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A02015 Summary:

BILL NOA02015
 
SAME ASSAME AS S05921
 
SPONSORHawley (MS)
 
COSPNSRGiglio JM, Friend, Barclay, Palmesano, DiPietro, Brabenec, Walsh, Miller, Manktelow, Angelino, Gallahan, Lemondes, DeStefano, Norris
 
MLTSPNSRMcDonough, Thiele
 
Amd §18-a, Pub Serv L
 
Reduces the total amount that can be charged from one percent to one-third of one percent.
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A02015 Actions:

BILL NOA02015
 
01/23/2023referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
01/03/2024referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
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A02015 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A2015
 
SPONSOR: Hawley (MS)
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public service law, in relation to reducing the amount a utility can be assessed for costs and expenses of the depart- ment of public service and the public service commission   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To repeal subdivision 6 of section 18-A of the Public Service Law which establishes a "utility service conservation assessment" on specified utility entities of 2% of gross intrastate revenues, and a 1% of gross intrastate revenues for Long Island Power Authority.   SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: : Repeals subdivision 6 of section 18-A of the Public Service Law   JUSTIFICATION: The Service Conservation Assessment is a fee placed on utility companies including municipally owned utilities of 2 percent. The tax creates a condition requiring utility companies to raise more revenue to cover the assessment fee. Utility company's financial resources are strained and to raise the mandated fee they have placed the surcharge directly on customer's utility bills. The assessment fees are scheduled to be depos- ited directly into the state's general fund and only a portion will be passed on to the Public Service Commission within each budget season. This legislation would provide a direct savings to utility consumers.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2010 - S.6132/A.9098 -- ENERGY/Corporations 2011-2012 - S.4081-B - ENERGY/Corporations 2013 - S.2435/A382-A -ENERGY/Corporations, 05/20/14 A382B held for consideration in corporations, authorities and commissions 04/12/16 held for consideration in corporations, authorities and commis- sions A3435 A1718 - 05/14/18 held for consideration in corporations, authorities and Commissions 07/12/20 - A.1723 held for consideration in corporations, authorities and commissions A5717 - 05/03/22 held for consideration in corporations, authorities and commissions   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: Consumers will save money from this unnecessary tax. A $520 million loss of projected revenue to the State's General Fund over the next 5 years by repealing the utility service conservation assessment.   EFFECTIVE DATE: : : This act shall take effect immediately.
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A02015 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2015
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 23, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY, J. M. GIGLIO, FRIEND, BARCLAY, PALMESANO,
          DiPIETRO,  BRABENEC,  WALSH,  MILLER,  MANKTELOW,  ANGELINO, GALLAHAN,
          LEMONDES, DeSTEFANO, NORRIS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  McDO-
          NOUGH,  THIELE  --  read  once and referred to the Committee on Corpo-
          rations, Authorities and Commissions

        AN ACT to amend the public service law,  in  relation  to  reducing  the
          amount a utility can be assessed for costs and expenses of the depart-
          ment of public service and the public service commission
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (g) of subdivision  2  of  section  18-a  of  the
     2  public  service law, as amended by section 2 of part A of chapter 173 of
     3  the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (g) The total amount which may be charged to any public utility compa-
     5  ny and the Long Island power authority under authority of this  subdivi-
     6  sion  for  any  state  fiscal year shall not exceed one-third of one per
     7  centum of such public utility company's or authority's  gross  operating
     8  revenues  derived from intrastate utility operations in the last preced-
     9  ing calendar year, or other twelve month period  as  determined  by  the
    10  chairman;  provided,  however,  that  no  corporation  or person that is
    11  subject to the jurisdiction of the commission only with respect to safe-
    12  ty, or the power authority of the state of New York, shall be subject to
    13  the general assessment provided for under this subdivision.
    14    Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section, for
    15  telephone corporations as defined in subdivision  seventeen  of  section
    16  two  of  this article, the total amount which may be charged such corpo-
    17  rations for department expenses under the authority of  subdivision  one
    18  of  this section for any state fiscal year shall not exceed one-third of
    19  one percentum of such corporation's gross operating  revenue,  over  and
    20  above  five  hundred  thousand  dollars, derived from intrastate utility
    21  operations in the last preceding calendar year, or  other  twelve  month
    22  period as determined by the chairman.
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04310-01-3
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