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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2435--A
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 17, 2013
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Introduced by Sens. RANZENHOFER, AVELLA, DeFRANCISCO, GIPSON, GRIFFO,
LARKIN, MAZIARZ, NOZZOLIO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
cations -- recommitted to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
cations in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
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2 REPEALED.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-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 rations for department expenses under the authority of subdivision one
2 of this section for any state fiscal year shall not exceed one-third of
3 one percentum of such corporation's gross operating revenue, over and
4 above five hundred thousand dollars, derived from intrastate utility
5 operations in the last preceding calendar year, or other twelve month
6 period as determined by the chairman.
7 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
