Senate Bill S3296

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Repeals subdivision 6 of section 18-a of the public service law, relating to a temporary state energy and utility service conservation assessment

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S3296 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3435
Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §18-a sub 6, amd §18-a, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S6132, A9098
2011-2012: S4081, A1202
2013-2014: S2435, A382
2017-2018: A1718
2019-2020: A1723
2021-2022: A5717
2023-2024: A2015

2015-S3296 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Repeals certain provisions relating to a temporary state energy and utility service conservation assessment; reduces the total amount that can be charged from one percent to one-third of one percent.

2015-S3296 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S3296 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3296

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 4, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommu-
  nications

AN ACT to amend the public service law,  in  relation  to  reducing  the
  amount  a  utility can be assessed and to repeal certain provisions of
  such law relating to a temporary  state  energy  and  utility  service
  conservation assessment

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 18-a of the public service law  is
REPEALED.
  S  2.  Paragraph  (g)  of  subdivision 2 of section 18-a of the public
service law, as amended by section 2 of part A of  chapter  173  of  the
laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
  (g) The total amount which may be charged to any public utility compa-
ny  and the Long Island power authority under authority of this subdivi-
sion for any state fiscal year shall not exceed  ONE-THIRD  OF  one  per
centum  of  such public utility company's or authority's gross operating
revenues derived from intrastate utility operations in the last  preced-
ing  calendar  year,  or  other twelve month period as determined by the
chairman; provided, however, that  no  corporation  or  person  that  is
subject to the jurisdiction of the commission only with respect to safe-
ty, or the power authority of the state of New York, shall be subject to
the general assessment provided for under this subdivision.
  Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section, for
telephone  corporations  as  defined in subdivision seventeen of section
two of this article, the total amount which may be charged  such  corpo-
rations  for  department expenses under the authority of subdivision one
of this section for any state fiscal year shall not exceed one-third  of
one  percentum  of  such corporation's gross operating revenue, over and
above five hundred thousand dollars,  derived  from  intrastate  utility
operations  in  the  last preceding calendar year, or other twelve month
period as determined by the chairman.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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