Prohibits the release of a consumer's electrical or gas consumption data to any police officer, or private, local, state or federal law enforcement entity without a judicial court-ordered subpoena, warrant or the consumer's written consent.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1551
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 10, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. PARKER, COMRIE, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read
twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
Committee on Energy and Telecommunications
AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to prohibiting the
release of consumption data
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 65 of the public service law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 7-a to read as follows:
3 7-a. No utility corporation, municipality or local publicly owned
4 electric or gas corporation shall share, disclose or otherwise make
5 accessible a consumer's electrical or gas consumption data or allow a
6 third party to share, disclose, or otherwise make accessible a consum-
7 er's electrical or gas consumption data, to any police officer, as
8 defined by section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, or private,
9 local, state or federal law enforcement entity, without a judicial
10 court-ordered subpoena, warrant, or the consumer's written, knowing
11 consent. This subdivision shall not preclude a utility corporation,
12 municipality or local publicly owned electric or gas corporation from
13 using customer aggregate electrical consumption data for analysis,
14 reporting, or program management if all personal identifying information
15 has been removed regarding such individual consumer.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04549-01-5
