Bill Text: NY A08636 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that the public service commission shall require that all customers of electric and natural gas corporations shall have the opportunity to purchase electricity and natural gas from any supplier.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-02 - enacting clause stricken [A08636 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A08636-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8636
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    September 1, 2017
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        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Energy
        AN  ACT  to amend the public service law, in relation to customer choice
          for electricity and natural gas commodity supply services
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 66 of the public service law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 29 to read as follows:
     3    29. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, require that
     4  all  customers  of  electric  corporations  and natural gas corporations
     5  shall have the opportunity to purchase electricity services and  natural
     6  gas  services from any supplier of electricity and natural gas; and that
     7  any electric corporation and natural gas corporation shall provide tran-
     8  smission and distribution services from any supplier of electricity  and
     9  natural  gas  to  any customer with which such supplier has an agreement
    10  for provision of electricity services and natural gas services.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11777-01-7