S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10680
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 20, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. BORES -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Energy
AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to voluntary rates
for residential customers utilizing heat pumps as the primary heating
source
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
66-x to read as follows:
§ 66-X. VOLUNTARY RATES FOR HEAT PUMPS. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
SECTION, UNLESS THE CONTEXT OTHERWISE REQUIRES, "HEAT PUMP" MEANS AN
ELECTRICALLY POWERED DEVICE THAT USES THE REFRIGERATION CYCLE TO TRANS-
FER THERMAL ENERGY FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER.
2. ON OR BEFORE AUGUST FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN, AN INVESTOR-
OWNED GAS OR ELECTRICAL CORPORATION THAT PROVIDES ELECTRIC OR THERMAL
ENERGY SHALL, WITHIN A GENERAL RATE CASE REQUEST, SUBMIT TO THE COMMIS-
SION A PROPOSAL FOR A VOLUNTARY RATE OR RATES FOR ENERGY SUPPLIED TO
RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS WHO UTILIZE A HEAT PUMP AS THEIR PRIMARY HEATING
SOURCE. SUCH VOLUNTARY RATE OR RATES:
(A) MAY BE NEW RATES, NEW OR EXISTING RIDERS, OR INCORPORATED INTO AN
EXISTING TIME-OF-USE RATE;
(B) IF COST-JUSTIFIED, SHALL BE DESIGNED TO LOWER THE AVERAGE MONTHLY
ENERGY BILL OF RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS WHO UTILIZE A HEAT PUMP AS THEIR
PRIMARY HEATING SOURCE; AND
(C) AVOID CROSS-SUBSIDIES FROM OTHER CUSTOMERS.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14866-01-6
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