New York S 8062: Establishes a usage monitor program

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S08062 Summary:

BILL NOS08062B

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SAME ASSAME AS A08823-C

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SPONSORWEBB

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COSPNSRJACKSON, OBERACKER

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §39-a, Pub Serv L; add Art 5 Title 1-A §1020-nn, Pub Auth L

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Requires certain utility corporations and the Long Island power authority to establish a meter usage monitor program for the purposes of notifying residential customers when energy usage exceeds a cost or usage threshold in a given billing period determined by the residential customer.

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BILL NOS08062B

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05/15/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

06/04/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/04/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1566

06/05/2025PASSED SENATE

06/05/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/05/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

02/24/20261ST REPORT CAL.399

02/25/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/26/2026AMENDED 8062A

02/26/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/15/2026PASSED SENATE

04/15/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

04/16/2026referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

06/02/2026RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY

06/02/2026returned to senate

06/02/2026VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING

06/02/2026AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 8062B

06/05/2026COMMITTED TO RULES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8062--B
 Cal. No. 399

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. WEBB, JACKSON, OBERACKER -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy
 and Telecommunications -- recommitted to the Committee on Energy and
 Telecommunications in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
 reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second
 report, amended on second report, ordered to a third reading, and to
 be reprinted as amended, retaining its place in the order of third
 reading -- reported favorably from said committee to third reading,
 amended and ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and delivered
 to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third read-
 ing, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order
 of third reading

 AN ACT to amend the public service law and the public authorities law,
 in relation to requiring certain utility corporations and the Long
 Island power authority to establish a meter usage monitoring program

 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 39-a to read as follows:
 3 § 39-a. Meter usage monitoring program. 1. The commission shall
 4 require any utility corporation utilizing advanced metering infrastruc-
 5 ture to establish a usage monitoring program for the purposes of notify-
 6 ing residential customers when such utility usage exceeds a usage thres-
 7 hold, as determined by such residential customer, in a given billing
 8 period. The usage monitoring program shall notify residential customers
 9 electronically or by mail when half of their determined energy usage
 10 threshold is met, and when their usage threshold exceeds their deter-
 11 mined threshold. Such notification shall include an estimate of their
 12 monthly bill.
 13 2. The usage monitoring program shall be an elective program for resi-
 14 dential customers and designed to provide such residential customers

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13114-05-6

 S. 8062--B 2

 1 with daily updates on their utility usage. Such usage information shall
 2 be accessible to the customer online within such customer's online
 3 account.
 4 3. The usage monitoring program shall at a minimum include the follow-
 5 ing:
 6 (a) the ability to select to enroll or disenroll from the usage moni-
 7 toring program;
 8 (b) the ability to set a monthly usage threshold that is measured in
 9 kilowatt hours (kWh), therms, hundred cubic