Bill Text: NY A00178 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes tenants to request the installation of smart or advanced meters where the building they occupy is being converted to an electric or gas meter that measures usage of any end-use customer of electricity or gas services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-29 - print number 178a [A00178 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A00178-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        178--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Energy -- recommitted to the Committee on Energy in accordance with
         Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
         reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the energy law, in relation to the installation of smart
         or advanced meters
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The energy law is amended by adding a  new  article  23  to
    2  read as follows:
    3                                 ARTICLE 23
    4                             RESIDENTIAL ENERGY
    5  SECTION 23-101. DEFINITIONS.
    6          23-102. SMART OR ADVANCED METERS.
    7    S 23-101. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING
    8  WORDS AND PHRASES SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
    9    1.  "MASTER  METER."  A METER THAT MEASURES ENERGY USAGE IN A BUILDING
   10  OCCUPIED BY MORE THAN ONE TENANT USING A COMMON UTILITY METER.
   11    2. "SMART METERS." METERS THAT RECORD ELECTRICAL CONSUMPTION IN  REAL-
   12  TIME  OR  OVER  SHORT  INTERVALS AND COMMUNICATE SUCH INFORMATION TO THE
   13  UTILITY THROUGH A TWO-WAY INFORMATION EXCHANGE.
   14    S 23-102. SMART OR ADVANCED METERS. 1. TENANTS OF  RESIDENTIAL  RENTAL
   15  BUILDINGS  MAY  REQUEST  THAT  A SMART OR ADVANCED METER BE INSTALLED IN
   16  CASES WHERE THE BUILDING THEY OCCUPY IS BEING CONVERTED  FROM  A  MASTER
   17  METER  TO  AN  ELECTRIC  OR GAS METER THAT MEASURES USAGE OF ANY END-USE
   18  CUSTOMER OF ELECTRICITY OR GAS SERVICES.
   19    2. WHERE A TENANT REQUESTS TO HAVE A SMART OR ADVANCED METER INSTALLED
   20  AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, THE LANDLORD/OWNER SHALL
   21  INSTALL SUCH METER AND THE TENANT SHALL BEAR ANY COSTS  ASSOCIATED  WITH
   22  THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF THE ADVANCED OR SMART METER THAT ARE IN
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02478-02-4
       A. 178--A                           2
    1  EXCESS  OF  COSTS  ASSOCIATED  WITH THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF THE
    2  ELECTRIC OR GAS METER ORIGINALLY PROPOSED TO BE USED IN  THE  CONVERSION
    3  FROM THE MASTER METER.
    4    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.