Washington, Sept. 4 -- Congressman Josh Riley issued the following press release:
Today, Representative Josh Riley (NY-19) and Representative Mike Kennedy (UT-03) introduced the Smart Meter Data Privacy Protection Act, bipartisan legislation to ban utility companies from selling Upstate New Yorkers' private data and crack down on the misuse of personal information collected through smart meters.
Upstate New York's utility monopolies rolled out smart meters under the guise of streamlining billing, and hit customers who declined to install one with extra fees. Customers who keep their analog meters pay NYSEG a monthly opt-out fee of $13.47 per month, while Central Hudson charges a one time fee of $49 for electric meters and $89 for gas mete...