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NY Pub Serv L § 42-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 2 - Residential Gas, Electric and Steam Utility Service 42-A - Payment of Wages to Workers; Certain Cases.

§ 42-a. Payment of wages to workers; certain cases. 1. The legislature   hereby finds that the protection of critical infrastructure is furthered   by  the  enhanced  training,  experience and expertise of workers in all   positions at such facilities. Given that the state of New York,  due  to   its  representation  as a beacon of liberty, diversity and equality, and   its history of being the target of terrorist attacks, will always  be  a   target  for  those  who wish to do this country and this state harm, New   York has a fundamental obligation to harden its  infrastructure  against   any  such  threats or activity. In hardening the infrastructure there is   no greater asset than the human capital that serve at the front lines of   the  effort  to  thwart  terrorist  attacks.  The  electric  and   steam   generating  facilities  in the state, when active, provide a target that   requires the hardening not only of the physical infrastructure  but  the   human  infrastructure  as  well.  Turnover  in  such  positions, for the   service workers who provide cleaning, security and maintenance  services   at  such  active  generating facilities will decrease if the workers are   paid increased wages. The reduction of turnover will allow for the  more   developed  and  trained  workforce to continue to provide the measure of   safety and security the  state  requires.  Given  that  important  state   interest,  it  is  therefore found and declared that the workers at such   facilities shall be trained to ensure their ability to meet the security   needs of the facilities that they work upon. It  is  further  found  and   declared  that  the  reduction  of  turnover  may be accomplished by the   payment of rates of pay in line with those prevailing in such  trade  or   occupation, as otherwise defined.2.  The  wages  paid,  and  benefits  provided,  to  building  service   employees who are employed at a work location that is  an  active  major   electric   or  steam  generating  facility,  or  at  a  transmission  or   distribution facility considered critical infrastructure  as  determined   by   the  division  of  homeland  security  and  emergency  services  in   consultation with the department, shall be subject to  article  nine  of   the  labor  law. For purposes of this section "major electric generating   facility"  means  an  electric  generating  facility  with  a  nameplate   generating capacity of twenty-five thousand kilowatts or more, including   interconnection  electric  transmission  lines and fuel gas transmission   lines, and "major steam generating facility" means  a  steam  generating   facility with a generating capacity to be determined by the department.
NY Pub Serv L § 43 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 2 - Residential Gas, Electric and Steam Utility Service 43 - Complaint Handling Procedures.

§ 43. Complaint  handling procedures. 1. The commission shall maintain   regulations for the handling of residential customer  complaints,  which   at  a  minimum  shall  require  that  each  utility or municipality: (a)   maintain procedures for prompt investigation of any complaint on a  bill   for  gas  or  electric  service  rendered  or a deposit required and for   prompt reporting to the complainant of the result of such investigation.   If such report is made orally, the utility corporation  or  municipality   shall  offer  the  complainant upon a written request the opportunity to   receive  the  report  in  writing;  (b)  inform  any  complainant  whose   complaint   is   resolved   in  favor  of  the  utility  corporation  or   municipality,  in  whole  or  in  part,  of  the  availability  of   the   commission's complaint handling procedures; (c) refrain from terminating   service  for  nonpayment  so  long  as  a  complaint is pending before a   utility, municipality or the commission and for fifteen days thereafter,   or for such period as the commission for  good  cause  shall  establish;   provided  however,  that  as a condition of continued service during the   pendency of any such  dispute,  a  customer  shall  pay  the  undisputed   portions  of  any bill for service including bills for current usage, or   such amounts as the commission determines reasonably reflect the cost of   usage to such customer; and  (d)  refrain  from  treating  the  disputed   portion  of any bill as late during the pendency of any complaint before   the utility or municipality.2. The commission shall maintain regulations  for  complaint  handling   procedures  including  complaints  with  respect to the negotiation of a   deferred payment agreement  which  shall  include,  at  a  minimum:  (a)   provision  for  investigation  and informal review and for appeal to the   commission in its discretion; (b)  that  the  burden  of  proof  in  all   proceedings  shall be on the utility corporation or municipality, except   as otherwise  provided  by  the  commission  for  good  cause;  and  (c)   provision  for  parties  to  receive  a  written  determination  of  any   complaint,  upon  request,  in   plain   and   simple   English,   which   determination  shall  set  forth  the  relevant  facts  established, the   reasons for the determination, what  actions  must  be  taken  and  what   further procedures are available to a complainant.3.  The  commission  shall  use  its  best  efforts  to  complete  its   investigation and review and to issue, within  ninety  days,  its  final   written determination of any appeal to it pursuant to this section.
NY Pub Serv L § 45 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 2 - Residential Gas, Electric and Steam Utility Service 45 - Payment Agencies.

§ 45. Payment  agencies.  A  utility  corporation  or municipality may   permit its customers to pay their bills to a payment agent. The date  of   payment  to  any  such agent shall be regarded as the date of payment to   the utility or municipality.
NY Pub Serv L § 46 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 2 - Residential Gas, Electric and Steam Utility Service 46 - Emergency Disconnections to Residences.

§ 46. Emergency  disconnections  to  residences.  Notwithstanding  any   other section of this article, a utility  corporation  in  ownership  or   control  of  the  meters,  pipes,  fittings,  wires  and other apparatus   associated with the  establishment  of  service  to  a  residence  or  a   municipality may disconnect service to a residence when an emergency may   threaten  the  health or safety of a person, the surrounding area or the   utility's or municipality's distribution system. The utility corporation   or municipality shall act promptly to assure restoration of  service  as   soon  as  feasible. Service shall be restored to any residence before it   may be terminated for any other reason.
NY Pub Serv L § 47 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 2 - Residential Gas, Electric and Steam Utility Service 47 - Inspection and Examination of Apparatus.

§ 47. Inspection  and  examination  of apparatus. 1. A duly authorized agent of a utility corporation or municipality may enter  any  dwelling, building  or  other  location  supplied  with  gas or electricity by the utility corporation or municipality, for the purpose of  inspecting  and examining  the  meters,  pipes,  fittings, wires and other apparatus for regulating, supplying and/or ascertaining the quantity  supplied,  under the following terms and conditions:  (a)  the  agent  exhibits  a  photo-identification badge and a written authority signed by the president or  vice-president  and  secretary  or assistant  secretary  of  the corporation, or by the mayor or clerk of a municipal corporation or by the chairman and secretary  of  a  municipal board in control of a municipal utility, and  (b)  any  such  inspection  and  examination  shall  be conducted on a non-holiday work day between eight a.m.  and  six  p.m.  or  such  other reasonable  time requested by the customer, except when an emergency may threaten the health or safety of a person, the surrounding area  or  the utility's  or  municipality's  distribution  system,  or except when the commission by regulation establishes a different time for the inspection and examination where there is evidence of meter tampering or  theft  of services.   2.  Except  when  an  emergency may threaten the health or safety of a person,  the  surrounding  area  or  the  utility's  or   municipality's distribution  system  or  where authorized by court order, an agent of a utility or  municipality,  otherwise  duly  authorized  to  inspect  and examine  apparatus may not enter locked premises without permission of a person lawfully in control of the premises, nor use any manner of  force to carry out such inspection and examination.
NY Pub Serv L § 48 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 2 - Residential Gas, Electric and Steam Utility Service 48 - Emergency Hotline.

§ 48. Emergency hotline. 1. The commission shall establish a toll free   number,  to be attended from nine o'clock a.m. to nine o'clock p.m. each   business day,  which  a  residential  customer  may  use  to  contact  a   commission  designee  authorized to order the reconnection, continuation   or  initiation  of  residential  gas  or  electric  service  whenever  a   reasonable  question  regarding  the  circumstances  of a termination or   refusal of service exists or whenever the health and safety of a  person   is involved.2.  Each  utility  corporation  or  municipality  shall  designate  an   employee who can be contacted by the commission's designee  and  who  is   authorized to direct an ordered reconnection, continuation or initiation   of service.3.  The  commission  may  by regulation alter the time requirement for   operation of the emergency hotline as set forth in this section  if  the   commission   determines   that  such  alteration  continues  to  provide   substantial emergency access to the commission by residential customers.
NY Pub Serv L § 48-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 2 - Residential Gas, Electric and Steam Utility Service 48-A - Utility Services; Domestic Violence Victims.

§  48-a.  Utility  services;  domestic violence victims. Every utility   corporation shall allow a person who is under  a  shared  contract  with   such  utility  corporation  and who is a victim of domestic violence, to   opt-out of such contract without charge when  such  person  requests  to   opt-out  in  writing and provides to such utility corporation any of the   following documents, which  shall  relate  to  such  domestic  violence,   within  six  months  of  the  document's  issuance: (a) a valid domestic   violence incident report form, as such term is  defined  in  subdivision   fifteen  of section eight hundred thirty-seven of the executive law; (b)   a valid police report; (c) a valid order of  protection;  (d)  a  signed   affidavit  from  a  licensed  medical  or  mental  health care provider,   employee of a court acting within the scope of his  or  her  employment,   social worker, a rape crisis counselor, as defined in section forty-five   hundred  ten  of the civil practice law and rules, or advocate acting on   behalf of an agency that assists domestic violence victims. A claim  for   opting-out  of such contract without charge shall be made in good faith.   Such utility corporation shall waive the  otherwise  applicable  charges   for such person requesting to opt-out of such contract.
NY Pub Serv L § 49 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 2 - Residential Gas, Electric and Steam Utility Service 49 - Residential Steam Service.

§ 49. Residential  steam  service.  The rights and responsibilities of   customers receiving residential steam service  from  steam  corporations   shall be substantially comparable to those of gas and electric customers   under  this  article. The commission shall take such actions as it deems   necessary and proper to achieve this objective.
NY Pub Serv L § 50 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 2 - Residential Gas, Electric and Steam Utility Service 50 - Residential Water Service.

§ 50. Residential  water  service.  Every water-works corporation with   gross revenues in excess of two hundred  fifty  thousand  dollars  shall   provide  residential  service in accordance with all relevant provisions   of this article. The commission shall adopt such rules  and  regulations   as  it  deems  necessary  and proper to implement the provisions of this   section.
NY Pub Serv L § 51 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 2 - Residential Gas, Electric and Steam Utility Service 51 - Rules and Regulations.

§ 51. Rules   and   regulations.   The  commission  shall  adopt  such   additional rules and regulations as it deems  necessary  and  proper  to   implement the provisions of this act.
NY Pub Serv L § 53 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 2 - Residential Gas, Electric and Steam Utility Service 53 - Application.

§  53. Application. For purposes of this article, a reference to a gas   corporation, an electric corporation, a utility company,  or  a  utility   corporation  shall  include,  but is not limited to, any entity that, in   any manner, sells or facilitates  the  sale  or  furnishing  of  gas  or   electricity to residential customers. No provision of this article or of   this  chapter  authorizes or permits the provision of gas or electricity   service by any such corporation or other entity in any manner other than   in full compliance with the provisions of this article or  to  authorize   the  commission to waive compliance with any requirement of this article   for any such corporation or other entity.
NY Pub Serv L § 53-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 2 - Residential Gas, Electric and Steam Utility Service 53-A - Prohibition of Utilities Engaging in Detrimental Conduct Towards a Residential Customer.

* §  53-a.  Prohibition  of  utilities engaging in detrimental conduct   towards  a  residential  customer.   1.   A   utility   corporation   or   municipality,  or  energy services companies subject to the department's   uniform business practices and  section  three  hundred  forty-nine  and   three  hundred  forty-nine-d  of the general business law, also known as   ESCOs, shall not engage in any conduct the natural consequence of  which   is  to  harass, oppress, or abuse any residential customer in connection   with the handling of a  residential  customer  complaint,  the  offering   and/or negotiating of a deferred payment agreement, or the collection of   an unpaid balance or any other obligation owed by such customer.2.  All utilities or municipal utilities or ESCOs in violation of this   section shall be subject to fines,  penalties  and  enforcement  by  the   department pursuant to sections twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-five-a,   and  twenty-six  of  this chapter, and all such other legal or equitable   remedies as may be necessary or convenient for protection  of  consumers   against  the  prohibited  behaviors described in subdivision one of this   section.3. The commission shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary  to   implement and enforce the provisions of this section.* NB Effective December 8, 2021
NY Pub Serv L § 63-EE (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 3-C - Provisions Relating to Liquid Petroleum Pipeline Corporations 63-EE - Application of Article.

§ 63-ee. Application  of  article.    This  article shall apply to the   conveying, transportation and furnishing of  petroleum  and  other  such   flammable  liquids,  for  any  purpose,  by  way of pipeline. Within the   meaning of any provision of this article, the term, "liquid  petroleum",   shall   include  crude  oil,  natural  gasoline,  natural  gas  liquids,   liquefied petroleum gas, liquid petroleum products and  any  other  such   flammable liquids.
NY Pub Serv L § 63-FF (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 3-C - Provisions Relating to Liquid Petroleum Pipeline Corporations 63-FF - Powers of the Commission in Respect to Liquid Petroleum Pipeline Safety.

§ 63-ff. Powers  of  the  commission  in  respect  to liquid petroleum   pipeline safety. The commission shall:1. Have general supervision over the safety standards  of  all  liquid   petroleum  pipeline  corporations  having authority under any general or   special law or under any charter or franchise to lay down  and  maintain   pipelines,  ducts  or conduits under or above the surface of any area of   the state for the purpose of the conveying, transporting and  furnishing   of liquid petroleum and any other such flammable liquids.2.  Examine  or  investigate  the  methods  employed in the conveying,   transporting and furnishing of  liquid  petroleum  in  and  through  the   state, and have the power to order such reasonable improvements as would   best  promote  the  public  interest and preserve and protect the public   health and safety, and in the pursuit of same, establish a basic code of   liquid petroleum pipeline safety rules and regulations.3. Have the power, either  through  its  members,  or  inspectors,  or   employees  duly  authorized  by  it,  to  enter  upon and to inspect the   property, pipes, ducts and conduits of any corporation  engaged  in  the   transportation of petroleum via pipeline.
NY Pub Serv L § 64 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 4 - Provisions Relating to Gas and Electric Corporations; Regulation of Price of Gas and Electricity 64 - Application of Article.

§ 64. Application  of  article.    This  article  shall  apply  to the   manufacture, conveying, transportation and furnishing of gas (natural or   manufactured or mixture of both)  for  light,  heat  or  power  and  the   generation,  furnishing  and transmission of electricity for light, heat   or power. Within the meaning of any provision of this article,  each  of   the  terms  "gas  corporation"  and  "electric  corporation"  also shall   include a gas and electric corporation, that is, such a  corporation  as   is  organized for the objects and purposes of both a gas corporation and   an electric corporation, as the  context  of  such  provisions  and  the   powers  actually  exercised  by  such  gas  and electric corporation may   require.
NY Pub Serv L § 65-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 4 - Provisions Relating to Gas and Electric Corporations; Regulation of Price of Gas and Electricity 65-A - Notification to Social Services Officials.

§ 65-a. Notification  to  social  services  officials.  The commission   shall, to the extent not inconsistent with other  requirements  of  law,   establish  requirements  relating  to the notification of an appropriate   social services official by a gas corporation, electric  corporation  or   municipality  that  payment  for  utility  services  furnished  a person   receiving public assistance, supplemental security  income  benefits  or   additional  state  payments  pursuant to the social services law has not   been made and such person is known by the corporation or municipality to   be a recipient of such assistance, benefits or payments. The  commission   shall  consult with the office of temporary and disability assistance in   fulfilling the objectives of this section.
NY Pub Serv L § 65-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 4 - Provisions Relating to Gas and Electric Corporations; Regulation of Price of Gas and Electricity 65-B - Service to Persons Applying for or Receiving Public Assistance, Supplemental Security Income Benefits or Additional State Payments.

§ 65-b. Service   to   persons   applying   for  or  receiving  public   assistance, supplemental security income benefits  or  additional  state   payments. No gas corporation, electric corporation or municipality shall   refuse to supply or to continue to supply utility services to any person   who  has  applied  for  or  is receiving public assistance, supplemental   security income benefits, or additional state payments pursuant  to  the   social  services  law, solely on the grounds that there may be money due   to the utility  corporation  or  municipality  for  services  previously   furnished  to  such  person,  if the utility corporation or municipality   receives, or is entitled to receive, a  direct  payment  or  receives  a   guarantee of payment from a social services district.
NY Pub Serv L § 66-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 4 - Provisions Relating to Gas and Electric Corporations; Regulation of Price of Gas and Electricity 66-B - Continuation of Gas Service.

§ 66-b. Continuation of gas service. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions   of  section sixty-six-a of this chapter, no gas customer shall be denied   a  continuation  of   gas   service   following   the   demolition   and   reconstruction  of  any  structure  or  structures  owned  by  any  such   customer, provided that any such reconstructed structure  or  structures   are on the same parcel of real property, reconstruction commences within   one  year  of  demolition  and  the  new  structure or structures do not   materially increase the customer's gas usage.
NY Pub Serv L § 66-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 4 - Provisions Relating to Gas and Electric Corporations; Regulation of Price of Gas and Electricity 66-D - Contract Carrier Authorization.

§ 66-d. Contract  carrier  authorization.  1.  For  purposes  of  this   section the term natural gas shall mean natural gas produced within  the   state  or  transported  within  the  state  no matter where produced for   consumption in the state.2. The commission, upon its own initiative or upon  application  by  a   natural  gas producer or a consumer of natural gas in any year and after   notice and hearing shall, upon such terms and subject to such conditions   as the commission considers just and reasonable, have the  authority  to   order  any  gas  corporation  to  transport  or  contract with others to   transport gas under contract for sale by such producer or owned by  such   consumer  provided  that,  the commission finds that the gas corporation   has available capacity, that no undue burden shall be  placed  upon  the   gas  corporation  or  its  ratepayers  and  that  the ability of the gas   corporation to render adequate service to its customers is not impaired.