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Assembly Bill A10424

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Ensures the public has virtual access to public service commission proceedings and may file documents electronically

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2025-A10424 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1236
Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §28, Pub Serv L

2025-A10424 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Ensures the public has virtual access to public service commission proceedings and may file documents electronically.

2025-A10424 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10424
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 5, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BRAUNSTEIN  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law,  in  relation  to  ensuring  the
   public has virtual access to public service commission proceedings and
   may file documents electronically
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a  new  section
 28 to read as follows:
   § 28. VIRTUAL ACCESS BY THE PUBLIC TO COMMISSION PROCEEDINGS AND ELEC-
 TRONIC FILING OF DOCUMENTS. 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
   (A)  "DOCUMENT" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, ORAL AND WRITTEN
 TESTIMONY, EXHIBITS, INTERROGATORIES,  AND  MOTIONS,  BRIEFS,  COMMENTS,
 RULINGS, ORDERS AND ANY OTHER MATERIALS FILED IN OR GENERATED AS PART OF
 A PROCEEDING.
   (B)  "PROCEEDINGS"  SHALL  MEAN  ANY  FORMAL OR INFORMAL MATTER, CASE,
 RULEMAKING, RATE PROCEEDING, GENERIC PROCEEDING, OR ANY OTHER ACTION  OF
 THE  COMMISSION  OR THE DEPARTMENT OR ANY COMPONENT OF A PROCEEDING THAT
 MAY RESULT IN DECISIONS BY THE  COMMISSION  OR  RECOMMENDATIONS  TO  THE
 COMMISSION.  SUCH  TERM  SHALL  INCLUDE  EVIDENTIARY  HEARINGS CONDUCTED
 PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER.
   2. THE COMMISSION SHALL PROVIDE FOR VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON  ACCESS  AND
 PARTICIPATION  FOR  ALL PROCEEDINGS REGARDING GAS, ELECTRIC, COMBINATION
 GAS AND ELECTRIC, AND WATER UTILITIES. IN THE CASE OF SETTLEMENT NEGOTI-
 ATIONS, VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON ACCESS AND PARTICIPATION SHALL BE  LIMITED
 TO  PERSONS  ADMITTED  AS  PARTIES  AND  WHO SUBSCRIBE TO THE APPLICABLE
 COMMISSION RULES AND STANDARDS GOVERNING CONFIDENTIALITY.
   3. THE COMMISSION AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES SHALL ACCEPT ELECTRON-
 IC SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTS IN ALL PROCEEDINGS AND PHYSICAL COPIES  SHALL
 NOT BE REQUIRED. A FILING PARTY SHALL SUBMIT DOCUMENTS IN AN ALTERNATIVE
 FORMAT ONLY UPON CERTIFICATION THAT ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION IS NOT PRACTI-
 CABLE. SUCH DOCUMENTS SHALL BE IN A FORM AND MANNER AS PRESCRIBED BY THE
 COMMISSION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15088-01-6

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