Bill Text: NY A08118 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Directs the department of public service to adjust each utility corporation's residential fixed charge upon such corporation's filing with the department of an amendment of rate schedules, to recover only the fixed costs and operation and maintenance expenses directly related to metering, billing, service connections and the provision of customer service.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to energy [A08118 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A08118-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8118

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      June 3, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Energy

        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
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