NY A00124

Authorizes municipalities to establish community choice aggregation programs individually or through inter-municipal agreements to procure electric and/or gas supply services on behalf of residents and businesses.

Requires distribution utilities to provide detailed customer usage data and billing information to program administrators within 60-120 days of request, including 60 months of historical consumption data and customer-specific account information.

Mandates that ESCO-selected supply rates be lower than the distribution utility's 12-month average rates, with ESCOs prohibited from charging cancellation fees and municipalities able to charge exit fees only for renewable energy and efficiency investments.

Requires municipalities to notify eligible customers with a 60-day opt-out period for automatic enrollment, or 60-day opt-in period for customers currently served by other ESCOs, with no cost to opt-out during the initial period.

Establishes Public Service Commission oversight to audit ESCO performance within 365 days, with authority to terminate contracts if price benchmarks are not met and require ESCOs to refund customers for any rate overages plus re-entry fees.