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Assembly Bill A11021

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring the public service commission to provide certain information relating to a major change in rates on its website

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2025-A11021 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §66, Pub Serv L

2025-A11021 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the public service commission to post a written summary of the actions taken by the commission or department upon approval of a major change in rates to promote ratepayer affordability and minimizing residential energy burden.

2025-A11021 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11021
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 22, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Energy
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requirements  for
   the approval of any major rate change
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 12 of section 66 of the public service  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (n) to read as follows:
   (N)  (I) THE COMMISSION SHALL, IN THEIR EXAMINATION OF ANY FILING BY A
 UTILITY THAT WOULD RESULT IN A MAJOR CHANGE  IN  RATES  OR  CHARGES,  IN
 ADDITION  TO  ANY OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF THIS CHAPTER, CONSIDER THE RATE-
 PAYER AFFORDABILITY OF THE FILED SCHEDULE OF RATES OR  CHARGES,  WITH  A
 FOCUS  ON  CUMULATIVE RATE IMPACTS, THE INTERESTS OF LOW- AND MIDDLE-IN-
 COME UTILITY CUSTOMERS, AND MINIMIZING RESIDENTIAL ENERGY BURDEN.
   (II) THE COMMISSION, UPON THE APPROVAL OF ANY MAJOR CHANGE IN RATES OR
 CHARGES, SHALL INCLUDE IN ANY APPROVING ORDER AND  MAKE  PUBLIC  ON  ITS
 WEBSITE,  A WRITTEN SUMMARY OF THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMIS-
 SION OR DEPARTMENT DURING THE RATE CASE OR HEARING TO PROMOTE  RATEPAYER
 AFFORDABILITY, AS IDENTIFIED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH. SUCH
 SUMMARY SHALL INCLUDE A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS AND
 STRATEGIES TAKEN BY THE COMMISSION OR DEPARTMENT DURING THE RATE CASE OR
 HEARING  TO  ADDRESS  EACH  OF  THE REQUIRED ITEMS, AN EVALUATION OF THE
 EFFECTIVENESS OR SUCCESS OF SUCH ACTIONS,  AND  ANY  INFORMATION  DEMON-
 STRATING  SUCH EFFECTIVENESS OR SUCCESS.  IF THE APPROVING ORDER FOR ANY
 MAJOR CHANGE IN RATES OR CHARGES INCLUDES A MULTI-YEAR  RATE  PLAN,  THE
 INFORMATION  REQUIRED  PURSUANT  TO THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR
 EACH RATE YEAR INDIVIDUALLY AND AS AN OVERVIEW FOR THE RATE  PLAN  AS  A
 WHOLE.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law and shall not affect any  proceedings  relating  to  a
 major change in rates or charges initiated on or before such date.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15646-01-6

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