STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6241 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 28, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. METZGER -- 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 adjustment of electric residential fixed charges 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 42-a to read as follows: 3 § 42-a. Adjustment of electric distribution company residential fixed 4 charge. 1. As used in this section "residential fixed charge" means any 5 fixed fee charged to residential electric customers, including, but not 6 limited to, (a) a fixed charge for distribution basic service, (b) a 7 distribution customer service charge, (c) a customer charge, or (d) a 8 basic service fee which is separate and distinct from any distribution 9 charge per kilowatt-hour. 10 2. The department shall adjust each utility corporation's residential 11 fixed charge upon such corporation's filing with the department of an 12 amendment of rate schedules pursuant to article four of this chapter, to 13 recover only the fixed costs and operation and maintenance expenses 14 directly related to metering, billing, service connections and the 15 provision of customer service. 16 3. The provisions of subdivision two of this section shall not permit 17 or enable the department to cause a cost shift to other rate classes. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13034-01-9