Bill Text: NY S05083 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides consumers the option to elect not to use transmitting utility meters and provides that the commission shall not charge a fee to consumers making such election.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S05083 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S05083-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5083
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 30, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- 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 consum-
         ers the option to elect not to use transmitting utility meters
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a  new  section
    2  67-b to read as follows:
    3    S 67-B. TRANSMITTING UTILITY METER; ELECTION NOT TO USE. NOTWITHSTAND-
    4  ING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE COMMISSION IS AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE
    5  THAT CONSUMERS MAY ELECT NOT TO USE TRANSMITTING UTILITY METERS  OF  ANY
    6  INVESTOR OWNED ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY SUBJECT TO REGULATION BY
    7  THE  COMMISSION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE COMMISSION SHALL NOT CREATE
    8  AND REGULATE A SURCHARGE FOR CONSUMERS WHO MAKE SUCH  AN  ELECTION.  FOR
    9  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "TRANSMITTING UTILITY METER" MEANS AN
   10  ELECTRIC  METER  THAT  IS  CAPABLE  OF RECORDING CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRIC
   11  ENERGY AND COMMUNICATING SUCH  INFORMATION  UTILIZING  TWO-WAY  COMMUNI-
   12  CATION  BETWEEN  THE  METER AND THE ELECTRIC SUPPLIER FOR MONITORING AND
   13  BILLING PURPOSES.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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