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NY Pub Serv L § 66-E (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-E - Monitoring of Natural Gas Procurement.

§ 66-e. Monitoring of natural gas procurement. 1. The commission shall   continue  to  monitor natural gas procurement contracts and practices of   gas  corporations  and  determine  whether  any  of  such  practices  or   provisions of any such contracts are anti-competitive in force or effect   or  otherwise  contrary  to  the  public interest. Such monitoring shall   include an examination of the prevailing market prices in the state  for   gas supplies including domestic producer prices for natural gas.2.  In  any  application  for a rate increase, a gas corporation shall   show all sources of its gas supply and anticipated changes  thereof  and   demonstrate that other dependable and adequate lower priced supplies are   not  available.  Where any of such sources is an affiliated company, the   applicant shall have  the  burden  to  prove  all  related  natural  gas   purchase   or   transportation   prices  and  conditions  are  fair  and   reasonable.3. The commission shall,  upon  complaint  or  upon  its  own  motion,   investigate  the  circumstances  under  which  existing  gas procurement   contracts  were  made.  Where  the  commission  concludes  that  a   gas   corporation  was  imprudent  in  the  making  or  administration of such   contract, the commission shall exercise its authority to limit the rates   charged by such gas corporation to amounts no higher  than  those  which   would  have  been  justified  had  such  corporation  acted in a prudent   manner.
NY Pub Serv L § 66-G (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-G - Sale of Indigenous Natural Gas for Generation of Electricity.

§ 66-g. Sale  of indigenous natural gas for generation of electricity.   1. The commission shall require an electric corporation  to  enter  into   long-term  contracts  to  purchase  or  wheel  electricity produced from   indigenous natural gas supplies at the well site under  such  terms  and   conditions as the commission shall find just and economically reasonable   to  such corporation's customers, non-discriminatory to the producers of   electricity from indigenous  natural  gas  supplies,  and  furthers  the   public  policy  of  this  section  and  state  energy  policy; provided,   however, the minimum sales price shall be no  lower  than  the  electric   corporation's  avoided  cost. For the purpose of this section indigenous   natural gas shall mean natural gas produced from  wells  located  within   the state.2.  Nothing contained in this section shall require an electric or gas   corporation to  construct  any  additional  facilities  to  satisfy  its   obligations  hereunder,  unless  such facilities are paid for in full by   the producer or producers of indigenous natural gas.3.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law,  a  producer   of   indigenous  natural  gas whose natural gas activities are limited to the   production, sale and/or transportation of indigenous natural  gas  to  a   gas   corporation  or  a  gas  pipeline,  the  production,  sale  and/or   transportation of indigenous natural gas to the facilities of less  than   twenty  industrial  or  commercial  users,  the  production, sale and/or   transportation  of  natural  gas  to  a  co-generation   or   electrical   generating  facility,  the  production  of  electricity  from indigenous   natural gas at the well site for sale to an electric corporation, or any   combination thereof, shall not be subject to  the  jurisdiction  of  the   commission  except  (a)  with respect to the safety of the construction,   operation or maintenance of its gas plant and the certification of major   utility transmission facilities under article VII of  this  chapter  and   (b) that such producer of indigenous natural gas that does not retain or   transport  such  gas for his own use but rather sells or transports such   gas to industrial or commercial users shall maintain  a  record  of  the   volumes  of  such  gas  sold or transported to such users. Such producer   shall submit these records annually to the commission on or  before  the   thirty-first day of March.
NY Pub Serv L § 66-H (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-H - Certain Electric Corporations; Payment Equivalent to Tax.

§ 66-h. Certain  electric corporations; payment equivalent to tax. The   commission  shall  require  each  electric  corporation  that  purchases   electricity  from  an  energy  business as defined in subdivision (c) of   section three hundred one-i of the tax law (1) that is  a  co-generation   facility, as such term is defined in subdivision two-a of section two of   this  chapter,  or  (2)  that  is a qualifying facility, as such term is   defined by section two hundred one  of  the  Public  Utility  Regulatory   Policies  Act  of  1978  (Public  Law  95-617)  that  is a co-generation   facility, or (3) that has executed or will execute a  contract  for  the   sale  of electricity through negotiation with an electric corporation or   an  auction  conducted  by  an  electric  corporation  pursuant   to   a   competitive bidding plan approved by the commission, to pay, in addition   to  payments  made  for such purchased electricity under a contract with   such electric corporation, (i) an amount equal to the tax imposed  under   article  thirteen-A  of  the tax law with respect to each Mcf of natural   gas used to generate such electricity and (ii) with respect to contracts   for the sale of electricity  and/or  steam  executed  prior  to  January   first,  two  thousand,  any  sales and compensating use taxes imposed on   natural gas used in the production of electricity  and/or  steam  by  or   pursuant to the authority of section eleven hundred seven or subdivision   (a)  of section twelve hundred ten of the tax law, unless such sales and   compensating use taxes  imposed  are  otherwise  accounted  for  in  the   payments  the  electric corporation makes under that contract; provided,   however, that any such amount paid by such electric corporation shall be   recovered  through  a  fuel  adjustment  mechanism  authorized  by   the   commission;  provided,  further, that such amount shall not be recovered   from charges for residential use provided by such electric corporation.
NY Pub Serv L § 66-N (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-N - Net Metering Study.

§  66-n.  Net  metering study. The commission shall conduct a study to   analyze the economic and environmental benefits from  and  the  economic   cost  burden,  if any, of the net energy metering program and to analyze   the extent to which ratepayers receiving service under  the  net  energy   metering  program  are paying the full cost of services provided to them   by combined electric and gas corporations and gas corporations, and  the   extent  to  which their customers pay a share of costs of public purpose   programs through assessments on their  electric  and/or  gas  bills.  In   analyzing program costs and benefits for the purposes of this study, the   commission   shall  consider  all  electricity  generated  by  renewable   electric generating systems eligible for  net  metering  under  sections   sixty-six-j  and  sixty-six-l of this article, including the electricity   used onsite to reduce the customer's  consumption  of  electricity  that   would  otherwise  be  supplied  through  the electrical grid, as well as   electrical output that is being fed back  to  the  electrical  grid  for   which   the   customer   receives  credit  or  net  surplus  electricity   compensation  under  net  energy  metering.  As  it   relates   to   the   environmental benefits, the study shall quantify the approximate avoided   level  of  harmful  emissions including, but not limited to, information   concerning: nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide, as well   as other air pollutants deemed necessary and appropriate  for  study  by   the  commission.  The  study  shall also quantify the economic costs and   benefits of net energy metering to participants and non-participants and   shall further disaggregate the results by utility. The study shall  also   gather  and  present  data on the income distribution of residential net   metering participants that is publicly available and aggregated  by  zip   code  and  county. In order to assess the economic costs and benefits at   various levels of  net  metering  implementation,  the  study  shall  be   conducted using multiple net energy metering penetration scenarios.The  commission  shall  publish a report from its findings. The report   must be published within three hundred sixty-five days of the  effective   date  of  this  section.  A  copy of the report must be furnished to the   temporary president of the Senate, the  speaker  of  the  Assembly,  the   chair  of  the  Senate  energy  and telecommunications committee and the   chair of the Assembly energy committee.
NY Pub Serv L § 66-O (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-O - Electric Vehicle Charging Tariff.

§ 66-o. Electric vehicle charging tariff. 1. Definitions. For purposes of  this  section,  the term "eligible vehicle" shall mean and include a motor vehicle that:  (a) has four wheels;  (b) was manufactured for use primarily on public  streets,  roads  and highways;  (c)  the  powertrain  of which has not been modified from the original manufacturer's specifications;  (d) is rated at not more than eight thousand five hundred pounds gross vehicle weight;  (e) has a maximum speed capability of at least  fifty-five  miles  per hour; and  (f)  is propelled at least in part by an electric motor and associated power electronics which provide acceleration torque to the drive  wheels sometime  during  normal  vehicle operations, and that draws electricity from a hydrogen fuel cell or from a battery that:  (i) has a capacity of not less than four kilowatt hours; and  (ii) is  capable  of  being  recharged  from  an  external  source  of electricity.   2.  No  later than April first, two thousand eighteen each combination gas  and  electric  corporation  shall  file  an  application  with  the commission  to  establish a residential tariff for eligible vehicles for the purpose of recharging an eligible vehicle or vehicles.   3. The commission shall,  after  notice  and  opportunity  for  public comment, approve, modify, or reject the tariff.   4.  Within  sixty days of commission approval of a combination gas and electric corporation's tariff filed under this section, such combination gas  and  electric  corporation  shall  make  the  tariff  available  to customers.   5.  The  combination  gas  and  electric  corporation  may at any time propose revisions to a tariff filed under this section based on changing costs or conditions.   6. Each combination gas and electric corporation  providing  a  tariff under  this  section  shall  periodically  report  to the commission, as established  by  the  commission  and  on  a  form  prescribed  by   the commission, the following information:  (a)  the  number  of  customers  who have arranged to have electricity delivered under the tariff;  (b) the total amount of electricity delivered under the tariff; and  (c) other data required by the commission.
NY Pub Serv L § 66-Q (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-Q - Gas and Electric Billing Information for Residential Rental Premises.

* §  66-p. Gas and electric billing information for residential rental   premises. Every gas corporation, electric corporation  and  municipality   shall  make  available  to  any landlord or lessor of residential rental   premises, within ten days of receipt of a written request therefor  from   any  prospective  tenant or lessee thereof, prior to the commencement of   tenancy or execution of a lease, information consisting of  the  charges   incurred  at  such  premises for gas or electric service or both for the   life of the dwelling unit or the preceding two year period, whichever is   shorter. Such information shall be identified solely by the  address  of   the  dwelling  unit,  and  no  other  information identifying the owner,   lessee, or other occupant of the dwelling unit shall be utilized for, or   made available in connection with, the furnishing of billing information   pursuant to this section. Such information shall be  furnished  to  both   the  landlord  or lessor and to the prospective tenant or lessee without   the imposition of any charge or fee therefor by any party to any party.* NB Effective until October 1, 2021* § 66-q. Gas and electric billing information for residential  rental   premises.  Every  gas corporation, electric corporation and municipality   shall make available to any landlord or  lessor  of  residential  rental   premises,  within ten days of receipt of a written request therefor from   any prospective tenant or lessee thereof, prior to the  commencement  of   tenancy  or  execution of a lease, information consisting of the charges   incurred at such premises for gas or electric service or  both  for  the   life of the dwelling unit or the preceding two year period, whichever is   shorter.  Such  information shall be identified solely by the address of   the dwelling unit, and  no  other  information  identifying  the  owner,   lessee, or other occupant of the dwelling unit shall be utilized for, or   made available in connection with, the furnishing of billing information   pursuant  to  this  section. Such information shall be furnished to both   the landlord or lessor and to the prospective tenant or  lessee  without   the imposition of any charge or fee therefor by any party to any party.* NB Effective October 1, 2021
NY Pub Serv L § 67 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 4 - Provisions Relating to Gas and Electric Corporations; Regulation of Price of Gas and Electricity 67 - Inspection of Gas and Electric Meters.

§ 67. Inspection  of gas and electric meters.  1. The commission shall   appoint inspectors of electric and gas meters whose duty  it  shall  be,   when  required  by the commission, to inspect, examine and ascertain the   accuracy of any and all electric and gas meters used or intended  to  be   used  for measuring and ascertaining the quantity of electric current or   gas furnished for light, heat or power by  any  person,  corporation  or   municipality  to  or  for  the  use of any person or corporation, and to   inspect, examine and ascertain the accuracy of all apparatus for testing   and proving the accuracy of electric and gas meters, and when  found  to   be  or  made  to  be  correct the inspector shall stamp or mark all such   meters and apparatus with some suitable device, which  device  shall  be   recorded  in  the  office  of  the secretary of state.   No corporation,   person or municipality shall furnish, set or put in use any electric  or   gas  meter  the  type  of  which  shall  not  have  been approved by the   commission.2. Every gas corporation, electric corporation and municipality  shall   provide,  repair  and  maintain such suitable premises and apparatus and   facilities as may be required and approved by the commission for testing   and proving the accuracy of gas and electric meters furnished for use by   it, and by which apparatus every meter may be tested.3. If any consumer to whom a meter has been  furnished  shall  request   the  commission  in  writing to inspect such meter, the commission shall   have the same inspected and tested;  provided,  however,  that  repeated   inspections and tests shall not be mandatory.4.  The commission shall prescribe such rules and regulations to carry   into effect the provisions of this section as it may deem necessary.
NY Pub Serv L § 67-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 67-A - Charges for Past Services.

§ 67-a. Charges  for  past  services. 1. A gas or electric corporation   shall inspect and assure the accuracy of  a  metering  device  upon  the   request of any new commercial customer.2.  No  gas  corporation  or electric corporation shall charge its new   commercial customer for past services received if the failure to  charge   for such services resulted from the faulty operation or inoperation of a   metering  device which the gas or electric corporation failed to inspect   as provided in subdivision one of this section.3. The provisions of this section shall not apply in  the  case  of  a   meter  which  is faulty or inoperable due to the culpable conduct of the   customer or one of his agents.
NY Pub Serv L § 68-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 68-A - Statements of Nature and Extent of Interests to Be Filed Upon Request.

§ 68-a. Statements  of nature and extent of interests to be filed upon   request.   Whenever any person or corporation  signs  or  certifies  any   estimate,  appraisal, report, or other statement, to be submitted to the   public service commission in relation to any public utility company,  in   which  such person or corporation is or has been financially interested,   directly or indirectly, or is or has been  employed  in  any  manner  or   capacity, or of which such person is or has been an officer or employee,   the  commission  in  its  discretion, may require that such signature or   certification shall be accompanied by a specific statement setting forth   the nature and extent of such interest or engagement.
NY Pub Serv L § 69-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 69-A - Reorganizations.

§ 69-a. Reorganizations.    1. Reorganizations of gas corporations and   electric corporations pursuant to sections ninety-six  and  ninety-seven   of  the  stock corporation law and such other statutes as may be enacted   from time to time shall be subject to the supervision and control of the   commission,  and  no  such  reorganization  shall  be  had  without  the   authorization of such commission.2.  Upon  all  such  reorganizations  the  amount  of  capitalization,   including  therein  all  stocks  and  bonds  and   other   evidence   of   indebtedness,  shall  be such as is authorized by the commission, which,   in making its determination shall not  exceed  the  fair  value  of  the   property  involved,  taking  into  consideration  its  original  cost of   construction, duplication cost,  present  condition,  earning  power  at   reasonable  rates  and all other relevant matters and any additional sum   or sums as shall be actually paid in cash, provided, however,  that  the   commission   may   make   due  allowance  for  discount  of  bonds.  Any   reorganization agreement before it becomes effective shall be amended so   that the amount of capitalization shall conform to the amount authorized   by the commission.
NY Pub Serv L § 70-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 70-A - Street Lights.

§  70-a. Street lights. 1. Any municipality or other government entity proposing to acquire title to and transfer  ownership  of  the  complete system   of   street   light  luminaires  or  fixtures,  all  supporting infrastructure,  and  associated  electric   circuitry   may   file   an application with the commission to determine if there is public interest for  the  commission to commence a proceeding to facilitate an ownership transfer agreement between the  owner  of  the  street  lights  and  the petitioning municipality.   2.  The  municipality  shall  file  an application with the commission identifying or providing:  (a) an inventory form with pole numbers, location, light  size,  light type  and  other  relevant  descriptive  information;  upon  request  an electric corporation shall provide such information  required  based  on the actual cost, if any, to prepare the same;  (b)  a  statement  explaining  the  need  for  the change in ownership including the anticipated financial impacts to the municipality;  (c) a statement explaining the municipality's plans  to  retrofit  the fixtures to be acquired with energy efficient lighting; and  (d)  such  other information as the applicant may consider relevant or as the commission may require.   3. Any such application filed with the commission shall be accompanied by proof of service, and shall be served on the owner or owners  of  the street  light  equipment and supporting infrastructure which are subject to such proceeding. The applicant shall serve a copy of such application on such other persons or entities as the chair may deem appropriate. The applicant, the commission and those served shall constitute the  parties to a proceeding pursuant to this section.   4.  The  commission  shall  require  any utility named as a party to a proceeding pursuant to this section to have an  effective  tariff  which establishes  the  process  to  facilitate  the  transfer of ownership of street light equipment,  including  light  emitting  diodes,  supporting infrastructure,  any required street lighting attachment provisions, and the rates and charges related to the foregoing.   5. The  commission  shall  require  that  any  agreement  between  the municipality  and  the  owner of the street lighting system provide that any  personnel  that  work  on  such  street  lighting  system  will  be electrically  qualified  to accommodate the environment within which the street  light  equipment  shall  exist  and/or  be  in  compliance  with established  standards  associated  with  work  in  close  proximity  to electrical equipment and further provide that  any  required  make-ready work must be performed by the utility or qualified contractor.   6.  The  commission shall work with the New York state energy research and development authority  to  identify  energy  efficiency  or  of  the funding  which would be available for municipalities for the purposes of the section.