Bill Text: NY S08882 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the public service commission to develop a formula for the calculation of a residential water cost index; requires each water-works corporation and municipal water system serving one thousand customers or more to calculate and submit to the public service commission its residential water cost index; and requires the public service commission to publish a report on the residential water cost index of each applicable water-works corporation and municipal water system.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-08-07 - REFERRED TO RULES [S08882 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08882-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8882

                    IN SENATE

                                     August 7, 2020
                                       ___________

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

        AN ACT to amend the public service law, in  relation  to  requiring  the
          public  service commission to develop a formula for the calculation of
          a residential water cost index; requiring each water-works corporation
          and municipal water system serving one thousand customers or  more  to
          calculate  and submit to the public service commission its residential
          water cost index; and  requiring  the  public  service  commission  to
          publish  a report on the residential water cost index of each applica-
          ble water-works corporation and municipal water system

          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  89-k to read as follows:
     3    § 89-k. Residential water cost index. 1.  For  the  purposes  of  this
     4  section,  "residential  water cost index" means the annual cost of water
     5  for an average single family household served by  a  water-works  corpo-
     6  ration  or  municipal water system. The water cost index shall be calcu-
     7  lated using uniform factors developed by the commission  including,  but
     8  not  limited  to, usage, fees, applicable taxes, meter size and seasonal
     9  rate structures.
    10    2. Within six months of  the  effective  date  of  this  section,  the
    11  commission  shall develop a formula for the calculation of a residential
    12  water cost index. Such formula shall include the uniform factors  to  be
    13  used  by any water-works corporation or municipal water system in calcu-
    14  lating its water cost index. The commission shall publish  such  formula
    15  on  its  website,  and  shall  provide  such formula to each water-works
    16  corporation and municipal water system serving one thousand customers or
    17  more. The commission may, from time to time, update such formula.
    18    3. Annually, each water-works corporation and municipal  water  system
    19  serving one thousand customers or more shall calculate and submit to the
    20  commission  its residential water cost index. The water cost index shall
    21  be submitted to the commission within sixty days succeeding the close of
    22  its fiscal year. Municipal water systems may submit its water cost index

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11084-03-0
        S. 8882                             2

     1  as part of their annual report as provided for in section  eighty-nine-l
     2  of this article.
     3    4.  Annually, by December thirty-first, the commission shall publish a
     4  report on the residential water cost index  of  each  applicable  water-
     5  works  corporation  and municipal water system of the preceding calendar
     6  year. The report shall provide a statistical analysis of the data and  a
     7  comparison  of  residential  water  cost  indexes  throughout the state,
     8  including, but not limited to, comparisons based  on  regions,  type  of
     9  provider, and size.
    10    5.  A  copy  of the report shall be posted on the commission's website
    11  and the commission shall notify the temporary president of  the  senate,
    12  the speaker of the assembly, the chair of the senate energy and telecom-
    13  munications  committee,  and  the  chair  of  the assembly corporations,
    14  authorities and commissions committee of its  posting  and  any  updates
    15  made thereto.
    16    § 2. Section 89-l of the public service law is amended by adding a new
    17  subdivision 7 to read as follows:
    18    7.  Each municipal water system serving one thousand customers or more
    19  shall calculate and submit a residential water cost index to the  public
    20  service commission pursuant to section eighty-nine-k of this article.
    21    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.