New York A 5153: Relates to advanced metering infrastructure devices for residential services

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A05153 Summary:

BILL NOA05153 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSolages

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Add §67-b, Pub Serv L

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Relates to advanced metering infrastructure devices for residential services.

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BILL NOA05153 

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02/12/2025referred to energy

01/07/2026referred to energy

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There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA05153 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5153

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, RA -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Energy

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to advanced metering
 infrastructure devices for residential services

 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 67-b to read as follows:
 3 § 67-b. Advanced metering infrastructure devices for electric and gas
 4 services. 1. The commission shall not allow for the installation of any
 5 advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) device by an electric and/or gas
 6 corporation unless such device meets or exceeds the following standards
 7 for AMI performance and safety, which shall include:
 8 (a) Federal Communications Commission standards for intentional and
 9 unintentional radio frequency emissions and any other relevant standards
 10 related to radio frequency exposure;
 11 (b) American National Standards Institute (ANSI) specifications for
 12 meter accuracy and performance; and
 13 (c) any other standards, requirements and guidelines established by
 14 the commission to protect customer health and safety and ensure, to the
 15 fullest extent possible, the protection and encryption of customer
 16 personal, financial and energy usage information. The commission shall
 17 promulgate regulations necessary to effectuate this subdivision.
 18 2. For purposes of this section advanced metering infrastructure shall
 19 include:
 20 (a) a one-way smart meter, which shall mean a device designed to
 21 utilize one-way communications systems, including but not limited to:
 22 (i) power line carrier; (ii) radio frequency; (iii) wireless fidelity
 23 network; (iv) telephony; and (v) the internet to transmit customer usage
 24 data to an electric and/or gas corporation for the purposes of billing;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09220-01-5

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 1 and be designed to be capable of measuring and storing customer electric
 2 and/or gas usage data, including time of use in real time; or
 3 (b) two-way smart meter, which shall mean a device that is designed to
 4 utilize two-way communications systems, including but not limited to:
 5 (i) radio frequency; (ii) wireless fidelity network; or (iii) the inter-
 6 net to transmit electric usage and pricing data between an electric
 7 and/or gas corporation and its customers, where such device is capable
 8 of (A) measuring usage data and transmitting such data in intervals of
 9 at least once per day; (B) receiving in real-time, per-kilowatt hour
 10 (kWh) and/or per (therm) gas and electric supply and delivery rates; (C)
 11 detecting customer service disruptions and transmitting such information
 12 to an electric and/or gas corporation; and (D) storing customer usage
 13 data.
 14 3. It shall be the right of every customer of an electric and/or gas
 15 corporation, at no penalty, fee or service charge to decline the permis-
 16 sion of the electric and/or gas corporation, (a) to replace an existing
 17 meter at such customer's premises that is assigned to such customer's
 18 account with a two-way smart meter or (b) to install any two-way smart
 19 meter device at the customer's property without such customer's consent.
 20 4. An electric and/or gas corporation may not install a two-way smart
 21 meter on a customer's premises that is assigned to such customer's
 22 account unless it shall provide written notice to the customer no less
 23 than ninety days prior to the scheduled installation of such meter.