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Senate Bill S1551

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting the release of consumption data

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2025-S1551 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4047
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §65, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S9040
2021-2022: S3019, A7871
2023-2024: S2710, A6966

2025-S1551 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the release of a consumer's electrical or gas consumption data to any police officer, or private, local, state or federal law enforcement entity without a judicial court-ordered subpoena, warrant or the consumer's written consent.

2025-S1551 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1551 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1551
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  PARKER,  COMRIE, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- 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 prohibiting the
   release of consumption data

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 65 of the public service law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 7-a to read as follows:
   7-A.  NO  UTILITY  CORPORATION,  MUNICIPALITY  OR LOCAL PUBLICLY OWNED
 ELECTRIC OR GAS CORPORATION SHALL  SHARE,  DISCLOSE  OR  OTHERWISE  MAKE
 ACCESSIBLE  A  CONSUMER'S  ELECTRICAL OR GAS CONSUMPTION DATA OR ALLOW A
 THIRD PARTY TO SHARE, DISCLOSE, OR OTHERWISE MAKE ACCESSIBLE  A  CONSUM-
 ER'S  ELECTRICAL  OR  GAS  CONSUMPTION  DATA,  TO ANY POLICE OFFICER, AS
 DEFINED BY SECTION 1.20 OF  THE  CRIMINAL  PROCEDURE  LAW,  OR  PRIVATE,
 LOCAL,  STATE  OR  FEDERAL  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  ENTITY, WITHOUT A JUDICIAL
 COURT-ORDERED SUBPOENA, WARRANT,  OR  THE  CONSUMER'S  WRITTEN,  KNOWING
 CONSENT.  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  NOT  PRECLUDE A UTILITY CORPORATION,
 MUNICIPALITY OR LOCAL PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC OR  GAS  CORPORATION  FROM
 USING  CUSTOMER  AGGREGATE  ELECTRICAL  CONSUMPTION  DATA  FOR ANALYSIS,
 REPORTING, OR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT IF ALL PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION
 HAS BEEN REMOVED REGARDING SUCH INDIVIDUAL CONSUMER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04549-01-5

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