S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8823
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
June 9, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. ZINERMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to establishing a
usage monitor program
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 8 to read as follows:
8. THE COMMISSION SHALL REQUIRE EVERY GAS AND ELECTRIC UTILITY CORPO-
RATION UTILIZING SMART METERS TO ESTABLISH A USAGE MONITOR PROGRAM FOR
THE PURPOSES OF NOTIFYING CUSTOMERS WHEN ENERGY USAGE EXCEEDS A COST OR
USAGE THRESHOLD IN A GIVEN BILLING PERIOD DETERMINED BY THE CUSTOMER.
THE USAGE MONITOR PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE CUSTOMERS WITH A NOTICE ON THE
TENTH AND TWENTIETH DAY OF A BILLING CYCLE. THE USAGE MONITOR PROGRAM
SHALL NOTIFY CUSTOMERS ELECTRONICALLY OR BY MAIL WHEN THEIR ENERGY USAGE
EXCEEDS THEIR DETERMINED THRESHOLD AND INCLUDE AN ESTIMATE OF THEIR
MONTHLY BILL. THE USAGE MONITOR PROGRAM SHALL BE AN ELECTIVE PROGRAM FOR
CUSTOMERS TO JOIN. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "SMART METER"
SHALL MEAN A METERING DEVICE THAT MEASURES AND TRANSMITS ENERGY USAGE TO
A UTILITY FOR THE PURPOSES OF BILLING AND MONITORING.
§ 2 This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13114-01-5