MONTH OR THE BILLING
 CYCLE, WHICHEVER SHALL BE GREATER. NO FEE OR RATE FEE SHALL  BE  CHARGED
 TO THOSE CONSUMERS WHO WITHHOLD SUCH CONSENT.
   5-B.  NO  GAS  CORPORATION, ELECTRIC CORPORATION OR MUNICIPALITY SHALL
 ENTER A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE  OWNER  THEREOF,
 EXCEPT  WHEN  THERE  IS  AN  EMERGENCY, OR IMMINENT OR POTENTIAL HARM TO
 PERSONS OR PROPERTY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08401-01-9

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