S 1551 NY
Relates to prohibiting the release of consumption data
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Summary
This bill prohibits utility corporations, municipalities, and local publicly owned electric or gas companies from sharing consumers' electrical or gas consumption data with police or other law enforcement agencies. Consumption data can only be shared with law enforcement if authorized by a judicial court-ordered subpoena, warrant, or the consumer's written consent. The bill does not prevent utilities from using aggregate electrical consumption data for analysis, reporting, or program management as long as all identifying information about individual consumers is removed. The restrictions apply to police officers and private, local, state, and federal law enforcement entities. The bill takes effect immediately upon enactment.
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Official abstract
Prohibits the release of a consumer's electrical or gas consumption data to any police officer, or private, local, state or federal law enforcement entity without a judicial court-ordered subpoena, warrant or the consumer's written consent.
Sponsor (1)
- Kevin S. Parker Democratic · primary
3 coauthors / cosponsors
- Leroy Comrie Democratic · cosponsor
- Andrew Gounardes Democratic · cosponsor
- Brad Hoylman-Sigal · cosponsor
Action history (12)
- Jan 10, 2025 REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS · upper
- Apr 28, 2025 1ST REPORT CAL.704 · upper
- Apr 29, 2025 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- Apr 30, 2025 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- Jun 13, 2025 COMMITTED TO RULES · upper
- Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS · upper
- Apr 21, 2026 1ST REPORT CAL.818 · upper
- Apr 22, 2026 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- Apr 27, 2026 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- May 6, 2026 PASSED SENATE · upper
- May 6, 2026 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
- May 6, 2026 REFERRED TO ENERGY · lower
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S01551 Summary: BILL NO S01551   SAME AS SAME AS A04047
  SPONSOR PARKER   COSPNSR COMRIE, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL   MLTSPNSR   Amd §65, Pub Serv L   Prohibits the release of a consumer's electrical or gas consumption data to any police officer, or private, local, state or federal law enforcement entity without a judicial court-ordered subpoena, warrant or the consumer's written consent.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
1551
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 10, 2025 ___________
Introduced by Sens. PARKER, COMRIE, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommunications
AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to prohibiting the release of consumption data
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 65 of the public service law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 7-a to read as follows: 3 7-a. No utility corporation, municipality or local publicly owned 4 electric or gas corporation shall share, disclose or otherwise make 5 accessible a consumer's electrical or gas consumption data or allow a 6 third party to share, disclose, or otherwise make accessible a consum- 7 er's electrical or gas consumption data, to any police officer, as 8 defined by section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, or private, 9 local, state or federal law enforcement entity, without a judicial 10 court-ordered subpoena, warrant, or the consumer's written, knowing 11 consent. This subdivision shall not preclude a utility corporation, 12 municipality or local publicly owned electric or gas corporation from 13 using customer aggregate electrical consumption data for analysis, 14 reporting, or program management if all personal identifying information 15 has been removed regarding such individual consumer. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04549-01-5
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