Assembly Bill A4712

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes the secretary of state to appoint a person from the utility intervention unit within the consumer protection division to serve on the state energy planning board

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2025-A4712 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2460
Law Section:
Energy Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6-102, Energy L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S5290
2015-2016: S4427
2017-2018: S1978
2019-2020: S2793
2021-2022: S5861
2023-2024: S3021

2025-A4712 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the secretary of state to appoint a person from the utility intervention unit within the consumer protection division to serve on the state energy planning board.

2025-A4712 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4712
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Energy
 
 AN ACT to amend the energy law, in relation to the  composition  of  the
   state energy planning board
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1.   Subdivision 1 of section 6-102  of  the  energy  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  195  of  the  laws  of 2011, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1. There shall be established a state energy planning  board,  herein-
 after  referred  to  as the "board", which shall consist of the chair of
 the public service commission, the commissioner of environmental conser-
 vation, the commissioner of economic development,  the  commissioner  of
 transportation, the commissioner of labor, the commissioner of the divi-
 sion  of  homeland  security and emergency services, the commissioner of
 agriculture and markets, the commissioner of health,  the  secretary  of
 state and the president of the New York state energy research and devel-
 opment  authority.  The  governor,  the  speaker of the assembly and the
 temporary president of the senate  shall  each  appoint  one  additional
 representative  to  serve  on  the  board; IN ADDITION, THE SECRETARY OF
 STATE SHALL APPOINT, FROM THE UTILITY INTERVENTION UNIT WITH THE CONSUM-
 ER PROTECTION DIVISION ESTABLISHED IN SECTION NINETY-FOUR-A OF THE EXEC-
 UTIVE LAW, AN ADDITIONAL PERSON TO SERVE ON THE BOARD.    The  presiding
 officer  of the federally designated electric bulk system operator (BSO)
 shall serve as a non-voting member of the board. Any decision or  action
 by  the  board  shall be by majority vote. The president of the New York
 state energy research and development authority shall serve as chair  of
 the  board. Members of the board may designate an executive staff repre-
 sentative to participate on the board on their behalf.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05670-01-5

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