New York S 7588: Converts residential rental buildings from being mass-metered to submetered

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S07588 Summary:

BILL NOS07588 

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SPONSORCLEARE

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Ren §53 to be §54, add §53, Pub Serv L

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Relates to application requirements for private or government entities that wish to provide electric service converting residential rental buildings from being mass-metered to submetered.

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04/23/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7588

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 23, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- 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 converting resi-
 dential rental buildings from being mass-metered to submetered

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 53 of the public service law is renumbered section
 2 54 and a new section 53 is added to read as follows:
 3 § 53. Residential rental building submetering. 1. A master-metered
 4 residential rental building may be converted to be submetered if the
 5 owner of the building files an application to convert the building to
 6 submetering with the commission, provided that:
 7 (a) The applicant applying to provide submetered electric service
 8 includes with the application a procedure for notifying in writing,
 9 within thirty days of filing the application with the commission, all
 10 tenants of record of the proposal to submeter. The notification shall:
 11 (i) include a summary of the information provided to the commission;
 12 (ii) inform tenants that a public comment period has commenced;
 13 (iii) state the date after which comments directed to the commission
 14 will no longer be accepted;
 15 (iv) prominently display the address and telephone number of the near-
 16 est public service commission office;
 17 (v) state the date, time, and location of the public hearing set by
 18 the commission to hear testimony from the public;
 19 (vi) direct the tenant where on the public service commission's
 20 website the entire application can be viewed, as well as to provide a
 21 toll-free telephone number and address from which a tenant of record may
 22 request a copy of the complete application to be mailed to such tenant
 23 at no cost to the tenant;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11745-01-5

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 1 (vii) include a statement substantiating any economic advantages of
 2 submetering over direct utility metering at the premises proposed to be
 3 submetered;
 4 (viii) include a description of the type of submetering system to be
 5 installed and a validation of its reliability and accuracy;
 6 (ix) state the method and basis for calculating rates to tenants,
 7 which shall include a maximum rate provision preventing charges to
 8 tenants from exceeding the tariffed rates and charges for service from
 9 the local distribution utility;
 10 (x) state complaint procedures and tenant protections consistent with
 11 the Home Energy Fair Practices Act; and
 12 (xi) demonstrate that satisfactory arrangements have been made with
 13 the local department of social services to provide continued electric
 14 service upon acceptance of vendor payment of utility assistance grants
 15 in accordance with the state plan for regular and emergency home energy
 16 assistance under section ninety-seven of the social services law, the
 17 emergency utility assistance program under section one hundred thirty-
 18 one-s of the social services law, and in accordance with other
 19 provisions of the social services law or regulations of the office of
 20 temporary and disability assistance relating to utility assistance
 21 payments.
 22 (b) The commission holds a public hearing at a location near the resi-
 23 dential rental building at least thirty days prior to