Senate Bill S1356

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to informational notices on utility bills

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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-S1356 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §44, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S8685
2021-2022: S3845

2019-S1356 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that an energy services supplier which is not an electric or natural gas utility corporation or a municipality shall provide certain informational notices on utility bills annually.

2019-S1356 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1356 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1356
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  SERINO -- 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 informational
   notices on utility bills
 
   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.  WHERE  A  CUSTOMER  IS RECEIVING ENERGY SERVICES THROUGH A COMPANY
 THAT IS NOT AN ELECTRIC OR NATURAL GAS UTILITY CORPORATION OR A  MUNICI-
 PALITY, THE ENERGY SERVICE COMPANY PROVIDING SUCH SERVICES SHALL PROVIDE
 WRITTEN  NOTIFICATION  TO  THE  CUSTOMER  ON  AN  ANNUAL BASIS THAT SUCH
 CUSTOMER IS RECEIVING SERVICES FROM AN ENERGY SERVICE COMPANY.
   § 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.
                                                            LBD06823-01-9



              

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