Bill Text: NY S06399 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
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 (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S06399 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S06399-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6399 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 16, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DeFRANCISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommu- nications 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