New York A 8823: Relates to requirements for certain contracts for attachments to utility poles and the use of utility ducts, trenches and conduits

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A08823 Summary:

BILL NOA08823C

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SAME ASSAME AS S08062-B

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SPONSORZinerman

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COSPNSROtis

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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.

Go to top A08823 Actions:

BILL NOA08823C

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06/09/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

01/07/2026referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

02/26/2026amend and recommit to corporations, authorities and commissions

02/26/2026print number 8823a

03/04/2026amend and recommit to corporations, authorities and commissions

03/04/2026print number 8823b

05/15/2026amend (t) and recommit to corporations, authorities and commissions

05/15/2026print number 8823c

05/21/2026reported referred to rules

Go to topA08823 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS Chair:Braunstein 
DATE:05/21/2026AYE/NAY:22/2 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules BraunsteinAyeLemondesAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

OtisAyeFriendNay

RozicAyeAngelinoAye

KimAyeJensenAye

DilanAyeBlumencranzAye

Pheffer AmatoAyeBaileyNay

CarrollAyeBeephanAye

FallAye

Gonzalez-RojasAye

ZinermanAye

TapiaAye

JacobsonAye

BoresAye

ShimskyAye

SimoneAye

ConradAye

LasherAbsent

Go to topA08823 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA08823 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8823--C

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 June 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ZINERMAN, OTIS -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions -- recommitted
 to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions in
 accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said
 committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommit-
 ted to said committee

 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
 15 with daily updates on their utility usage. Such usage information shall
 16 be accessible to the customer online within such customer's online
 17 account.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13114-04-6

 A. 8823--C 2

 1 3. The usage monitoring program shall at a minimum include the follow-
 2 ing:
 3 (a) the ability to select to enroll or disenroll from the usage moni-
 4 toring program;
 5 (b) the ability to set a monthly usage threshold that is measured in
 6 kilowatt hours (kWh), therms, hundred cubic feet (CCF), in gallons or in
 7 the measurement usage that is currently provided by such utility corpo-
 8 ration o