Bill Text: NY A05468 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Authorizes gas corporations and electric corporations to purchase and sell generators for residential use and requires the public service commission to establish uniform methods of purchasing and regulating the sale, delivery and installation of the generators and billing of customers who purchase the generators.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A05468 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A05468-Introduced.html

---

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
       ________________________________________________________________________
                                         5468
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 27, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SCARBOROUGH -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
       AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to  authorizing  gas
         corporations and electric corporations to purchase and sell generators
         for residential use
         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  66-n to read as follows:
    3    S  66-N.  PURCHASE  AND  SALE  OF  GENERATORS FOR RESIDENTIAL USE. THE
    4  COMMISSION SHALL AUTHORIZE GAS CORPORATIONS AND ELECTRIC CORPORATIONS TO
    5  PURCHASE GENERATORS IN BULK FOR THE PURPOSE OF SELLING  SUCH  GENERATORS
    6  TO  RESIDENTIAL  CUSTOMERS  OF  SUCH GAS CORPORATIONS OR ELECTRIC CORPO-
    7  RATIONS. THE COMMISSION SHALL PRESCRIBE, BY ORDER,  UNIFORM  METHODS  OF
    8  PURCHASING  GENERATORS BY GAS CORPORATIONS AND ELECTRIC CORPORATIONS AND
    9  OF REGULATING THE SALE, DELIVERY AND INSTALLATION OF SUCH GENERATORS AND
   10  BILLING OF RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS WHO PURCHASE SUCH GENERATORS FROM A GAS
   11  CORPORATION OR AN ELECTRIC CORPORATION. CUSTOMERS SHALL BE PERMITTED  TO
   12  PURCHASE  GENERATORS,  SUBJECT  TO  AVAILABILITY,  AND  TO MAKE PAYMENTS
   13  THROUGH AN ADDED MONTHLY CHARGE ON THEIR UTILITY BILL FOR  A  PERIOD  OF
   14  TIME  TO BE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSION. THE COMMISSION SHALL ESTABLISH
   15  GUIDELINES FOR SETTING APPROPRIATE CHARGES AND FEES.
   16    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05439-02-3