New York S 1551: Relates to prohibiting the release of consumption data

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S01551 Summary:

BILL NOS01551 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04047

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SPONSORPARKER

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COSPNSRCOMRIE, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §65, Pub Serv L

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Prohibits the release of a consumer's electrical or gas consumption data to any police officer, or private, local, state or federal law enforcement entity without a judicial court-ordered subpoena, warrant or the consumer's written consent.

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BILL NOS01551 

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01/10/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

04/28/20251ST REPORT CAL.704

04/29/20252ND REPORT CAL.

04/30/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

04/21/20261ST REPORT CAL.818

04/22/20262ND REPORT CAL.

04/27/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/06/2026PASSED SENATE

05/06/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/06/2026referred to energy

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1551

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. PARKER, COMRIE, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read
 twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
 Committee on Energy and Telecommunications

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to prohibiting the
 release of consumption data

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

 1 Section 1. Section 65 of the public service law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 7-a to read as follows:
 3 7-a. No utility corporation, municipality or local publicly owned
 4 electric or gas corporation shall share, disclose or otherwise make
 5 accessible a consumer's electrical or gas consumption data or allow a
 6 third party to share, disclose, or otherwise make accessible a consum-
 7 er's electrical or gas consumption data, to any police officer, as
 8 defined by section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, or private,
 9 local, state or federal law enforcement entity, without a judicial
 10 court-ordered subpoena, warrant, or the consumer's written, knowing
 11 consent. This subdivision shall not preclude a utility corporation,
 12 municipality or local publicly owned electric or gas corporation from
 13 using customer aggregate electrical consumption data for analysis,
 14 reporting, or program management if all personal identifying information
 15 has been removed regarding such individual consumer.
 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04549-01-5

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