S158-2013 Actions

• Jan 9, 2013: REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

S158-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S158

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring all set top
boxes provided by cable, satellite, telecom and internet service
providers to comply with Energy Star guidelines

PURPOSE:
To insure that "set-top" boxes (cable, satellite, telecom or Internet
protocol devices i.e. cable boxes, DVRs, etc) maintain federal
Energy Star specifications by July 1, 2017.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section One of the bill amends the Public Service Law by adding new
section 231 stating that by July 1, 2014 all set top boxes provided
by cable, satellite, telecom or Internet protocol providers to
consumers located in New York shall comply with federal Energy Star
set top box product specifications promulgated by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Department of
Energy.

"Set-Top" box means a cable, satellite, telecom or Internet protocol
or other device, the primary function of which is to receive
television signals from a specific source and transmit or deliver
such signals to a consumer display and/or recording device.

EXISTING LAW:
Current law does not require cable and satellite providers to provide
energy saving set-box devices,

JUSTIFICATION:
Set-top box is a cable, satellite, Internet Protocol or other device
whose primary function is to receive television signals from a
specific source and deliver them to a consumer display and or
recording device, such as a television or DVR.

Set-top boxes that have earned the Energy Star rating are at least 30
percent more efficient than conventional models.

If all set-top boxes sold in the U.S. met the Energy Star
specification, the savings in energy costs will grow to about $2
billion each year and greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced by
the equivalent of greenhouse gas emissions from about 2.5 million
vehicles.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2011-12: S.1228A - Died in Energy & Telecom
2010:    S.4237/A.7815 Died in Senate Energy & Telecom/Died in
         Assembly Corporations
2009:    S.4237/A.7815 Died in Senate Energy & Telecom/Died
         in Assembly Corporations

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the state.


LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the 120th day after it shall have become
law.

S158-2013 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                          158
 2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 (PREFILED)
 January 9, 2013
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni
 cations
 

AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring all set
 top  boxes  provided by cable, satellite, telecom and internet service
 providers to comply with Energy Star guidelines
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section  1.  The public service law is amended by adding a new section
 231 to read as follows:

 

S 231. ENERGY STAR SET TOP BOXES. 1. NO LATER  THAN  JULY  FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND EIGHTEEN, ALL SET TOP BOXES PROVIDED BY CABLE, SATELLITE, TELE
 COM  OR  INTERNET PROTOCOL SERVICE PROVIDERS TO CONSUMERS LOCATED IN THE
 STATE SHALL COMPLY WITH FEDERAL ENERGY STAR SET TOP BOX PRODUCT SPECIFI
 CATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
 AND/OR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.
 2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION: (A) "ENERGY STAR" MEANS A  DESIG
 NATION FROM THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY OR DEPART
 MENT  OF  ENERGY  INDICATING  THAT A PRODUCT MEETS THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY
 STANDARDS SET FORTH BY THE AGENCY FOR COMPLIANCE WITH  THE  ENERGY  STAR
 PROGRAM; AND
 (B) "SET TOP BOX" MEANS A CABLE, SATELLITE, TELECOM OR INTERNET PROTO
 COL  OR  OTHER DEVICE, THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF WHICH IS TO RECEIVE TELE
 VISION SIGNALS FROM A SPECIFIC  SOURCE  AND  TRANSMIT  OR  DELIVER  SUCH
 SIGNALS TO A CONSUMER DISPLAY AND/OR RECORDING DEVICE.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01824-01-3

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