Assembly Bill A1702

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires inspection and regulation of all electric and gas meters that measure usage of any end use customer of electricity or gas services

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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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2017-A1702 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §67, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A186
2011-2012: A41
2013-2014: A50
2015-2016: A1877

2017-A1702 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires inspection and regulation of all electric and gas meters that measure usage of any end use customer of electricity or gas services by the public service commission.

2017-A1702 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1702
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. HEVESI, O'DONNELL, DINOWITZ, GOTTFRIED, COLTON,
   JAFFEE, MOYA, ROSENTHAL -- Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.  AUBRY,
   FARRELL, GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Energy
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  service  law,  in relation to requiring
   inspection and regulation of all electric and gas meters that  measure
   usage  of  any  end use customer of electricity or gas services by the
   public service commission
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 67 of the public service law, as
 amended by chapter 446 of the laws  of  1972,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  The commission shall appoint inspectors of electric and gas meters
 WHICH FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION SHALL MEAN ALL ELECTRIC  AND  GAS
 METERS  THAT MEASURE USAGE OF ANY END USE CUSTOMER OF ELECTRICITY OR GAS
 SERVICES whose duty it shall be, when required  by  the  commission,  to
 inspect,  examine and ascertain the accuracy of any and all electric and
 gas meters used or intended to be used for  measuring  and  ascertaining
 the  quantity  of  electric  current or gas furnished for light, heat or
 power by any person, corporation or municipality to or for  the  use  of
 any  person  or  corporation,  and to inspect, examine and ascertain the
 accuracy of all apparatus for testing and proving the accuracy of  elec-
 tric  and  gas  meters,  and  when found to be or made to be correct the
 inspector shall stamp or mark all such meters and  apparatus  with  some
 suitable  device,  which  device  shall be recorded in the office of the
 secretary of state.    No  corporation,  person  or  municipality  shall
 furnish,  set  or put in use any electric or gas meter the type of which
 shall not have been approved by the commission.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
 ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
 necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
 authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or  before  such
 effective date.

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