Provides that a gas or electrical corporation shall not consider the demand used by a volunteer fire company in responding to emergencies when calculating demand charges for the purposes of determining safe and adequate service.

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S4775-2011 Actions

• Jun 14, 2012: SUBSTITUTED BY A8082A
• Jun 11, 2012: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Jun 6, 2012: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Jun 5, 2012: 1ST REPORT CAL.1095
• May 29, 2012: PRINT NUMBER 4775A
• May 29, 2012: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
• Jun 24, 2011: COMMITTED TO RULES
• Jun 1, 2011: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• May 25, 2011: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• May 24, 2011: 1ST REPORT CAL.845
• Apr 20, 2011: REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

S4775-2011 Meetings

Energy and Telecommunications: May 24, 2011

S4775-2011 Calendars

Floor Calendar: May 25, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 1, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 2, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 6, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 7, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 13, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 14, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 15, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 16, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 17, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 21, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 22, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 23, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 24, 2011

S4775-2011 Votes

S4775-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S4775

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the public service law, in relation to certain criteria
used to determine safe and adequate service

PURPOSE:
The purpose of this legislation is to ensure that Volunteer fire
companies are not punished with expensive demand charges, while in
the course of performing their most vital functions.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 - would amend subdivision 5 of section 65 of the public
service law as amended by chapter 134 of the laws of 1921, to provide
that volunteer fire companies will not be subject to demand charges
when responding to an emergency.

JUSTIFICATION:
Volunteer Fire Companies provide life saving services to the
communities they serve day in and day out. Demand charges that are
sometimes imposed on these companies can dramatically impact their
utility bills and increase overall costs of their operations.
Something as simple as opening the Station house door to prepare to
leave for a call, at the wrong time during the Winter Months can
cause these charges to be applied. This bill seeks to help our
Volunteer Fire Companies by prohibiting a utility company from
imposing demand charges resulting from an emergency call.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
This is a new Bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S4775-2011 Text

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

                                    4775

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                               April 20, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sens.  MAZIARZ, ADDABBO, JOHNSON, O'MARA, SEWARD -- read
    twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
    Committee on Energy and Telecommunications

  AN  ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to certain criteria
    used to determine safe and adequate service

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


    Section  1.  Subdivision 5 of section 65 of the public service law, as
  amended by chapter 134 of the laws  of  1921,  is  amended  to  read  as
  follows:

    5.  Nothing  in  this  chapter shall be taken to prohibit a gas corpo-
  ration or electrical corporation from  establishing  classifications  of
  service  based  upon  the quantity used, the time when used, the purpose
  for which used, the duration of use or upon any other reasonable consid-
  eration, and providing schedules of just and reasonable graduated  rates
  applicable thereto; PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT, IN DETERMINING OR CALCULATING
  THE  DEMAND  CHARGES  FOR A VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY AS DEFINED IN SECTION
  ONE HUNDRED OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, NO GAS  CORPORATION  OR  ELEC-
  TRICAL  CORPORATION SHALL CONSIDER THE DEMAND FOR SERVICE BY A VOLUNTEER
  FIRE COMPANY WHEN SUCH VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY IS RESPONDING TO AN  EMER-
  GENCY.  No such classification, schedule, rate or charge shall be lawful
  unless  it shall be filed with and approved by the commission, and every
  such classification, rate or charge shall be subject to  change,  alter-
  ation and modification by the commission.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD10799-01-1