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Sen. Kevin Parker's energy committee advances four utility and consumer-protection bills to third reading
Summary
The New York State Senate Standing Committee on Energy and Telecommunications moved four bills to third reading on matters including customer consumption data privacy, emergency notices in multiple languages, contract releases for domestic violence survivors, and 30-day notice for utility rate increases. Each measure was reported out of committee; some recorded one or more 'no' votes on committee voting sheets.
State Senator Kevin Parker opened the Senate Standing Committee on Energy and Telecommunications and moved through its limited agenda, advancing four bills to third reading that the committee chair said address customer privacy, language access, contract protections and notice for utility rate increases.
Justin Chairs, identified by the chair as the committee director, read the text of each bill to the panel. He described Bill 1551, sponsored by Senator Parker, as "an act to amend the public service law in relation to prohibiting the release of consumption data." The chair said the bill had been moved and seconded and announced one recorded 'no' vote on the committee voting sheet; he reported the bill to third reading.
The committee next considered Bill 2258, read by Justin Chairs and announced as sponsored by "Senator Comrade" in the transcript; the bill would require emergency notices to be provided to customers in certain languages. The committee moved the measure, recorded at least one 'no' vote on its voting sheets, and the chair stated there were sufficient votes for it to proceed to third reading.
Bill 2416, read by the committee director and listed with Senator Parker as sponsor in the reading, was described as amending the Public Service Law and the General Business Law to allow victims of domestic violence to be released from certain contracts. Committee members supported the motion to move the bill; the chair announced it would be reported to third reading.
Finally, Justin Chairs read Bill 9835, announced as sponsored by Senator Adabo, described as requiring gas and electric corporations to provide 30 days' notice to customers whenever there is a service rate or charge increase. The motion was made and seconded and the chair reported the bill to third reading.
The committee completed its agenda and adjourned. The transcript records motions, seconds and brief vote tallies on committee voting sheets (for example, one 'no' vote noted on the record for at least two measures), but does not list full roll-call tallies or the names of members who cast those votes in the recorded segments. No further debate or amendments are recorded in the provided transcript excerpts.
