STATE OF NEW YORK
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6035
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 21, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to authorizing the
public service commission to conduct a water rate and cost study
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a new section
2 89-q to read as follows:
3 § 89-q. Water rate and cost study. 1. The commission shall conduct a
4 study to analyze the rates and fees of each water works corporation and
5 municipal water system. The study shall analyze the average annual cost
6 to customers using uniform usage, metrics and time period in order to
7 compare costs between water supply providers. The study shall examine
8 the format of customer bills and provide recommendations on improving
9 the understanding of water use and cost to consumers.
10 2. The commission shall publish a report on the annual cost of water
11 for all water supply providers. The report must be published within six
12 months of the effective date of this section. A copy of the report must
13 be furnished to the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of
14 the assembly, the chairperson of the senate standing committee on energy
15 and telecommunications, and the chairperson of the assembly standing
16 committee on corporations, authorities and commissions.
17 3. The commission shall notify customers of its findings on its
18 website.
19 4. The study shall be updated biennially to account for any change in
20 rates or fees.
21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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