Authorizes tenants to request the installation of smart or advanced meters where the building they occupy is being converted to an electric or gas meter that measures usage of any end-use customer of electricity or gas services.

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S369-2013 Actions

• Jan 9, 2013: REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

S369-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S369

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the energy law, in relation to the installation of smart or
advanced meters

PURPOSE:

The purpose of this legislation is to provide tenants in buildings
that are undergoing metering conversions from master meters to
submeters the option of having a smart or advanced meter installed.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This bill amends the energy law by adding a new article 23.

JUSTIFICATION:
Smart or advanced meters are able to assess real time
pricing data, record kilowatt hour usage in the tenant's apartment,
and communicate with household appliances to reduce usage during peak
hours.
These meters enhance energy conservation and efficiency, reduce
electrical consumption and save ratepayers money on their electric
bills.

This legislation enables tenants in a residential building that is
undergoing a meter conversion from a single master meter to a system
of submeters to request that a smart or advanced meter be installed
in their apartment. While this bill gives the tenant the right to put
in the smart or advanced meter, the tenant will be responsible for
cost of the equipment.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2011-12: A.296 Referred to Energy
2012:    S.6936 Referred to Energy and Telecommunications

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S369-2013 Text

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

                                     369

                         2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                 (PREFILED)

                               January 9, 2013
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
    printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
    cations

  AN ACT to amend the energy law, in relation to the installation of smart
    or advanced meters

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


    Section 1. The energy law is amended by adding a  new  article  23  to
  read as follows:

                                 ARTICLE 23
                             RESIDENTIAL ENERGY
  SECTION 23-101. DEFINITIONS.
          23-102. SMART OR ADVANCED METERS.
    S 23-101. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING
  WORDS AND PHRASES SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:

    1.  "MASTER  METER."  A METER THAT MEASURES ENERGY USAGE IN A BUILDING
  OCCUPIED BY MORE THAN ONE TENANT USING A COMMON UTILITY METER.
    2. "SMART METER" OR "ADVANCED METER." A METERING DEVICE THAT  HAS  THE
  FOLLOWING CAPABILITIES:

    (A)  IS  COUPLED  WITH AN IN-HOME DISPLAY DEVICE THAT CAN DISPLAY REAL
  TIME USAGE OR DEMAND AND REAL TIME PRICING IN USEFUL COMPARISONS INCLUD-
  ING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, MEANS SUCH AS SIDE BY SIDE BAR GRAPHS OR  COLOR
  CODED SYSTEMS THAT REFLECT CHANGING UTILITY DEMAND AND PRICING;
    (B)  RECORDS,  STORES  AND  INTERPRETS KILOWATT PER HOUR USER RATES IN
  ONE-HALF HOUR INTERVALS;
    (C) COMMUNICATES REAL TIME PRICING THRESHOLDS TO  HOME  APPLIANCES  TO
  REDUCE  APPLIANCE  USAGE AS DETERMINED BY THE RATEPAYER OR IN AGREEMENTS
  WITH AN ENERGY PROVIDER;
    (D) READS REMOTELY OR  RECEIVES  DATA  FROM  A  COMMUNICATION  SYSTEM,
  INCLUDING,  BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE INTERNET, WIRELESS FIDELITY NETWORK,

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD02478-01-3

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  BROADBAND OVER POWER LINE, POWER LINE  CARRIER,  ETHERNET,  PHONE  LINE,
  WIRELESS CELL PHONE LINE OR RADIO FREQUENCY;
    (E) STORES USAGE DATA UP TO THREE MONTHS;
    (F) DETECTS A LOSS OF POWER TO A CUSTOMER WITH IMMEDIATE COMMUNICATION
  OF SUCH LOSS TO THE ENERGY PROVIDER; AND
    (G) PROVIDES ANALYSIS ON DATA SUCH AS HISTORICAL CONSUMPTION PATTERNS,
  UTILIZATION  RATES,  POWER OUTAGES, PEAK DEMAND TIMES AND POWER REQUIRE-
  MENTS, COSTS PER KILOWATT HOUR, PRICING, AND USAGE HISTORY.
    S 23-102. SMART OR ADVANCED METERS. 1. TENANTS OF  RESIDENTIAL  RENTAL
  BUILDINGS  MAY  REQUEST  THAT  A SMART OR ADVANCED METER BE INSTALLED IN
  CASES WHERE THE BUILDING THEY OCCUPY IS BEING CONVERTED  FROM  A  MASTER
  METER  TO  AN  ELECTRIC  OR GAS METER THAT MEASURES USAGE OF ANY END-USE
  CUSTOMER OF ELECTRICITY OR GAS SERVICES.
    2. WHERE A TENANT REQUESTS TO HAVE A SMART OR ADVANCED METER INSTALLED
  AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, THE LANDLORD/OWNER SHALL
  INSTALL SUCH METER AND THE TENANT SHALL BEAR ANY COSTS  ASSOCIATED  WITH
  THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF THE ADVANCED OR SMART METER THAT ARE IN
  EXCESS  OF  COSTS  ASSOCIATED  WITH THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF THE
  ELECTRIC OR GAS METER ORIGINALLY PROPOSED TO BE USED IN  THE  CONVERSION
  FROM THE MASTER METER.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.