Bill Text: NY S06692 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs utilities to study the potential health risks and effects of smart meters including, but not limited to, the risks and effects of the installation of such smart meters, and recommended safe practices associated with the use of smart meters; requires utilities to report their findings to the public service commission; and requires the public service commission to prepare a comprehensive report to the governor and legislature.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S06692 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S06692-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6692

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    September 6, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT directing utilities to  study  the  potential  health  risks  and
          effects  of  smart  meters;  and  providing  for  the  repeal  of such
          provisions upon expiration thereof

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Public health study of smart meters. 1. Definition. For the
     2  purposes  of this section, "smart meter" shall mean a meter that records
     3  electrical or natural gas consumption in real-time or over short  inter-
     4  vals  and  communicates  such information to a utility through a two-way
     5  information exchange.
     6    2. Utilities operating in the state and offering  smart  meters  shall
     7  conduct  a  study  of  the  potential  health risks and effects of smart
     8  meters including, but not limited to,  the  risks  and  effects  of  the
     9  installation  of such smart meters, and recommended safe practices asso-
    10  ciated with the use of smart meters.
    11    3. Not later than one year after the effective date of this act,  each
    12  utility  shall  report to the public service commission on its findings.
    13  Not later than eighteen months after the effective date of this act, the
    14  public service commission shall prepare a comprehensive  report  to  the
    15  governor  and  the legislature setting forth and evaluating the findings
    16  of such utilities.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    18  have  become  a  law,  and shall expire and be deemed repealed two years
    19  after such effective date.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13619-01-9