Directs the department of public service to adjust each utility corporation's residential fixed charge upon such corporation's filing with the department of an amendment of rate schedules, to recover only the fixed costs and operation and maintenance expenses directly related to metering, billing, service connections and the provision of customer service.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6204
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 27, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. R. CARROLL, JACOBSON, SANTABARBARA, KELLES --
Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Energy
AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to adjustment of
electric residential fixed charges
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
42-b to read as follows:
§ 42-B. ADJUSTMENT OF ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION COMPANY RESIDENTIAL FIXED
CHARGE. 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION "RESIDENTIAL FIXED CHARGE" MEANS ANY
FIXED FEE CHARGED TO RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS OF AN ELECTRIC, GAS OR COMBI-
NATION ELECTRIC AND GAS UTILITY CORPORATION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, (A) A FIXED CHARGE FOR DISTRIBUTION BASIC SERVICE, (B) A DISTRIB-
UTION CUSTOMER SERVICE CHARGE, (C) A CUSTOMER CHARGE, OR (D) A BASIC
SERVICE FEE WHICH IS SEPARATE AND DISTINCT FROM ANY DISTRIBUTION CHARGE
PER KILOWATT-HOUR.
2. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADJUST EACH UTILITY CORPORATION'S RESIDENTIAL
FIXED CHARGE UPON SUCH CORPORATION'S FILING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF AN
AMENDMENT OF RATE SCHEDULES PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER, TO
RECOVER ONLY THE FIXED COSTS AND OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE EXPENSES
DIRECTLY RELATED TO METERING, BILLING, SERVICE CONNECTIONS AND THE
PROVISION OF CUSTOMER SERVICE.
3. THE UTILITY CORPORATION SHALL PROVIDE CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT INFOR-
MATION ON FIXED CHARGES TO RESIDENTIAL ELECTRIC, GAS, OR COMBINATION
ELECTRIC AND GAS UTILITY CUSTOMERS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
SPECIFIC COSTS AND EXPENSES INCLUDED IN THE CALCULATION OF SUCH CHARGES.
THE INFORMATION SHALL BE EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO CUSTOMERS, INCLUDING
THROUGH THE CORPORATION'S WEBSITE AND BILLING STATEMENTS, AND SHALL BE
PROVIDED IN A CLEAR AND UNDERSTANDABLE MANNER. THE CORPORATION SHALL
ALSO PROVIDE CUSTOMERS WITH NOTICE OF ANY CHANGES TO FIXED CHARGES,
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03114-01-5
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