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NY S09469
Bill
Status
6/3/2022
Primary Sponsor
Michelle Hinchey
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AI Summary
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Allows utility corporations and municipalities to render estimated bills only when: the calculation procedure is commission-approved, reasonable effort was made to obtain actual meter readings, circumstances beyond their control prevent actual readings, reported readings appear erroneous, or the commission prescribes estimation for specific billing periods or seasonal customers.
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Requires all bills outside these specified criteria to use actual meter readings, regardless of how those readings are obtained.
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Mandates each utility corporation and municipality submit a model procedure for calculating estimated bills to the commission within six months that incorporates best practices, technology, and addresses barriers to obtaining actual meter readings.
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Requires the Public Service Commission to promulgate rules and regulations adopting these model procedures by November 1, 2023.
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Takes effect immediately upon enactment.
Legislative Description
Permits the rendering of an estimated bill from a utility corporation or municipality under certain circumstances; requires each utility corporation and municipality within six months to submit to the commission a model procedure for the calculation of estimated bills that incorporates best practices and technology and accounts for any barriers to the use of actual meter readings.
Last Action
referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
6/2/2022