Bill > A4069

Introduced Session

This bill requires that a residential customer who consents to switching between an electric power supplier and a basic generation service provider or between electric power suppliers, or a residential customer who switches between a gas supplier and a gas public utility or between gas suppliers, is to do so by providing either government-issued photo identification or government issued non-photo identification accompanied by a secondary method of identification. Under the bill, a secondary method of identification would include, but not be limited to, a telephone number in the customer's name, a current utility bill, bank statement, government check or pay check, or a credit or automatic teller machine card displaying the person's name. The electric power supplier and gas supplier are to attest to the appropriate public utility that identification authorized by the bill was provided along with the residential customer's service address. A residential customer is not to be required to provide an electric or gas public utility account number or point of delivery identification number if a form of authorized identification was provided. The bill prohibits a residential customer from switching between these suppliers, providers, and utilities without providing a written or electronic signature authorizing the switch. The bill does not prohibit an electric power supplier, basic generation service provider, gas public utility, or gas supplier from utilizing any methods allowing a customer to switch electric power suppliers or gas suppliers.

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Carol Murphy (D)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee (on 05/26/2022)

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