New York S 4432: Relates to residential gas service rate discount programs for low-income and senior households

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S04432 Summary:

BILL NOS04432 

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SPONSORCOMRIE

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Add §74-c, Pub Serv L; add §91-h, St Fin L

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Relates to residential gas service rate discount programs for low-income and senior households; establishes the residential gas service rate discount for low-income and senior households fund; provides that an eligible household shall pay no more than six percent of such eligible household's total monthly income on gas, oil, kerosene or petroleum services and gas corporations shall offer a discount to ensure such eligible household's gas, oil, kerosene or petroleum bill or payment agreement reflect such discounted price.

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BILL NOS04432 

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02/04/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4432

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
 cations

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to residential gas
 service rate discount programs for low-income and senior households;
 and to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing the
 residential gas service rate discount for low-income and senior house-
 holds fund

 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 74-c to read as follows:
 3 § 74-c. Residential gas service rate discount program for low-income
 4 and senior households. 1. Every gas corporation shall, no later than
 5 sixty days after the effective date of this section, offer a discounted
 6 rate program on services to an eligible household to be applied to the
 7 actual amount charged to such household for the standard rate of gas,
 8 oil, kerosene or petroleum and associated equipment, at a rate deter-
 9 mined based on each eligible household's monthly income. For the
 10 purposes of this section "eligible households" shall mean any household
 11 whose gross income is at or below eighty percent of the area median
 12 income, household median age is at or above sixty-two years of age or
 13 any other household as determined by the commissioner to be eligible.
 14 2. a. Under the program established pursuant to this section, an
 15 eligible household shall pay no more than six percent of such eligible
 16 household's total monthly income on gas, oil, kerosene or petroleum
 17 services and gas corporations shall offer a discount to ensure such
 18 eligible household's gas, oil, kerosene or petroleum bill or payment
 19 agreement reflect such discounted price.
 20 b. An eligible household shall submit proof of monthly income to the
 21 gas corporation providing services to such eligible household to deter-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05918-01-5

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 1 mine the discounted price pursuant to paragraph a of this subdivision.
 2 Acceptable proof of monthly income shall be determined by the commis-
 3 sioner.
 4 c. An eligible household's discounted price shall be reflected on any
 5 bill or payment agreement sent by a gas corporation.
 6 3. Every gas corporation shall submit to the department, no later than
 7 November fifteenth of the year this section takes effect, and annually
 8 thereafter, a compliance report setting forth:
 9 a. the number of consumers availing themselves of the discount
 10 required by this section;
 11 b. a description of the procedures being used to verify the eligibil-
 12 ity of households receiving such discount;
 13 c. a description and samples of the advertising or marketing efforts
 14 undertaken to advertise or promote such discount;
 15 d. a description of all residential gas rates including pricing,
 16 offered by such person, business, corporation, or their agents; and
 17 e. such other information as the