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New York S3876 after having been passed by the Senate advances to third reading in the Assembly.  See Assembly Version of this Bill: A3875.

Summary of the bill:“Requires that a billing statement delivered to the customer by an energy services company include a side-by-side comparison showing both the price charged by the energy service company for commodity and delivery service during the prior billing period, and the price the customer would have paid had they taken commodity and delivery service from their local utility corporation or municipality; requires an energy service company to provide each of its customers with an annual statement comparing the price charged by the energy service company for commodity and delivery services and other energy-related value-added products over the prior twelve-month period with the price such customer would have paid had they taken commodity and delivery service from their local utility corporation or municipality.”

Summary of Provisions:

“Section 1 of this bill adds two new subdivisions 9 and 10 to Section 349-d of the General Business Law (Energy services company consumers bill of rights.)”

“The new subdivision 9 would require a side-by-side comparison on the first page of ESCO customers’ billing statements of the price the ESCO charged during the prior billing period, compared to the price the customer would have paid if they had received service from their local

utility corporation or municipality. It would also require ESCOs to provide an itemized list of prices charged by the ESCO for any energy- related value-added products during such billing period.

The new subdivision 10 would require ESCOs to provide their customers a yearly statement comparing the price they charged for goods and services during the prior year with the price the customer would have paid if they had received service from their local utility corporation or municipality.

Section 2 of the bill establishes the effective date.”