Bill Text: NY A00971 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 971 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires the public service commission to audit previously approved utility submetering orders, to compare usage before submetering to usage after submetering orders were implemented, and to prepare a report concerning its findings.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A00971 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A00971-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          971
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  M. of A. KELLNER, HEVESI, MAISEL, ROSENTHAL, JEFFRIES --
         Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRENNAN, COOK, GLICK -- read  once  and
         referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
       AN  ACT  to  require  the  public service commission to audit previously
         approved utility submetering orders, compare usage before  submetering
         to  usage  after  submetering  orders  were implemented, and prepare a
         report concerning its findings
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  public  service commission shall audit all   utility
    2  submetering orders approved by the public service commission during  the
    3  period  of  January  1, 2004 through the effective date of this act, and
    4  shall specifically determine whether all applicable utility  price  caps
    5  and tenant protection provisions have been complied with and compare the
    6  rate  and cost of utility usage before submetering to usage after imple-
    7  mentation of submetering orders. This audit shall  be  completed  within
    8  twelve months following the effective date of these provisions.
    9    S 2. Upon completion of the audit, the public service commission shall
   10  make  a  report  to  the  governor  and the legislature of its findings,
   11  conclusions and recommendations, and shall submit with such report  such
   12  legislative proposals as it deems necessary to implement its recommenda-
   13  tions.  This  report  shall be submitted no later than ninety days after
   14  completion of the audit. No new submetering  orders  shall  be  approved
   15  until  the public service commission report is submitted to the governor
   16  and the legislature.
   17    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00665-01-1