Provides that, prior to granting a certificate for the construction of an electric transmission line facility, the public service commission must find that the facility conforms to the most recent state energy plan and consider whether approval of the facility would cause adverse impacts on the state's environmental quality due to electric generation. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Enacts the accessible electronic information act for blind and disabled persons; creates a new fund in the state finance law. / Sponsor: Pretlow Committee:

Requires telecommunication service providers to provide notice relating to a service outage to the public service commission that includes information about geographic distribution of the outage and an estimate of the duration of the outage; requires providers to make information about restoration of service available to customers to the extent practicable. / Sponsor: BONACIC Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Increases the penalties imposed upon gas and electric utilities for failure to file or correct an annual report with the public service commission; such penalties shall not be more than one-tenth of 1% of the utilities' annual net revenue for each day of violation, but not to exceed $25,000 nor be less than $100. / Sponsor: GIANARIS Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Requires gas and electric utilities to make available to landlords or lessors, upon request of prospective tenants or lessees, information concerning gas and electric charges incurred for residential rental premises; provides that such information shall be furnished without any charge or fee. / Sponsor: ESPAILLAT Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Amends the public service law, in relation to providing for a priority call system for use in connection with emergency disconnections of utilities, service coverage and oversight of response time in connection with the emergency disconnection of utilities. / Sponsor: ADDABBO Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Requires that at least one commissioner of the public service commission have experience in utility consumer advocacy. / Sponsor: GIANARIS Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Relates to a temporary annual assessment and the effectiveness of part NN of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009. / Sponsor: GRISANTI Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Establishes a public service commission nominating board to make recommendations of persons qualified for appointment as commissioners of the public service commission. / Sponsor: Kavanagh Committee:

Changes the standard for annually reporting of stock interests by public utilities to the public service commission from those stockholders with 1% or more of the voting capital stock to those with 10% or more; provides for reporting of such interests when held by a trustee, other intermediate agency or another corporation. / Sponsor: Wright Committee:

Directs the public service commission to require electric and steam corporations to provide rate reductions or refunds for inadequate or interrupted service; requires electric corporations, in cities having a population of one million or more, to reimburse ratepayers for damages to and losses of property and business caused by power outages lasting more than 12 hours during any 24-hour period; requires steam corporations, in cities having a population of one million or more, to reimburse ratepayers for damages to and losses of property and business caused by service interruptions lasting more than 48 hours. / Sponsor: Hevesi Committee:

Relates to the collection of charges for residential utility service deemed to be rent. / Sponsor: PERKINS Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Requires utility corporations and entities to submit an annual report to the public service commission, legislature, the executive, and the chairman of the state energy planning board detailing energy metering production, including the number of customer-generators, the type of power producing the energy and the amount of output from each customer-generator. / Sponsor: PERKINS Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Requires gas and electric corporations to charge not-for-profit organized sports programs for youth residential rates for utilities. / Sponsor: LANZA Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Relates to application requirements for private or government entities that wish to provide electric service converting residential rental buildings from being mass-metered to submetered. / Sponsor: PERKINS Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Relates to the public service department undertaking a comprehensive and regular management and operations audit of the Power Authority of the State of New York. / Sponsor: Brennan (MS) Committee:

Provides that certain rates charged by a local exchange telephone company serving over 350,000 access lines shall be equal to the rates charged by such company for the unbundled network elements which are components of each underlying service and facility provided to an owner or operator. / Sponsor: Wright Committee:

Expands the definition of "excavation" for the purposes of the protection of underground facilities. / Sponsor: Pretlow Committee:

Establishes a public service commission nominating board to make recommendations of persons qualified for appointment as commissioners of the public service commission. / Sponsor: GIANARIS Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Expands the scope of management and operations audits of gas and electric corporations conducted by the public service commission; requires copies of such audits to be provided to the governor and various legislative leaders. / Sponsor: Hevesi Committee: