Repeals certain provisions relating to a temporary state energy and utility service conservation assessment; reduces the total amount that can be charged from one percent to one-third of one percent.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1718
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 12, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY, KOLB, MALLIOTAKIS, GIGLIO, CROUCH,
FRIEND, BARCLAY, PALMESANO, STEC -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
LOPEZ, MAGEE, McDONOUGH, OAKS, SALADINO, THIELE, WALTER -- read once
and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commis-
sions
AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to reducing the
amount a utility can be assessed and to repeal certain provisions of
such law relating to a temporary state energy and utility service
conservation assessment
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 18-a of the public service law is
2 REPEALED.
3 § 2. Paragraph (g) of subdivision 2 of section 18-a of the public
4 service law, as amended by section 2 of part A of chapter 173 of the
5 laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
6 (g) The total amount which may be charged to any public utility compa-
7 ny and the Long Island power authority under authority of this subdivi-
8 sion for any state fiscal year shall not exceed one-third of one per
9 centum of such public utility company's or authority's gross operating
10 revenues derived from intrastate utility operations in the last preced-
11 ing calendar year, or other twelve month period as determined by the
12 chairman; provided, however, that no corporation or person that is
13 subject to the jurisdiction of the commission only with respect to safe-
14 ty, or the power authority of the state of New York, shall be subject to
15 the general assessment provided for under this subdivision.
16 Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section, for
17 telephone corporations as defined in subdivision seventeen of section
18 two of this article, the total amount which may be charged such corpo-
19 rations for department expenses under the authority of subdivision one
20 of this section for any state fiscal year shall not exceed one-third of
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 one percentum of such corporation's gross operating revenue, over and
2 above five hundred thousand dollars, derived from intrastate utility
3 operations in the last preceding calendar year, or other twelve month
4 period as determined by the chairman.
5 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
