New York S 4110: Relates to requiring telephone companies to alert customers to replace telephone backup battery units and to provide one backup battery unit to each customer every three years

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S04110 Summary:

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Add §104-b, Pub Serv L

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Requires telephone companies to disclose information to subscribers regarding the backup power solution for their voice service equipment.

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02/03/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

05/19/20251ST REPORT CAL.1138

05/20/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/21/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4110

 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 amend the public service law, in relation to requiring tele-
 phone companies to disclose information to subscribers regarding the
 backup power solution for their voice service equipment; and providing
 for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

 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
 2 104-b to read as follows:
 3 § 104-b. Corporation disclosure obligation concerning backup power
 4 solutions. 1. At minimum annually, every regulated telephone corpo-
 5 ration which has provided a current subscriber with a backup power
 6 solution for a facilities-based, fixed voice service offered as residen-
 7 tial service that is not line powered, provided by such corporation,
 8 shall provide such subscriber with either a written notice or, if the
 9 subscriber has elected, an electronic notice, disclosing the following
 10 information:
 11 (a) service limitations with and without backup power;
 12 (b) purchase and replacement information, including cost;
 13 (c) expected backup power duration;
 14 (d) proper usage and storage conditions, including the impact on dura-
 15 tion of backup power life if failing to adhere to proper usage and stor-
 16 age conditions;
 17 (e) suggestions on how to maximize backup power during a prolonged
 18 power outage; and
 19 (f) subscriber backup power self-testing and self-monitoring
 20 instructions.
 21 Such notice shall be sent to the subscriber separately from the month-
 22 ly billing statements or invoice.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05357-01-5

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 1 2.(a) The commission may promulgate rules and regulations adding addi-
 2 tional requirements for the content of the disclosure as required in
 3 subdivision one of this section.
 4 (b) The commission shall further promulgate rules and regulations
 5 regarding the form of the written notice in order to promote readability
 6 by requiring that the notice:
 7 (1) be written in a clear and coherent manner;
 8 (2) be written in at least eleven-point font size; and
 9 (3) wherever practicable, use words with common and everyday meanings.
 10 3. The commission shall establish procedures to assure, to the fullest
 11 extent practicable, that residential subscribers receiving fixed voice
 12 service from one telephone corporation, but using a backup power
 13 solution provided by a different telephone corporation, shall receive
 14 the notice required by this section, or a similar notice detailing the
 15 information required by this section, from one of the providers.
 16 4. The disclosure required by 47 CFR 9.20(d) may satisfy the notice
 17 requirement of subdivision one of this section, provided it complies
 18 with the commission's rules and regulations regarding format as required
 19 by paragraph (b) of subdivision two of this section.
 20 § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 21 law and shall expire and be deemed repealed September 1, 2027.

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