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Assembly Bill A11419

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing guidelines for the connection of utility service for high-usage customers

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2025-A11419 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §66-x, Pub Serv L; amd §§8-0105 & 15-1501, En Con L

2025-A11419 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to high-usage customers of electric utilities; establishes guidelines for electric service for high-usage customers; relates to water usage of high-usage customers entering into a high-usage contract with an electric utility or large-scale generation provider.

2025-A11419 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11419
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 15, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Gray) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Energy
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law and the  environmental  conserva-
   tion law, in relation to establishing guidelines for the connection of
   utility service for high-usage customers
 
   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. HIGH-USAGE CUSTOMERS. 1. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
 SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "HIGH-USAGE  CUSTOMER" SHALL MEAN A CURRENT OR POTENTIAL CUSTOMER
 IN THE SERVICE TERRITORY OF AN ELECTRIC UTILITY THAT: (I) REQUESTS ELEC-
 TRIC SERVICE UNDER A LARGE-SCALE SERVICE REQUEST; OR (II) ENTERS INTO  A
 PRIVATE GENERATION CONTRACT WITH A GENERATION PROVIDER.
   (B) "LARGE-SCALE SERVICE REQUEST" SHALL MEAN A REQUEST SUBMITTED TO AN
 ELECTRIC  UTILITY  FOR:  (I)  A NEW ELECTRIC SERVICE THAT IS EXPECTED TO
 REACH A CUMULATIVE DEMAND OF ONE HUNDRED  MEGAWATTS  OR  GREATER  WITHIN
 FIVE YEARS OF THE REQUESTED INITIAL START DATE; OR (II) ADDITIONAL ELEC-
 TRIC  SERVICE  THAT  IS  EXPECTED TO INCREASE A CUSTOMER'S TOTAL SERVICE
 LEVEL BY ONE HUNDRED MEGAWATTS OR  GREATER  WITHIN  FIVE  YEARS  OF  THE
 REQUESTED START DATE FOR THE ADDITIONAL SERVICE.
   (C)  "CLOSED PRIVATE GENERATION SYSTEM" SHALL MEAN ELECTRIC GENERATING
 FACILITIES AND ASSOCIATED TRANSMISSION INFRASTRUCTURE THAT: (I) ARE  NOT
 CONNECTED  TO  AND OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY FROM THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM OF
 AN ELECTRIC UTILITY, COOPERATIVE UTILITY, MUNICIPAL  UTILITY,  OR  OTHER
 UTILITY;  (II)  SERVE  ONE  OR  MORE CUSTOMERS WITH A MINIMUM CUMULATIVE
 ELECTRICAL DEMAND OF ONE HUNDRED MEGAWATTS; AND (III) SERVE ONE OR  MORE
 HIGH-USAGE CUSTOMERS THROUGH DIRECT CONNECTION.
   (D)  "CONNECTED  GENERATION  SYSTEM"  SHALL  MEAN  ELECTRIC GENERATING
 FACILITIES AND ASSOCIATED  TRANSMISSION  INFRASTRUCTURE  THAT:  (I)  ARE
 CONNECTED  TO AND OPERATE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM OF
 AN ELECTRIC UTILITY; (II) SERVE ONE OR MORE HIGH-USAGE CUSTOMERS THROUGH
 CONNECTION TO THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM OF AN ELECTRIC UTILITY; AND  (III)
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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