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Assembly Bill A10764

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes utility billing integrity requirements and consumer protections

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2025-A10764 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §65-c, Pub Serv L

2025-A10764 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "utility billing integrity act" to establish utility billing integrity and consumer protections through anomaly detection, advanced data analytics and the usage of artificial intelligence; requires every utility to implement and maintain a billing integrity program utilizing anomaly detection systems to review all residential utility bills prior to issuance; provides that where a billing anomaly is identified, the utility shall provide prompt notice to the customer that the bill is under review.

2025-A10764 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10764
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 1, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BLUMENCRANZ -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Energy
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service  law,  in  relation  to  establishing
   utility   billing  integrity  requirements  and  consumer  protections
   through anomaly detection, advanced data analytics, and the  usage  of
   artificial intelligence

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "utility billing integrity act."
   §  2.  Legislative  intent.  The legislature hereby finds and declares
 that:
   1. New  York  ratepayers  are  increasingly  burdened  by  inaccurate,
 delayed, and unpredictable utility billing, including but not limited to
 estimated  billing  practices,  retroactive backbilling, and unexplained
 spikes in charges;
   2. Existing consumer protection mechanisms  are  largely  reactive  in
 nature,  requiring  customers  to identify, dispute, and resolve billing
 errors only after financial harm has occurred;
   3. Utility billing systems are complex, opaque, and often inaccessible
 to the average consumer, placing an unreasonable burden on ratepayers to
 detect inaccuracies;
   4. Evidence from consumer protection organizations  demonstrates  that
 billing errors, including backbilling and estimated usage discrepancies,
 can  result  in  significant  and  unexpected  financial obligations for
 customers;
   5. Broader utility billing analysis further suggests that  overbilling
 due  to  errors, misapplied rates, and inaccurate metering is widespread
 and frequently undetected;
   6. At the same time, modern utility infrastructure, including advanced
 metering systems and data  analytics  capabilities,  provides  utilities
 with  the  tools necessary to identify anomalies, detect irregularities,
 and prevent billing errors prior to issuing charges to consumers;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15349-01-6
              

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