38 – Budget or Levelized Payment Plans; Quarterly Billing.
§ 38. Budget or levelized payment plans; quarterly billing. 1. Every utility corporation or municipality shall offer residential customers a budget billing plan or levelized payment plan for payment of charges for gas or electric service. Any such plans shall also be offered to customers who are condominium associations or cooperative housing corporations regardless of […]
30 – Residential Gas, Electric and Steam Service Policy.
§ 30. Residential gas, electric and steam service policy. This article shall apply to the provision of all or any part of the gas, electric or steam service provided to any residential customer by any gas, electric or steam and municipalities corporation or municipality. It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state […]
31 – Applications for Service.
§ 31. Applications for service. 1. Every gas corporation, electric corporation or municipality shall provide residential service upon the oral or written request of an applicant, provided that the commission may require that requests for service be in writing under circumstances as it deems necessary and proper as set forth by regulation, and provided further […]
31-A – Use of Preferred Name and Pronouns.
§ 31-a. Use of preferred name and pronouns. 1. Every utility corporation or municipality shall provide applicants for residential service and residential customers with a convenient option to request that the utility corporation or municipality use their preferred name and/or preferred pronouns in all written or oral communications between the utility corporation or municipality and […]
32 – Termination of Service.
§ 32. Termination of service. 1. Generally. Any termination of residential utility service by utility corporations or municipalities shall be in accordance with all relevant provisions of this article. 2. Utility service may be terminated, except as otherwise provided in this section, if any person supplied with electric or gas service to a residence: (a) […]
33 – Discontinuance of Residential Utility Service to Multiple Dwellings.
§ 33. Discontinuance of residential utility service to multiple dwellings. 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no public utility company or municipality shall discontinue gas, electric or steam service to an entire multiple dwelling (as defined in the multiple dwelling law or the multiple residence law) located anywhere in this state for nonpayment of […]
34 – Discontinuance of Utility Service in Two Family Dwellings.
§ 34. Discontinuance of utility service in two family dwellings. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no utility corporation or municipality shall terminate gas or electric service to a two family dwelling that it knows contains units where service is not metered separately unless such utility or municipality shall have given fifteen days’ written […]
35 – Reconnection of Service.
§ 35. Reconnection of service. 1. The commission shall by regulation establish reasonable conditions under which an electric or gas corporation or municipality shall be required to take all actions within such corporation or municipality’s control and, where applicable, consistent with the provision of the agreement for commodity service, if any, between the corporation and […]