Bill Text: NY A09903 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 9903 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits the Long Island power authority from imposing any fee for the voluntary termination of residential electric service for the purpose of using an alternative source of electricity, which exceeds any fee imposed for other voluntary terminations of residential electric service.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-16 - substituted by s7293a [A09903 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A09903-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 27, 2014
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
       AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation  to  prohibiting
         the  Long  Island  power  authority from assessing any fee, penalty or
         other charge for the voluntary  termination  of  residential  electric
         service for the purpose of using an alternative source of electricity
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision (u) of section 1020-f of the public authorities
    2  law, as added by section 7 of part A of chapter 173 of the laws of 2013,
    3  is amended by adding a new paragraph 2-a to read as follows:
    4    2-A.  THE AUTHORITY AND THE SERVICE PROVIDER SHALL NOT SUBMIT ANY RATE
    5  PROPOSAL THAT SHALL ASSESS ANY FEE, PENALTY OR OTHER CHARGE OF ANY  KIND
    6  FOR  THE  VOLUNTARY  TERMINATION  OF ELECTRIC SERVICE TO ANY RESIDENTIAL
    7  CUSTOMER FOR THE PURPOSE OF UTILIZING ALTERNATIVE  SOURCES  OF  ELECTRIC
    8  GENERATION  IN  EXCESS  OF THAT CHARGED TO CUSTOMERS WHO TERMINATE THEIR
    9  ELECTRIC SERVICE FOR ANY OTHER REASON.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD15391-01-4