Bill Text: NY S07293 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the Long Island power authority from imposing any fee for the voluntary termination of residential electric service for the purpose of using an alternative source of electricity, which exceeds any fee imposed for other voluntary terminations of residential electric service.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-11-21 - SIGNED CHAP.471 [S07293 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S07293-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7293
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 9, 2014
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       Introduced  by Sen. FLANAGAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
         cations
       AN  ACT  to  amend  chapter 589 of the laws of 2000, amending the public
         authorities law, relating to prohibiting the Long Island power author-
         ity from imposing any additional fee for the voluntary termination  of
         residential  electric service for the purpose of utilizing alternative
         sources of electric generation, in relation to the effectiveness ther-
         eof
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Section 2 of chapter 589 of the laws of 2000, amending the
    2  public authorities law, relating to prohibiting the  Long  Island  power
    3  authority from imposing any additional fee for the voluntary termination
    4  of residential electric service for the purpose of utilizing alternative
    5  sources of electric generation, as amended by chapter 153 of the laws of
    6  2007, is amended to read as follows:
    7    S  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; and shall expire and be
    8  deemed repealed on September 1, [2014] 2021, except that the  provisions
    9  of  this act shall continue to apply to a customer who installs alterna-
   10  tive sources of electric generation prior to such repeal date as long as
   11  such equipment remains in use.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD15093-01-4