Bill Text: NY S05380 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Provides residential electric customers with an option for greater control of the cost of such service by the installation of real time smart meters; establishes sales, rental and service providers to be certified by the public service commission.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S05380 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S05380-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5380
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 27, 2009
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 real
         time smart metering technology to residential electricity customers
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Legislative  intent.  The  legislature intends to provide
    2  residential customers with the ability to control and manage electricity
    3  usage and the time of usage in their homes. The implementation of a real
    4  time pricing smart meter program should  help  to  conserve  energy  and
    5  prevent  peak-time  system  overloads.  The expansion of the use of real
    6  time pricing smart meters from the commercial and industrial markets  to
    7  the  residential  market  should  benefit consumers with reduced monthly
    8  costs and stimulate market competition.
    9    S 2. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 39-a to
   10  read as follows:
   11    S 39-A. REAL TIME PRICING SMART METERING. 1. AS USED IN THIS  SECTION,
   12  THE TERM "REAL TIME SMART METER" OR "METER" SHALL MEAN A METERING DEVICE
   13  THAT HAS THE FOLLOWING CAPABILITIES:
   14    (A)  COUPLED WITH AN IN-HOME DISPLAY DEVICE THAT CAN DISPLAY REAL TIME
   15  USAGE OR DEMAND AND REAL TIME PRICING IN USEFUL  COMPARISONS  INCLUDING,
   16  BUT NOT LIMITED TO, MEANS SUCH AS SIDE BY SIDE BAR GRAPHS OR COLOR CODED
   17  SYSTEMS THAT REFLECT CHANGING UTILITY DEMAND AND PRICING;
   18    (B)  RECORDING  AND  STORING  AND  INTERPRETING KILOWATT PER HOUR USER
   19  RATES IN ONE-HALF HOUR INTERVALS;
   20    (C) COMMUNICATING REAL TIME PRICING THRESHOLDS TO HOME  APPLIANCES  TO
   21  REDUCE  APPLIANCE  USAGE AS DETERMINED BY THE RATEPAYER OR IN AGREEMENTS
   22  WITH AN ENERGY PROVIDER;
   23    (D) BEING READ REMOTELY OR RECEIVING DATA FROM, BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,
   24  THE  INTERNET,  WIRELESS  FIDELITY  NETWORK,  BROADBAND OVER POWER LINE,
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01729-01-9
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    1  POWER LINE CARRIER, ETHERNET, PHONE  LINE,  WIRELESS  CELL  PHONE  LINE,
    2  RADIO FREQUENCY OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM;
    3    (E) STORING USAGE DATA UP TO THREE MONTHS;
    4    (F)  DETECTING  A  LOSS OF POWER TO A CUSTOMER WITH IMMEDIATE COMMUNI-
    5  CATION OF SUCH LOSS TO THE ENERGY PROVIDER; AND
    6    (G)  PROVIDING  DATA  ANALYSIS  ON  SUCH  AS  HISTORICAL   CONSUMPTION
    7  PATTERNS,  UTILIZATION RATES, POWER OUTAGES, PEAK DEMAND TIMES AND POWER
    8  REQUIREMENTS, COSTS PER KILOWATT HOUR, PRICING, AND USAGE HISTORY.
    9    2. (A) THE COMMISSION SHALL PROMOTE THE UTILIZATION OF REAL TIME SMART
   10  METERS BY RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICITY CUSTOMERS IN THIS STATE.  FURTHERMORE,
   11  IT  SHALL  PROVIDE FOR THE CERTIFICATION OF COMPANIES WHO INSTALL, RENT,
   12  SELL, MAINTAIN, REPAIR, ALTER OR REPLACE SUCH METERS.
   13    (B) RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICITY CUSTOMERS SHALL HAVE THE OPTION TO CONTIN-
   14  UE WITH THEIR PRESENT UTILITY METERING SYSTEM OR ACQUIRING A  REAL  TIME
   15  SMART  METER. SUCH METER MAY BE PURCHASED OR RENTED FROM THE SUPPLIER OF
   16  ELECTRICITY OR FROM A THIRD PARTY CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSION TO  TRANS-
   17  ACT  SUCH  BUSINESS. PURCHASES MAY BE MADE BY CASH OR BY FINANCING FOR A
   18  TERM OF UP TO TWENTY YEARS. RENTAL AGREEMENTS MAY ALSO BE  ENTERED  INTO
   19  ON AN ANNUAL OR TERM OF YEARS BASIS.
   20    (C)  (I) THE COST OF ELECTRICITY FOR A RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER WHO ELECTS
   21  TO CHANGE TO A REAL TIME SMART METER SHALL BE BASED ON:
   22    (1) THE CUSTOMER'S ELECTRICITY USAGE AND TIME OF USAGE; AND
   23    (2) A FLAT FEE THAT SHALL INCORPORATE: (A) A GENERATION BID COST;  AND
   24  (B)  SERVICE SIZE COSTS BASED ON THE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER'S SERVICE SIZE
   25  CAPACITY AS DETERMINED BY THE SUPPLIER OF ELECTRICITY.
   26    (II) AN ADDITIONAL SURCHARGE  SHALL  BE  LEVIED  ON  SUCH  RESIDENTIAL
   27  CUSTOMER IF SUCH ELECTRICITY USAGE EXCEEDS THE SERVICE SIZE CAPACITY.
   28    (III)  THE  VARIABLE COSTS SHALL BE PAID BY A RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER FOR
   29  ELECTRICITY USED AS INDICATED BY THE REAL TIME SMART METER AND THE  FLAT
   30  FEE  COSTS SHALL BE PAID BY SUCH CUSTOMER, AS DETERMINED BY THE SUPPLIER
   31  OF ELECTRICITY AND APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION, AS PART  OF  THE  REGULAR
   32  BILLING CYCLE.
   33    (D)  THE  COMMISSION  SHALL  APPROVE  ALL  CHARGES, INCLUDING VARIABLE
   34  RATES, FIXED RATES AND SURCHARGES.
   35    3. ELECTRICITY  TRANSFER  AND  DELIVERY  UTILITIES  REGULATED  BY  THE
   36  COMMISSION  MAY  REACH  AGREEMENT  WITH THE COMMISSION TO FOREGO PARTIC-
   37  IPATION IN THE REAL TIME SMART METER PROGRAM FOR  AT  LEAST  TEN  YEARS.
   38  DURING  THIS  PERIOD  OF  TIME NEW METER SERVICE PROVIDERS AND COMMUNITY
   39  PROVIDERS WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO  PROVIDE  SUCH  METERS  IN  THIS
   40  MARKET.  IF  SUCH  AN AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO, SUCH UTILITIES SHALL BE
   41  ALLOWED TO RECEIVE A METER DECOMMISSIONING FEE. THE METER  DECOMMISSION-
   42  ING  FEE  SHALL BE AN AMOUNT AGREED UPON BY SUCH UTILITY AND THE COMMIS-
   43  SION.
   44    4. THE COMMISSION SHALL  ESTABLISH  REAL  TIME  SMART  METERING  PILOT
   45  PROGRAMS. A COUNTY LEGISLATURE OR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MAY PETITION THAT
   46  THE COMMISSION APPROVE THE OPERATION OF A REAL TIME SMART METERING PILOT
   47  PROGRAM  WITHIN  ITS JURISDICTION ON AN ACCELERATED BASIS. SUCH PETITION
   48  SHALL SET FORTH THE  PARAMETERS  OF  THE  PILOT  PROGRAM  INCLUDING  THE
   49  CUSTOMERS  OF  SUCH  COUNTY  TO  BE  SERVED, TECHNOLOGIES TO BE USED AND
   50  PROVIDE DETAILED  PERFORMANCE  MEASURES  TO  BE  USED  INCLUDING  ENERGY
   51  CONSERVATION GOALS.
   52    S  3.   The public service commission shall promulgate rules and regu-
   53  lations to implement the provisions of this act. Such  rules  and  regu-
   54  lations  shall include, but not be limited to, establishing criteria for
   55  the operation and approval of all  smart  metering  programs,  including
   56  those  applications  submitted  by county governments to establish their
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    1  own real time smart metering programs. A county legislature or board  of
    2  supervisors  may  petition the public service commission for approval to
    3  establish a local real time smart metering program on or after the three
    4  hundred  sixty-fifth day after this act shall have become a law. If such
    5  petition is denied, the public service commission shall provide in writ-
    6  ing the reasons for such denial and provide the conditions and  criteria
    7  the  public  service  commission  maintains  would  lead to a subsequent
    8  application approval. Any county application shall have a public hearing
    9  conducted on such application within 120  days  of  submission  of  such
   10  application  to  the  public  service commission and a decision rendered
   11  within 120 days after the public hearing has been concluded.
   12    S 4. This act shall take effect on  the  two  hundred  seventieth  day
   13  after  it  shall  have  become  a law; provided, however, that effective
   14  immediately the public service commission is  authorized  to  adopt  any
   15  rules  or  regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act
   16  on or before such date.
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