New York S 4336: Requires gas and electric utilities to make available to landlords upon request information concerning gas and electric charges incurred for residential premises

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S04336 Summary:

BILL NOS04336 

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Add §66-x, Pub Serv L

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Requires gas and electric utilities to make available to landlords or lessors, upon request of prospective tenants or lessees, information concerning gas and electric charges incurred for residential rental premises.

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BILL NOS04336 

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02/04/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

04/28/20251ST REPORT CAL.705

04/29/20252ND REPORT CAL.

04/30/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/15/2025PASSED SENATE

05/15/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/15/2025referred to energy

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4336

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 4, 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 amend the public service law, in relation to making gas and
 electric billing information for residential rental premises available
 upon request

 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 66-x to read as follows:
 3 § 66-x. Gas and electric billing information for residential rental
 4 premises. Every gas corporation, electric corporation and municipality
 5 shall make available to any landlord or lessor of residential rental
 6 premises, within ten days of receipt of a written or internet request
 7 therefor from any prospective tenant or lessee thereof, prior to the
 8 commencement of tenancy or execution of a lease, information consisting
 9 of the average monthly charges incurred at such premises for gas or
 10 electric service or both for the life of the dwelling unit or the
 11 preceding two year period, whichever is shorter. Prospective tenants or
 12 lessees shall provide their name, address, driver's license number or
 13 social security number or taxpayer identification number or non-driver
 14 ID card or any official documented or undocumented immigration identifi-
 15 cation, signature, and acknowledge that this billing information
 16 requested may only be used for the purpose of determining prior gas and
 17 electric usage as a factor in deciding to occupy the dwelling unit. Each
 18 prospective tenant or lessee is limited to a total of five requests in a
 19 calendar year within the state of New York. Such information shall be
 20 identified solely by the address of the dwelling unit, and no other
 21 information identifying the owner, lessee, or other occupant of the
 22 dwelling unit shall be utilized for, or made available in connection
 23 with, the furnishing of billing information pursuant to this section.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05592-01-5

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 1 Such information shall be furnished to both the landlord or lessor and
 2 to the prospective tenant or lessee with an imposition of a five dollar
 3 charge to the prospective tenant or lessee requesting the billing infor-
 4 mation payable to the gas corporation, electric corporation and munici-
 5 pality providing such information.
 6 § 2. The public service commission is directed to: (a) create a proc-
 7 ess whereby a prospective tenant or lessee may obtain by written request
 8 or by the internet to the gas corporation, electric corporation and
 9 municipality the average monthly electric and gas charges for the life
 10 of the dwelling unit or the preceding two year period, whichever is
 11 shorter, prior to the commencement of tenancy or execution of a lease
 12 while maintaining the privacy of the current tenant or lessor; (b)
 13 ensure the request is made only for the purpose of deciding whether to
 14 occupy a dwelling unit; and (c) determine the cost of providing the
 15 information by the utility and assess a fee to