STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3758 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 13, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni- cations AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to services provided to residential customers by energy service companies The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 2 54 to read as follows: 3 § 54. Services to residential customers by energy service companies. 4 Beginning January first, two thousand twenty, no energy service company 5 shall execute a new contract for generation services with any individual 6 residential retail customer. This section shall not apply to, or other- 7 wise affect, any government body that aggregates the load of residential 8 retail customers as part of a community choice aggregation program 9 approved by the commission. Any violation of this section shall be 10 deemed a deceptive act or practice within the meaning of article twen- 11 ty-two-a of the general business law, and the attorney general is hereby 12 authorized to bring an action under such article to enforce this section 13 and to obtain civil penalties, injunctive relief, and any other relief 14 awarded pursuant to such article twenty-two-a. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09893-01-9