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A05235 Summary:
BILL NO | A05235 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S05023 |
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SPONSOR | Dinowitz |
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Amd §65, Pub Serv L | |
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Prohibits suppliers of natural gas or electric service from changing a customer's supplier of gas or electric service (commonly known as "slamming") unless such supplier complies with requirements established by the public service commission; authorizes the commission to establish requirements for customer consent; makes enforcement provisions to punish violators of slamming requirements. |
A05235 Actions:
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02/07/2017 | referred to consumer affairs and protection | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/02/2017 | reported referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/03/2018 | referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/08/2018 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/10/2018 | advanced to third reading cal.869 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/16/2018 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/16/2018 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/16/2018 | REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS |
A05235 Committee Votes:
Kavanagh | Aye | Palumbo | Aye | ||||||
Abbate | Aye | McDonough | Aye | ||||||
Quart | Aye | McKevitt | Aye | ||||||
Buchwald | Aye | Stec | Aye | ||||||
Solages | Aye | ||||||||
Simon | Aye | ||||||||
Dilan | Aye | ||||||||
Seawright | Aye | ||||||||
Rozic | Aye | ||||||||
Niou | Aye | ||||||||
Pheffer Amato | Aye | ||||||||
Williams | Absent | ||||||||
Lentol | Aye | Curran | Aye | ||||||
Schimminger | Aye | Giglio | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Montesano | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | Morinello | Aye | ||||||
Cymbrowitz | Aye | Palumbo | Aye | ||||||
Titus | Excused | Garbarino | Aye | ||||||
O'Donnell | Aye | ||||||||
Lavine | Aye | ||||||||
Perry | Aye | ||||||||
Zebrowski | Aye | ||||||||
Abinanti | Aye | ||||||||
Weprin | Aye | ||||||||
Mosley | Aye | ||||||||
Hevesi | Aye | ||||||||
Fahy | Aye | ||||||||
Seawright | Aye | ||||||||
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A05235 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Cook
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pellegrino
Yes
Stec
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Magee
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Steck
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Glick
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Perry
Yes
Stern
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Curran
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Tague
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
Davila
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Quart
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Barrett
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
Yes
Ra
Yes
Titone
Yes
Barron
Yes
DenDekker
ER
Hikind
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Raia
Yes
Titus
Yes
Benedetto
ER
Dickens
Yes
Hooper
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Vanel
ER
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Walker
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Morelle
ER
Rivera
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Morinello
ER
Rodriguez
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Bohen
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Walter
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jenne
Yes
Murray
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Brindisi
Yes
Errigo
Yes
Jones
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Williams
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Espinal
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Norris
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Kim
Yes
Oaks
ER
Schimminger
Yes
Wright
Yes
Butler
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Kolb
ER
O'Donnell
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Finch
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Simon
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Friend
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Castorina
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Smith
Yes
Colton
ER
Gantt
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Paulin
ER
Solages
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A05235 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5235 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 7, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to unauthorized changes in suppliers of natural gas and electric service 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 16 to read as follows: 3 16. Unauthorized changes in natural gas or electric service prohibit- 4 ed. (a) No supplier of gas or electric service or any person, firm or 5 corporation acting as such supplier's agent or representative shall on 6 behalf of a customer make or direct any change in a supplier of gas or 7 electric service unless such supplier, agent or representative complies 8 with requirements to authorize and verify the change. The commission 9 shall have the authority to establish requirements for obtaining the 10 authorization of a customer to effect a change in the customer's suppli- 11 er of gas or electric service and for the verification of such change. 12 In construing and enforcing the provisions of this subdivision, the act 13 of any person, firm or corporation acting as an agent or representative 14 of a supplier of gas or electric service shall be deemed to be the act 15 of such supplier of gas or electric service. For the purposes of this 16 subdivision, "supplier of gas or electric service" shall include any 17 person, firm or corporation that offers, sells or delivers all or part 18 of natural gas or electric service, including, but not limited to, a gas 19 or electric distribution company, a gas or electric corporation, a gas 20 or electricity provider, marketer, aggregator or broker. 21 (b) The failure to comply with the provisions in this subdivision 22 shall subject a supplier of gas or electric service to either the judi- 23 cial penalty authorized in section twenty-five of this chapter for the 24 failure or neglect to obey or comply with a provision of this chapter or 25 the administrative penalty established in this subdivision. In seeking EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03556-01-7A. 5235 2 1 such judicial penalty or assessing such administrative penalty, the 2 commission shall take into account the nature, circumstances, extent, 3 gravity and number of the violations, and with respect to the violator, 4 the degree of culpability, any history of prior offenses and repeated 5 violations, and such other matters as may be appropriate and relevant. 6 The remedies provided by this subdivision shall be in addition to any 7 other remedies provided by law. 8 (c) The commission, after opportunity for a hearing, shall have the 9 authority to assess directly an administrative penalty against any 10 supplier of gas or electric service for each violation of this subdivi- 11 sion or order of the commission implementing or enforcing the provisions 12 of this subdivision. Such penalty shall not exceed one thousand dollars 13 for each violation associated with each meter service point. All moneys 14 recovered from any administrative penalty shall be paid into the state 15 treasury to the credit of the general fund. 16 (d) Whenever the commission determines that any supplier of gas or 17 electric service is violating or about to violate any provision of this 18 subdivision or any regulation or order of the commission implementing or 19 enforcing the provisions of this subdivision, or has failed to pay any 20 penalty assessed pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision, the 21 commissioner shall have power to bring an action or enforcement proceed- 22 ing as provided by section twenty-six of this chapter. 23 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day 24 after it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective 25 immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regu- 26 lation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective 27 date is authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before 28 such effective date.