NY State Senate Bill 2019-S1272

Senate Bill S1272

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to giving customers the option to receive a consolidated bill for both energy service companies and utility corporation services

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

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- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
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2019-S1272 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:: Public Service Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §44, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:: S6822

2019-S1272 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to giving customers the option to receive a consolidated bill for both energy service companies and utility corporation services.

2019-S1272 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S1272

SPONSOR: FUNKE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public service law, in relation to giving customers
the option to receive a consolidated bill for both energy service compa-
nies and utility corporation services

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of this bill is to allow electricity and natural gas custom-
ers the option to receive a single bill for both commodity and utility
distribution charges from either their energy services company (ESCO) or
utility.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Provides that every customer of an energy services company
shall have the option to receive a single consolidated bill for both
ESCO and utility corporation services from either the ESCO, if it offers

a consolidated bill, or the utility corporation. Requires the Public
Service Commission to ensure that: customers who elect to receive a
consolidated bill from an ESCO are provided a credit or other rate
adjustment reflecting the costs avoided by the utility in no longer
billing the customer directly; utilities recover prudently incurred and
incremental costs related to implementing the single consolidated bill
option; and utilities have an opportunity to earn an appropriate incen-
tive for the efficient implementation of the single consolidated bill
option.

Section 2. Sets the effective date at one year after enactment.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

As the state and energy industry move forward with the adoption of new
market structures to encourage customers of all sizes to deploy more
innovative technologies and sophisticated product and service packages,
it will be Important to provide ESCOs and their customers the option to
receive one bill for services from not only the utility, but from the
ESCO if available. Customers seeking to procure energy related (e.g.
energy efficiency, renewables, demand response and distributed gener-
ation value added products)and non-energy related services (e.g. smart
home, home maintenance, theft protection, entertainment and communi-
cations services) will often prefer a single bill from the entity that
is providing the preponderance of services to them. Energy services will
likely become embedded in a suite of services being offered to consum-
ers, and it will often be more practical to include the utility's charg-
es for distribution services as part of larger bill than the other way
around. In addition, ESCOs operating on a national level can bring larg-
er economies of scale to the billing function, while Incorporating
charges for standardized products and services for customers across the
country.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the State

2019-S1272 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1272
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FUNKE  -- 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 giving customers
   the option to receive a consolidated  bill  for  both  energy  service
   companies and utility corporation services

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 44 of the public service law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. EVERY CUSTOMER OF AN ENERGY SERVICES COMPANY SHALL HAVE THE  OPTION
 TO  RECEIVE  A SINGLE CONSOLIDATED BILL FOR BOTH ESCO AND UTILITY CORPO-
 RATION SERVICES FROM EITHER THE ESCO, IF IT OFFERS A CONSOLIDATED  BILL,
 OR  THE UTILITY CORPORATION.  THE COMMISSION SHALL ENSURE THAT CUSTOMERS
 WHO ELECT TO RECEIVE A CONSOLIDATED BILL FROM AN  ESCO  ARE  PROVIDED  A
 CREDIT  OR  OTHER  RATE  ADJUSTMENT  REFLECTING THE COSTS AVOIDED BY THE
 UTILITY CORPORATION IN NO LONGER BILLING  THE  CUSTOMER  DIRECTLY,  THAT
 UTILITIES  RECOVER  PRUDENTLY  INCURRED AND INCREMENTAL COSTS RELATED TO
 IMPLEMENTING THE SINGLE CONSOLIDATED BILL OPTION AND THAT UTILITIES HAVE
 AN OPPORTUNITY TO EARN AN APPROPRIATE INCENTIVE FOR THE EFFICIENT IMPLE-
 MENTATION OF THE SINGLE CONSOLIDATED BILL OPTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
 law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07180-02-9

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