Requires revenue from the sale of prepaid telephone calling cards to be deposited in an escrow account; provides that such revenue may only be withdrawn to the extent the holders of such cards use the authorized telephone service. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Relates to residential rental buildings and submetering; requires applicants and building owners currently submetering to file with public service commission and the appropriate municipality. / Sponsor: MARCELLINO Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Makes provisions regarding purchase and procurement of natural gas at lowest available price at city gate. / Sponsor: YOUNG Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Prohibits the imposition of any charge or fee on the telephone bill of a consumer when such fee or charge is imposed by a third party, unless the consumer explicitly agrees to the nature and amount of such fee or charge; makes the unauthorized imposition of such a fee void and unenforceable; directs the public service commission to enforce such provisions. / Sponsor: FLANAGAN Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Authorizes mayor or chief executive officer of any city having a population of one million or more persons to establish a utility facility coordinating committee to develop and implement procedures under which each utility corporation and corporation authorized to install and lease underground conduit facilities providing service in the city shall cooperate with such city in developing plans for the removal, protection or replacement of any facilities of such corporation which are to be disturbed or affected by the laying out, establishment, construction, maintenance, operation, alteration or discontinuance of any street, sewer and drainage system, or water supply system in such city, and cooperate with such city where removal, protection or replacement of such facilities is undertaken; details minimum cooperative procedures to be undertaken in such cases. / Sponsor: KRUGER 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

Relates to appliance and equipment energy efficiency standards; requires new or replacement consumer audio and video products purchased by or for the state or any agency thereof shall meet or exceed certain requirements. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Provides for the net energy metering of solar, wind, fuel cell and farm waste electric generating systems for both residential and business customers; increases the rated capacity of eligible solar electric generating equipment to 2,000 kilowatts; provides for the metering and fees for such electric generating equipment. / Sponsor: BALL Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Directs the public service commission to require all telephone corporations to provide free directory information or assistance to blind persons meeting specified visual acuity standards and also to certain other physically handicapped persons who are certified as meeting certain specified criteria; requires that the public service commission establish procedures by which free access to directory information and assistance is automatically registered as exempt from all charges; makes related provisions. / Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Directs the Energy Research and Development Authority to do a study as to a comprehensive energy plan for the downstate region of the state. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Authorizes the public service commission, upon application by a municipality, to order costs for public fire protection to be charged to all customer classes located in such municipality; all costs allocated to the public fire protection function of a water-works corporation including costs associated with fire hydrants such as capital costs, maintenance repair and operating expenses, rental and access charges are eligible to be apportioned to customers in a municipality. / Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Directs a study of the siting processes for wind energy production facilities and provides for a report with recommendations for an overall sitings plan. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Requires notice of any ex parte communications or visits before the public service commission by a party to a hearing or investigation be given in writing to any affected party and to give such affected parties an opportunity to respond. / Sponsor: STAVISKY Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Requires the annual inspection of manholes, service box covers and utility poles by gas or electric corporations; requires such inspection reports shall be kept by such corporations and subject to the freedom of information law; and provides civil penalties for violations. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Relates to automatic rate adjustments for natural gas or electric service; permits such rate adjustment only when associated with and reflective of changes in the reasonable costs of fuel purchased for the production of electricity by such electric corporation or changes in the reasonable costs of gas or electricity purchased by such gas corporation or electric corporation for resale to residential customers; limits gas and electric corporation to no more than one rate adjustment in any six month period; makes related provisions. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Abolishes the use of a market clearing price relating to the buying of electricity at an auction held by the independent systems operator. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Forbids building owners of multi-tenant properties to discriminate against telephone companies in physical access to the property to install equipment and provide telecommunications services; gives the public service commission authority to regulate access and adjudicate disputes. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Prohibits suppliers of natural gas or electric service from changing a customer's supplier of gas or electric service (commonly known as "slamming") unless such supplier complies with requirement established by the public service commission; authorizes the commission to establish requirements for customer consent; makes enforcement provisions to punish violators of slamming requirements. / Sponsor: KRUEGER Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Requires alternative fuels to be available for public use along the New York state thruway after November 1, 2012 and to provide each recommended alternative fuel at least every one hundred twenty miles on both sides of the thruway; defines "alternative fuel". / Sponsor: PARKER 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: GIANARIS Committee: ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS