New York S 4233: Requires the commissioner of education of the state of New York to conduct a study on the sufficiency of current education aid apportionment formulas and make recommendations for improvements to such formulas

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S04233 Summary:

BILL NOS04233 

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SAME ASSAME AS A02186

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SPONSORCOMRIE

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COSPNSR

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Directs the public service commission to undertake a study of consumer protections adopted by electric corporations and utilities; includes reporting on the adequacy of the public service commission's assistance to customers facing disconnection of utility service.

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BILL NOS04233 

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02/03/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4233

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 3, 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 direct the public service commission to undertake a study of
 consumer protections adopted by electric corporations and utilities

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

 1 Section 1. The New York State public service commission shall under-
 2 take an immediate study of consumer protections adopted by electric
 3 corporations and municipalities ("utilities") pursuant to article 2 of
 4 the public service law and provide a report to the governor, the tempo-
 5 rary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chair of
 6 the senate committee on energy and telecommunications and the chair of
 7 the assembly committee on energy. Such report shall include an analysis
 8 of the effectiveness of current utility procedures for notifying custom-
 9 ers in arrears on utility charges of how they may avoid termination of
 10 electric, gas or steam service, including the availability of deferred
 11 payment agreements. In addition, such report shall review the adequacy
 12 of the commission's assistance to customers negotiating deferred payment
 13 agreements with utilities in lieu of disconnection of service including
 14 the number of deferred payment plans by utility service territory; the
 15 number of incidences, if any, in which utilities have required more than
 16 the lawfully allowed level of down payments or deferred payments from
 17 customers seeking to connect service or avoid disconnection; the effec-
 18 tiveness and availability of the commission's shutoff hotline in receiv-
 19 ing calls from customers facing termination of electric, gas and steam
 20 service; the call volume to such hotline in each utility service terri-
 21 tory; the monthly number of electric and natural gas customers who
 22 previously received utility bill assistance from the Home Energy Assist-
 23 ance Program whose service was terminated for bill collection purposes
 24 in each utility service area in the previous calendar year, provided

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05001-01-5

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 1 further that the commission shall require each utility provide such
 2 information while maintaining customer confidentiality; and any proposed
 3 legislative remedies necessary to increase customer awareness of such
 4 hotline. The report shall be made available to the public on the commis-
 5 sion's website.
 6 § 2. The New York State public service commission shall seek comments
 7 from utilities, municipalities, consumer advocates and the public and
 8 may include in the report recommendations to improve existing consumer
 9 protection policies.
 10 § 3. If the study pursuant to section one of this act is not received
 11 by November 15, 2026, the commission shall institute a moratorium
 12 preventing utility corporations from terminating electric, gas or steam
 13 service to any residential customer in arrears with whom it has entered
 14 into an agreement for the provision of such services. The moratorium
 15 shall last for the period beginning December 1, 2026 and ending on March
 16 31, 2027. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent a utility
 17 corporation from charging customers for electric, ga