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- Referred to energy and telecommunications
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Relates to the surcharge on utility bills for the renewable portfolio standard
In Assembly Committee · Energy · Sponsor James Skoufis
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BILL NUMBER:S6167
Title of bill
An act to amend the public service law, in relation to prohibiting allocation of certain surcharges on utility bills for foreign facilities who do not have facilities within New York state
Purpose
To ensure that ratepayer surcharges mandated by the Public Service Commission (PSC) are not used to support electric generating facilities or energy related activities in foreign countries.
Summary of provisions
Section 1: Creates a new section 18 of the Public Service Law that prohibits money collected from captive ratepayers through the Renewable Portfolio Standard, the Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard, the System Benefit Charge or any other ratepayer funded utility collection from being used to support infrastructure or generating facilities that are located outside of the United States.
Section 2: Sets forth the effective date
Justification
State programs to support efficiency and renewable energy were mandated by the Public Service Commission (PSC) in order to spur a clean energy economy in New York. State, reduce pollution and enhance fuel diversity. All of these programs operate through fees imposed on ratepayers by the Commission. As such, it is imperative that each and every dollar be used wisely and for its intended purpose. Recently requests have been made to the PSC to allow companies whose facilities lie wholly outside of the United States to qualify for ratepayer funded subsidies from the programs described above. This would encourage more importation of power to our state, threaten jobs and undermine local tax base. The PSC does not allow this to happen now, and this bill would memorialize the Commission's wise policy in statute.
Legislative history
This is a new bill
Fiscal implications
None
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately
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