senate Bill S3758

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to services provided to residential customers by energy service companies

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


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Jan 08, 2020 referred to energy and telecommunications
Feb 13, 2019 referred to energy and telecommunications

S3758 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §54, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S3287
2023-2024: S2617

S3758 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to services provided to residential customers by energy service companies; provides that beginning January 1, 2020, no energy service company shall execute a new contract for generation services with any individual residential retail customer; establishes that this prohibition shall not apply to, or otherwise affect, any government body that aggregates the load of residential retail customers as part of a community choice aggregation program approved by the public service commission.

S3758 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S3758 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3758

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 13, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 services provided
  to residential customers by energy service companies

  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
54 to read as follows:
  §  54.  SERVICES TO RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS BY ENERGY SERVICE COMPANIES.
BEGINNING JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, NO ENERGY SERVICE  COMPANY
SHALL EXECUTE A NEW CONTRACT FOR GENERATION SERVICES WITH ANY INDIVIDUAL
RESIDENTIAL  RETAIL CUSTOMER. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO, OR OTHER-
WISE AFFECT, ANY GOVERNMENT BODY THAT AGGREGATES THE LOAD OF RESIDENTIAL
RETAIL CUSTOMERS AS PART  OF  A  COMMUNITY  CHOICE  AGGREGATION  PROGRAM
APPROVED  BY  THE  COMMISSION.  ANY  VIOLATION  OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE
DEEMED A DECEPTIVE ACT OR PRACTICE WITHIN THE MEANING OF  ARTICLE  TWEN-
TY-TWO-A OF THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW, AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS HEREBY
AUTHORIZED TO BRING AN ACTION UNDER SUCH ARTICLE TO ENFORCE THIS SECTION
AND  TO  OBTAIN CIVIL PENALTIES, INJUNCTIVE RELIEF, AND ANY OTHER RELIEF
AWARDED PURSUANT TO SUCH ARTICLE TWENTY-TWO-A.
  § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09893-01-9

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