Bill Text: NY S04322 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Provides a judicial remedy to resolve complaints related to utility bills that have an alleged amount of damages exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-03 - PRINT NUMBER 4322B [S04322 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S04322-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Provides a judicial remedy to resolve complaints related to utility bills that have an alleged amount of damages exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-03 - PRINT NUMBER 4322B [S04322 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S04322-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4322 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 3, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni- cations AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to providing a customer of gas or electric services the right to commence an action prior to making a formal complaint with the commission The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 66 of the public service law, as 2 amended by chapter 134 of the laws of 1921, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 5. Examine all persons, corporations and municipalities under its 5 supervision and keep informed as to the methods, practices, regulations 6 and property employed by them in the transaction of their business. 7 Whenever the commission shall be of opinion, after a hearing had upon 8 its own motion or upon complaint, that the rates, charges or classifica- 9 tions or the acts or regulations of any such person, corporation or 10 municipality are unjust, unreasonable, unjustly discriminatory or unduly 11 preferential or in anywise in violation of any provision of law, the 12 commission shall determine and prescribe in the manner provided by and 13 subject to the provisions of section seventy-two of this chapter the 14 just and reasonable rates, charges and classifications thereafter to be 15 in force for the service to be furnished notwithstanding that a higher 16 or lower rate or charge has heretofore been prescribed by general or 17 special statute, contract, grant, franchise condition, consent or other 18 agreement, and the just and reasonable acts and regulations to be done 19 and observed; and whenever the commission shall be of opinion, after a 20 hearing had upon its own motion or upon complaint, that the property, 21 equipment or appliances of any such person, corporation or municipality 22 are unsafe, inefficient or inadequate, the commission shall determine 23 and prescribe the safe, efficient and adequate property, equipment and EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08805-01-1S. 4322 2 1 appliances thereafter to be used, maintained and operated for the secu- 2 rity and accommodation of the public and in compliance with the 3 provisions of law and of their franchises and charters. Notwithstanding 4 any other provision of this article to the contrary, a customer of any 5 gas corporation or electric corporation, or a customer of any person, 6 company or corporation providing electricity or gas service to customers 7 may, at any point prior to making a formal complaint to the commission, 8 or before filing an article seventy-eight following a formal commission 9 decision, commence an action before a court of competent jurisdiction in 10 this state to enforce any rights provided to such customer by this arti- 11 cle. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
