Bill > A08868

This bill amends the New York Public Service Law to prohibit gas corporations from charging customers additional fees for repair, inspection, maintenance, or remedies related to damage to apparatus or personal property. Specifically, the bill modifies existing law to explicitly state that gas companies cannot impose extra charges for service, installation, repair, inspection, or maintenance of equipment. However, the bill does preserve some exceptions where gas corporations may still charge fees, such as when a customer denies entry for inspection, when service is reconnected after disconnection for non-payment, for expenses related to meter tampering or theft of service, for remote meter reading devices requested by customers, for energy efficiency improvements requested by customers, or for thermal energy services. The primary intent of the bill appears to be protecting consumers from unexpected or unnecessary charges by gas companies for standard service-related activities. The amendments aim to ensure that gas corporations charge only fair and reasonable prices for their core services and limit additional fees that could burden customers.

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https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8868