NY State Senate Bill 2019-S8882

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Aug 07, 2020	referred to rules

2019-S8882 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Public Service Law
Laws Affected:: Add §89-k, amd §89-l, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S2938
2023-2024: S800

2019-S8882 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the public service commission to develop a formula for the calculation of a residential water cost index; requires each water-works corporation and municipal water system serving one thousand customers or more to calculate and submit to the public service commission its residential water cost index; and requires the public service commission to publish a report on the residential water cost index of each applicable water-works corporation and municipal water system.

2019-S8882 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S8882

SPONSOR: COMRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring the
public service commission to develop a formula for the calculation of a
residential water cost index; requiring each water-works corporation and
municipal water system serving one thousand customers or more to calcu-
late and submit to the public service commission its residential water
cost index; and requiring the public service commission to publish a
report on the residential water cost index of each applicable water-
works corporation and municipal water system

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill would require public and private water supply systems, serving
over one thousand customers, to annually submit to the public service
commission their residential water cost index, a uniform measurement of
the average cost of water usage in residential settings.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of the bill amends the public service law by adding a new
section 89-k as it relates to requiring public and private water supply
systems, serving over one thousand customers, to annually submit to the
public service commission their residential water cost index. The public
service commission shall develop the water cost index calculation based
on uniform consumption factors. Water works corporations and municipal
water systems, using the calculations provided by the public service
commission, shall submit their water cost index within sixty days of the
close of their fiscal year. The commission shall annually publish a
report with all the submitted data and the analysis on their website by
December 31st of each year.

Section two of the bill authorizes municipal water systems to calculate
and submit a residential water cost index.

Section three of the bill relates to the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

There is little information available to consumers on how each water
supply providers costs vary throughout the state. Each water system
bills consumers in different measurements and utilizes various cost
structures which make it difficult to compare the impact to consumers
across systems.

This bill would shed light on the annual costs to residential consumers
and provide valuable information to ratepayers. It would require the PSC
to develop a uniform standard on measuring the annual cost of water in
each public and private water supply system. This will allow residential
consumers to analyze their water costs and compare to systems across the
state. Water is not a commodity that is traded or which has prices that
are uniform across markets; leading to varying costs throughout the
state.

This bill address the governor's veto from last year but explicitly
authorizing municipal water systems to calculate and submit a residen-
tial water cost index. It also clarifies that the water cost index seeks
to measure residential water use which make up the overwhelming majority
of water customers in water systems.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

Minimal cost to the commission in collecting the data from, water
systems.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S8882 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8882
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              August 7, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in  relation  to  requiring  the
   public  service commission to develop a formula for the calculation of
   a residential water cost index; requiring each water-works corporation
   and municipal water system serving one thousand customers or  more  to
   calculate  and submit to the public service commission its residential
   water cost index; and  requiring  the  public  service  commission  to
   publish  a report on the residential water cost index of each applica-
   ble water-works corporation and municipal water system
 
   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
 89-k to read as follows:
   § 89-K. RESIDENTIAL WATER COST INDEX. 1.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS
 SECTION,  "RESIDENTIAL  WATER COST INDEX" MEANS THE ANNUAL COST OF WATER
 FOR AN AVERAGE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSEHOLD SERVED BY  A  WATER-WORKS  CORPO-
 RATION  OR  MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM. THE WATER COST INDEX SHALL BE CALCU-
 LATED USING UNIFORM FACTORS DEVELOPED BY THE COMMISSION  INCLUDING,  BUT
 NOT  LIMITED  TO, USAGE, FEES, APPLICABLE TAXES, METER SIZE AND SEASONAL
 RATE STRUCTURES.
   2. WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS  SECTION,  THE
 COMMISSION  SHALL DEVELOP A FORMULA FOR THE CALCULATION OF A RESIDENTIAL
 WATER COST INDEX. SUCH FORMULA SHALL INCLUDE THE UNIFORM FACTORS  TO  BE
 USED  BY ANY WATER-WORKS CORPORATION OR MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM IN CALCU-
 LATING ITS WATER COST INDEX. THE COMMISSION SHALL PUBLISH  SUCH  FORMULA
 ON  ITS  WEBSITE,  AND  SHALL  PROVIDE  SUCH FORMULA TO EACH WATER-WORKS
 CORPORATION AND MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM SERVING ONE THOUSAND CUSTOMERS OR
 MORE. THE COMMISSION MAY, FROM TIME TO TIME, UPDATE SUCH FORMULA.
   3. ANNUALLY, EACH WATER-WORKS CORPORATION AND MUNICIPAL  WATER  SYSTEM
 SERVING ONE THOUSAND CUSTOMERS OR MORE SHALL CALCULATE AND SUBMIT TO THE
 COMMISSION  ITS RESIDENTIAL WATER COST INDEX. THE WATER COST INDEX SHALL
 BE SUBMITTED TO THE COMMISSION WITHIN SIXTY DAYS SUCCEEDING THE CLOSE OF
 ITS FISCAL YEAR. MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEMS MAY SUBMIT ITS WATER COST INDEX
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11084-03-0

 S. 8882                             2
 
 AS PART OF THEIR ANNUAL REPORT AS PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION  EIGHTY-NINE-L
 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   4.  ANNUALLY, BY DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, THE COMMISSION SHALL PUBLISH A
 REPORT ON THE RESIDENTIAL WATER COST INDEX  OF  EACH  APPLICABLE  WATER-
 WORKS  CORPORATION  AND MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM OF THE PRECEDING CALENDAR
 YEAR. THE REPORT SHALL PROVIDE A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DATA AND  A
 COMPARISON  OF  RESIDENTIAL  WATER  COST  INDEXES  THROUGHOUT THE STATE,
 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COMPARISONS BASED  ON  REGIONS,  TYPE  OF
 PROVIDER, AND SIZE.
   5.  A  COPY  OF THE REPORT SHALL BE POSTED ON THE COMMISSION'S WEBSITE
 AND THE COMMISSION SHALL NOTIFY THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF  THE  SENATE,
 THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE ENERGY AND TELECOM-
 MUNICATIONS  COMMITTEE,  AND  THE  CHAIR  OF  THE ASSEMBLY CORPORATIONS,
 AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS COMMITTEE OF ITS  POSTING  AND  ANY  UPDATES
 MADE THERETO.
   § 2. Section 89-l of the public service law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7.  EACH MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM SERVING ONE THOUSAND CUSTOMERS OR MORE
 SHALL CALCULATE AND SUBMIT A RESIDENTIAL WATER COST INDEX TO THE  PUBLIC
 SERVICE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHTY-NINE-K OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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