What's happening
This bill requires utility companies to provide past gas and electric billing information for residential rentals to landlords and prospective tenants upon request.
Why it matters
Helps prospective tenants estimate utility costs. By making past gas and electric billing information available, tenants can better anticipate ongoing monthly expenses and avoid unexpected high utility bills, which is especially useful for budgeting.
Promotes transparency and informed renting decisions. Landlords and tenants will have access to actual usage data for the unit, reducing the chances of disputes or misinformation about typical energy costs in a particular rental.
Protects privacy while sharing useful data. The law ensures only address-specific billing data is shared, excluding any personal details about previous occupants, thus balancing transparency with privacy concerns.
Removes barriers to information. The required utility information must be provided free of charge and within ten days of a written request, making it accessible and timely for both landlords and prospective renters during the leasing process.
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Who cares
Prospective residential tenants
They could request gas and electric charge histories before starting a tenancy or signing a lease and receive them free within ten days.
Residential landlords and lessors
They would receive the same billing information at no charge when a prospective tenant submits a written request.
Gas and electric utilities and municipal providers
They would have to supply charges for the dwelling’s lifetime or the preceding two years, whichever is shorter, identifying the unit only by address.
Public Service Commission
It would be authorized to issue rules and take other measures needed to implement the requirements by the bill’s effective date.
Headline styles
Share Utility Costs with Landlords
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
3 Co-sponsors
History
- Substituted by S3585
- Advanced to third reading cal.105
- Reported
- Referred to energy
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Disclose Utility Costs to Landlords
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Kevin S. Parker
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2122
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 22, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. PICHARDO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Energy
AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to making gas and electric billing information for residential rental premises available upon request
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 66-p to read as follows:
§ 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.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law. The public service commission is authorized to promulgate any and all rules and regulations and take any other measures necessary to implement this act on its effective date on or before such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06376-01-9
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