Title PBS, Public Service

§ 37. Deferred payment agreements. 1. No utility corporation or\nmunicipality shall terminate or refuse to take all actions within such\ncorporation or municipality's control and, where applicable, consistent\nwith the provisions of the agreement for commodity service, if any,\n…

§ 38. Budget or levelized payment plans; quarterly billing. 1. Every\nutility corporation or municipality shall offer residential customers a\nbudget billing plan or levelized payment plan for payment of charges for\ngas or electric service. Any such plans shall also be offered …

§ 39. Meter reading and estimated bills. 1. A utility corporation or\nmunicipality may, in accordance with such requirements as the commission\nmay impose by regulation, render an estimated bill for any billing\nperiod if: (a) the procedure used by such utility or municipality f…

§ 4. The public service commission. 1. There shall be in the\ndepartment of public service a public service commission, which shall\npossess the powers and duties hereinafter specified, and also all powers\nnecessary or proper to enable it to carry out the purposes of this\nchap…

§ 4-b. Removals. The governor may remove any public service\ncommissioner, now in office or hereafter appointed, for inefficiency,\nneglect of duty or misconduct in office, giving him a copy of the\ncharges against him, and an opportunity of being publicly heard in\nperson or by…

§ 40. Voluntary third-party notification. 1. Every utility corporation\nor municipality shall permit a residential customer to designate a third\nparty to receive notice of the total amount due or past due on all\nbills, the amounts of any payments paid by or on behalf of such\n…

§ 41. Finality of certain utility charges. 1. Notwithstanding any\nother provision of law, if a utility corporation or municipality does\nnot render a residential customer for gas or electric service, with the\nexception of a seasonal or short-term customer as defined by rule of…

§ 42. Other charges. 1. A utility corporation or municipality may\nimpose late payment charges not in excess of one and one-half percent\nper month on the unpaid balance of any bill including any interest\nthereon. Any such late payment charge, however, may not be imposed if\nth…

§ 42-a. Payment of wages to workers; certain cases. 1. The legislature\nhereby finds that the protection of critical infrastructure is furthered\nby the enhanced training, experience and expertise of workers in all\npositions at such facilities. Given that the state of New York,…

§ 43. Complaint handling procedures. 1. The commission shall maintain\nregulations for the handling of residential customer complaints, which\nat a minimum shall require that each utility or municipality: (a)\nmaintain procedures for prompt investigation of any complaint on a bi…

§ 44. Utility bills; informational notices. 1. Every utility\ncorporation or municipality shall assure that bills for service to\nresidential customers adequately explain the charges for service in\nclear and understandable form and language. The commission may, from\ntime to ti…

§ 45. Payment agencies. A utility corporation or municipality may\npermit its customers to pay their bills to a payment agent. The date of\npayment to any such agent shall be regarded as the date of payment to\nthe utility or municipality.\n

§ 46. Emergency disconnections to residences. Notwithstanding any\nother section of this article, a utility corporation in ownership or\ncontrol of the meters, pipes, fittings, wires and other apparatus\nassociated with the establishment of service to a residence or a\nmunicipal…

§ 47. Inspection and examination of apparatus. 1. A duly authorized\nagent of a utility corporation or municipality may enter any dwelling,\nbuilding or other location supplied with gas or electricity by the\nutility corporation or municipality, for the purpose of inspecting and…

§ 48. Emergency hotline. 1. The commission shall establish a toll free\nnumber, to be attended from nine o'clock a.m. to nine o'clock p.m. each\nbusiness day, which a residential customer may use to contact a\ncommission designee authorized to order the reconnection, continuatio…

§ 48-a. Utility services; domestic violence victims. 1. Every utility\ncorporation shall allow a person who is under a shared contract with\nsuch utility corporation to opt-out of such contract without fee,\npenalty or charge when such person is a victim of domestic violence and…

§ 49. Residential steam service. The rights and responsibilities of\ncustomers receiving residential steam service from steam corporations\nshall be substantially comparable to those of gas and electric customers\nunder this article. The commission shall take such actions as it …

§ 5. Jurisdiction, powers and duties of public service commission. 1.\nThe jurisdiction, supervision, powers and duties of the public service\ncommission shall extend under this chapter:\n b. To the manufacture, conveying, transportation, sale or distribution\nof gas (natural or…

§ 5-b. Corporations subject to chapter although not transacting\nbusiness. Corporations formed to acquire property or to transact\nbusiness which would be subject to the provisions of this chapter, and\ncorporations possessing franchises for any of the purposes contemplated\nby …

§ 5-e. Jurisdiction of commission over certain corporations, their\noperations and facilities.\n 1. The commission shall have no jurisdiction, supervision, powers or\nduties with respect to any corporation which is owned or controlled in\nwhole or in part by a gas corporation, a…

§ 50. Residential water service. Every water-works corporation with\ngross revenues in excess of two hundred fifty thousand dollars shall\nprovide residential service in accordance with all relevant provisions\nof this article. The commission shall adopt such rules and regulatio…

§ 51. Rules and regulations. The commission shall adopt such\nadditional rules and regulations as it deems necessary and proper to\nimplement the provisions of this act.\n

§ 52. Gas, electric and steam service to tenants provided through\nshared meters. 1. Definitions: As used in this section, the following\nterms shall have the following meanings:\n (a) "Owner" means and includes the owner or owners of the freehold of\nthe premises or lesser esta…

§ 53. Application. For purposes of this article, a reference to a gas\ncorporation, an electric corporation, a utility company, or a utility\ncorporation shall include, but is not limited to, any entity that, in\nany manner, sells or facilitates the sale or furnishing of gas or\…

§ 53-a. Prohibition of utilities engaging in detrimental conduct\ntowards a residential customer. 1. A utility corporation or\nmunicipality, or energy services companies subject to the department's\nuniform business practices and section three hundred forty-nine and\nthree hundr…

§ 63-ee. Application of article. This article shall apply to the\nconveying, transportation and furnishing of petroleum and other such\nflammable liquids, for any purpose, by way of pipeline. Within the\nmeaning of any provision of this article, the term, "liquid petroleum",\nsh…

§ 63-ff. Powers of the commission in respect to liquid petroleum\npipeline safety. The commission shall:\n 1. Have general supervision over the safety standards of all liquid\npetroleum pipeline corporations having authority under any general or\nspecial law or under any charter…

§ 64. Application of article. This article shall apply to the\nmanufacture, conveying, transportation and furnishing of gas (natural or\nmanufactured or mixture of both) for light, heat or power and the\ngeneration, furnishing and transmission of electricity for light, heat\nor …

§ 65. Safe and adequate service; just and reasonable charges; unjust\ndiscrimination; unreasonable preference; protection of privacy. 1. Every\ngas corporation, every electric corporation and every municipality shall\nfurnish and provide such service, instrumentalities and facil…

§ 65-a. Notification to social services officials. The commission\nshall, to the extent not inconsistent with other requirements of law,\nestablish requirements relating to the notification of an appropriate\nsocial services official by a gas corporation, electric corporation or…

§ 65-b. Service to persons applying for or receiving public\nassistance, supplemental security income benefits or additional state\npayments. No gas corporation, electric corporation or municipality shall\nrefuse to supply or to continue to supply utility services to any person\…

§ 66. General powers of commission in respect to gas and electricity.\nThe commission shall:\n 1. Have general supervision of all gas corporations and electric\ncorporations having authority under any general or special law or under\nany charter or franchise to lay down, erect o…

§ 66-a. Conservation of gas, declaration of policy, delegation of\npower. 1. It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state that\nwhen there develops in any area a situation under which a gas\ncorporation supplying gas to such area is unable to meet the reasonable\nneeds o…

§ 66-aa. Interconnection reforms. 1. (a) Within ninety days of the\neffective date of this section the commission shall commence a\nproceeding requiring every electric corporation to file a report with\nthe commission which shall include broken down costs of completed\nupgrades …

§ 66-b. Continuation of gas service. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions\nof section sixty-six-a of this chapter, no gas customer shall be denied\na continuation of gas service following the demolition and\nreconstruction of any structure or structures owned by any such\ncustomer,…

§ 66-c. Conservation of energy. 1. It is hereby declared to be the\npolicy of this state that it is in the public interest to encourage, at\nrates just and reasonable to electric and steam corporation ratepayers,\nthe development of alternate energy production facilities, co-gen…

§ 66-d. Contract carrier authorization. 1. For purposes of this\nsection the term natural gas shall mean natural gas produced within the\nstate or transported within the state no matter where produced for\nconsumption in the state.\n 2. The commission, upon its own initiative or…

§ 66-e. Monitoring of natural gas procurement. 1. The commission shall\ncontinue to monitor natural gas procurement contracts and practices of\ngas corporations and determine whether any of such practices or\nprovisions of any such contracts are anti-competitive in force or effe…

§ 66-f. Purchase and procurement of natural gas at lowest available\nprice. 1. The commission shall have the authority to direct any gas\ncorporation subject to the jurisdiction of the commission to purchase or\nprocure natural gas at the lowest available price as determined by …

§ 66-g. Sale of indigenous natural gas for generation of electricity.\n1. The commission shall require an electric corporation to enter into\nlong-term contracts to purchase or wheel electricity produced from\nindigenous natural gas supplies at the well site under such terms and…

§ 66-h. Certain electric corporations; payment equivalent to tax. The\ncommission shall require each electric corporation that purchases\nelectricity from an energy business as defined in subdivision (c) of\nsection three hundred one-i of the tax law (1) that is a co-generation\…

§ 66-j. Net energy metering for residential solar, farm waste,\nnon-residential solar electric generating systems, micro-combined heat\nand power generating equipment, fuel cell electric generating equipment,\nfuel-flexible linear generator electric generating equipment, and\nmi…

§ 66-k. Allowance credit trading or sales. 1. Definitions. For\npurposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following\nmeanings:\n (a) "SO2" shall mean sulfur dioxide.\n (b) "SO2 allowance credit" shall mean any SO2 credit issued to a\ngenerating source within t…

§ 66-l. Net energy metering for residential, farm service and\nnon-residential wind electric generating systems. 1. Definitions. As\nused in this section, the following terms shall have the following\nmeanings:\n (a) "Customer-generator" means a residential customer, farm servic…

§ 66-m. Green jobs-green New York on-bill recovery. 1.(a) The\ncommission shall, within forty-five days of the effective date of this\nsection, commence a proceeding to investigate the implementation by each\ncombination electric and gas corporation having annual revenues in\nex…

§ 66-n. Net metering study. The commission shall conduct a study to\nanalyze the economic and environmental benefits from and the economic\ncost burden, if any, of the net energy metering program and to analyze\nthe extent to which ratepayers receiving service under the net ener…

§ 66-o. Electric vehicle charging tariff. 1. Definitions. For purposes\nof this section, the term "eligible vehicle" shall mean and include a\nmotor vehicle that:\n (a) has four wheels;\n (b) was manufactured for use primarily on public streets, roads and\nhighways;\n (c) the po…

§ 66-p. Establishment of a renewable energy program. 1. As used in\nthis section:\n (a) "jurisdictional load serving entity" means any entity subject to\nthe jurisdiction of the commission that secures energy to serve the\nelectrical energy requirements of end-use customers in N…

§ 66-q. Gas and electric billing information for residential rental\npremises. Every gas corporation, electric corporation and municipality\nshall make available to any landlord or lessor of residential rental\npremises, within ten days of receipt of a written request therefor f…

§ 66-r. Requirements for certain renewable energy systems. 1. For the\npurposes of this section, a "covered renewable energy system" means a\nrenewable energy system, as such term is defined in section sixty-six-p\nof this article, with a capacity of greater than five megawatts\…