Senate Bill S2938

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the establishment and the reporting of residential water cost indexes

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  • 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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2021-S2938 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A797
Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §89-k, amd §89-l, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8882, A7770
2023-2024: S800, A4172

2021-S2938 (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; 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.

2021-S2938 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2938 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2938
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 26, 2021
                                ___________
 
 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 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.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04373-02-1
              

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