A 8868: Prohibits service charges by gas companies for the repair, inspection, maintenance or remedies of damage to apparatus or personal property.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8868 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY June 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HEASTIE -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Energy AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to prohibiting service charges by gas companies for repair, inspection, maintenance or remedies of damage The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 65 of the public service law, 2 subdivision 6 as amended by chapter 204 of the laws of 2010, paragraphs 3 (c) and (d) as amended by and paragraph (e) as added by chapter 375 of 4 the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 5 6. Service charges prohibited. (a) Every gas corporation shall charge 6 for gas supplied a fair and reasonable price. 7 (b) No such corporation shall make or impose an additional charge or 8 fee for service, use, or for the installation, repair, inspection, or 9 maintenance of apparatus or [the use of apparatus installed, except 10 that] any necessary repairs or remedies of damage to personal property 11 therefrom. 12 (c) Such corporation may make or impose a charge [may be made]: 13 [(a)] (i) where entry, inspection or examination as authorized by 14 subdivision nine of this section is denied; 15 [(b)] (ii) for reconnecting the service to a person or corporation if 16 the service to such person or corporation was disconnected, in accord- 17 ance with applicable legal requirements, for non-payment of bills for 18 service; 19 [(b-1)] (iii) for expenses reasonably incurred as determined by the 20 commission in cases of meter tampering and theft of service. Such 21 expenses shall include, but not be limited to, the cost of investigat- 22 ing, repairing and replacing meters and pipes, and the cost of moving a 23 meter and installing it in a secure location; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13357-01-5 
 A. 8868 2 1 [(c)] (iv) for a remote meter reading device upon the request and 2 consent of the customer; 3 [(d)] (v) for installation of capital improvements and fixtures to 4 promote energy efficiency upon the request and consent of the customer, 5 including but not limited to the performance of qualified energy effi- 6 ciency services for customers participating in green jobs-green New York 7 on-bill recovery pursuant to section sixty-six-m of this article; or 8 [(e)] (vi) for the provision of thermal energy service. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.