Relates to the department of public service; limits increases in the amount of surcharges; establishes a one year moratorium on the collection of energy surcharges; establishes a moratorium on new surcharge assessments, taxes or fees.
Increases the number of entities to whom the New York state energy research and development authority must submit an annual report; requires the report to include a brief summary of all proceeds collected and administered by the authority pursuant to an order of the public service commission or pursuant to regulation, including, but not limited to, assessments, fees, taxes, transfers, corporate income or surcharges imposed on energy consumers or power generators.
Increases the number of entities to whom the New York state energy research and development authority must submit an annual report; requires the report to include a brief summary of all proceeds collected and administered by the authority pursuant to an order of the public service commission or pursuant to regulation, including, but not limited to, assessments, fees, taxes, transfers, corporate income or surcharges imposed on energy consumers or power generators.
Establishes a one-year utility bill tax and surcharge holiday and a two-year green energy tax holiday.
Establishes a one-year utility bill tax and surcharge holiday and a two-year green energy tax holiday.
Prohibits public utilities from assessing surcharges and certain fees.
Energy-Related Programs, Surcharges, and Taxes (Maryland Energy Savings Guarantee Act)
Allows surplus or uncommitted funds in the New York state climate investment account to be returned to ratepayers; establishes a one-year utility bill tax and surcharge holiday and a two-year green energy tax holiday; relates to audits of utility corporations; authorizes the public service commission to reconsider rate increases; grants customers the right to decline smart meters and prohibits such customers from being penalized or charged exercising such right; directs the public service commission to conduct a study analyzing the economic impact of the use of smart meters; relates to costs and expenses of the department of public service and the public service commission; directs the public service commission to develop a formula to determine the average cost to comply with the provisions set forth in article seventy-five of the environmental conservation law; provides for a ratepayer protection tax credit; repeals certain provisions of law relating to the assessment of costs and expenses of the department of public service and the public service commission.
Enacts the "nuclear energy deployment act"; directs the New York state energy research and development authority, in consultation with the public service commission and the department of environmental conservation, to promulgate rules and regulations to facilitate the construction and operation of advanced nuclear reactors and to review and evaluate certain existing regulations and regulatory actions taken concerning nuclear energy; directs the New York state energy research and development authority to create the position of nuclear energy coordinator; directs the New York state energy research and development authority to administer grants from the nuclear energy deployment fund; establishes the nuclear energy deployment fund.
Regulates energy consumption by data centers; requires annual disclosure reporting; prohibits incentives in fossil fuel power purchase agreements with utilities; directs the public service commission to establish a data center surcharge and discount plan.