Prohibits the Long Island power authority from imposing any fee for the voluntary termination of residential electric service for the purpose of using an alternative source of electricity, which exceeds any fee imposed for other voluntary terminations of residential electric service.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9903
IN ASSEMBLY
May 27, 2014
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Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to prohibiting
the Long Island power authority from assessing any fee, penalty or
other charge for the voluntary termination of residential electric
service for the purpose of using an alternative source of electricity
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision (u) of section 1020-f of the public authorities
2 law, as added by section 7 of part A of chapter 173 of the laws of 2013,
3 is amended by adding a new paragraph 2-a to read as follows:
4 2-a. The authority and the service provider shall not submit any rate
5 proposal that shall assess any fee, penalty or other charge of any kind
6 for the voluntary termination of electric service to any residential
7 customer for the purpose of utilizing alternative sources of electric
8 generation in excess of that charged to customers who terminate their
9 electric service for any other reason.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15391-01-4
