Senate Bill S5341

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the public service commission to consider the economic impact of utility rates and charges

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee


  • 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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2019-S5341 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A135
Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§65, 79, 89-b & 91, add §119-d, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A712
2011-2012: A24
2013-2014: A1468
2015-2016: A2048
2017-2018: A126
2021-2022: S5583, A1227
2023-2024: S2432, A3998

2019-S5341 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires consideration of evidence relating to the economic impact of major increases of rates or charges upon consumers and the areas affected by such increases of rates or charges prior to approval of any such rates or charges; establishes minimum data to be considered by the public service commission relating to such economic impact.

2019-S5341 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5341 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5341
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 26, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- 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 requiring
   evidence and consideration of the economic impact of utility rates and
   charges by the public service commission

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 65 of the public service law, as
 amended by chapter 789 of the laws  of  1930,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1. Every gas corporation, every electric corporation and every munici-
 pality  shall  furnish  and  provide such service, instrumentalities and
 facilities as shall be safe and adequate and in all  respects  just  and
 reasonable.  All  charges  made or demanded by any such gas corporation,
 electric corporation or municipality for gas, electricity or any service
 rendered or to be rendered, shall be just and reasonable  and  not  more
 than allowed by law or by order of the commission. IN DETERMINING WHETH-
 ER  CHARGES ARE JUST AND REASONABLE, CONSIDERATION SHALL BE GIVEN TO THE
 ECONOMIC IMPACT OF SUCH CHARGES UPON CONSUMERS AND THE  AREA  SERVED  BY
 EACH  SUCH GAS CORPORATION, ELECTRIC CORPORATION AND MUNICIPALITY. Every
 unjust or unreasonable charge made or demanded for gas,  electricity  or
 any  such  service,  or  in  connection  therewith, or in excess of that
 allowed by law or by the order of the commission is prohibited.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 79 of the public service law, as amended
 by chapter 134 of the laws of 1921, is amended to read as follows:
   1. Every steam corporation shall furnish  and  provide  such  service,
 instrumentalities  and  facilities  as shall be safe and adequate and in
 all respects just and reasonable. All charges made or  demanded  by  any
 such  corporation  for  such service rendered or to be rendered shall be
 just and reasonable and not more than allowed by order  of  the  commis-

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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