Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to energy and telecommunications returned to senate died in assembly |
Mar 15, 2023 |
referred to corporations, authorities and commissions delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jan 23, 2023 |
advanced to third reading |
Jan 18, 2023 |
2nd report cal. |
Jan 17, 2023 |
1st report cal.130 |
Jan 11, 2023 |
referred to energy and telecommunications |
Senate Bill S1316
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D) 15th Senate District
(D) 14th Senate District
(D) 34th Senate District
(D) 26th Senate District
2023-S1316 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5328
- Current Committee:
- Senate Energy And Telecommunications
- Law Section:
- Public Service Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §28, Pub Serv L
2023-S1316 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to requiring the establishment of utility customer financial assistance programs and arrears reporting; requires utilities to report to the public service commission on customers who are in arrears due to the COVID-19 pandemic and to establish financial assistance programs of 24 or 36 months for customers to pay back their arrears.
2023-S1316 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1316 SPONSOR: PARKER TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring the establishment of utility customer financial assistance programs and arrears reporting PURPOSE OF BILL: Relates to requiring the establishment of utility customer financial assistance programs and arrears reporting SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 lays out the definitions applicable to this act. Section 1 also establishes that each utility shall submit a report on its total customer in arrears to the commission. Provides that the commission shall require assistance programs related to the payback of customer arrears shall be either 24 or 36 month payment plans.
2023-S1316 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1316 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 11, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. PARKER, ADDABBO, HINCHEY, JACKSON, KRUEGER, MANNION -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommunications AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring the establishment of utility customer financial assistance programs and arrears reporting 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 28 to read as follows: § 28. CUSTOMER ARREARS PROGRAM REPORTING. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: (A) "ASSISTANCE PROGRAM" SHALL MEAN ANY PROGRAM OFFERED TO ELIGIBLE LOW-INCOME CUSTOMERS TO ASSIST WITH THE COSTS OF ELECTRICITY, GAS, AND WATER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSIST- ANCE PROGRAM, ANY LOW-INCOME AFFORDABILITY PLANS AS PROVIDED BY PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION CASE NUMBER 14-M-0565, AND/OR ANY OTHER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM PROVIDED THROUGH OR BY NEW YORK STATE OR INDIVIDUAL UTILITIES, COUNTIES OR MUNICIPALITIES; (B) "COVID-19 STATE OF EMERGENCY" SHALL MEAN THE STATE DISASTER EMER- GENCY DECLARED PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER TWO HUNDRED TWO OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY; (C) "MUNICIPALITY" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SUBDIVISION SIXTEEN OF SECTION TWO OF THIS ARTICLE AND SHALL INCLUDE POTABLE WATER DISTRICTS AND POTABLE WATER SYSTEMS OWNED AND/OR OPERATED BY A CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE, AUTHORITY OR OTHER GOVERNMENTAL SUBDIVISION; AND (D) "UTILITY" SHALL MEAN A MUNICIPALITY, UTILITY CORPORATION AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISIONS TWENTY-THREE AND TWENTY-FOUR, WATER-WORKS CORPO- RATION AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-SEVEN, AN ELECTRIC CORPORATION AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THIRTEEN, A GAS CORPORATION AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ELEVEN, A COMBINATION GAS AND ELECTRIC CORPORATION AS EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01883-01-3
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