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Assembly Bill A6960

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits electric corporations and gas corporations from increasing charges due to tariffs imposed by the United States or governments of countries or their political subdivisions outside the United States

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2025-A6960 - Details

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

2025-A6960 - Summary

Prohibits electric corporations, gas corporations and utilities from passing along costs or increasing charges to ratepayers for electricity and natural gas, or any associated goods and services, as a result of increased costs incurred by such corporation due to tariffs placed by the government of the United States on the importation of goods, services or materials from countries outside the United States or due to tariffs placed by the governments of countries or their political subdivisions on the exportation of goods, services, or materials to the United States.

2025-A6960 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6960
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 18, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Energy
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to prohibiting elec-
   tric  corporations and gas corporations from increasing charges due to
   tariffs imposed by the United States or  Canada  or  any  province  of
   Canada

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 66 of the public service law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 33 to read as follows:
   33. PROHIBIT ELECTRIC CORPORATIONS, GAS  CORPORATIONS,  AND  UTILITIES
 FROM  PASSING  ALONG COSTS OR INCREASING CHARGES TO RATEPAYERS FOR ELEC-
 TRICITY AND NATURAL GAS, OR ANY ASSOCIATED  GOODS  AND  SERVICES,  AS  A
 RESULT  OF  INCREASED  COSTS  INCURRED  BY THE ELECTRIC CORPORATION, GAS
 CORPORATION, OR UTILITY DUE TO TARIFFS PLACED BY THE GOVERNMENT  OF  THE
 UNITED  STATES  ON  THE IMPORTATION OF GOODS, SERVICES OR MATERIALS FROM
 COUNTRIES OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES OR DUE  TO  TARIFFS  PLACED  BY  THE
 GOVERNMENT  OF  CANADA  OR  ANY PROVINCE OF CANADA ON THE EXPORTATION OF
 GOODS, SERVICES, OR MATERIALS TO THE UNITED STATES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10774-02-5

2025-A6960A (ACTIVE) - Details

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

2025-A6960A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits electric corporations, gas corporations and utilities from passing along costs or increasing charges to ratepayers for electricity and natural gas, or any associated goods and services, as a result of increased costs incurred by such corporation due to tariffs placed by the government of the United States on the importation of goods, services or materials from countries outside the United States or due to tariffs placed by the governments of countries or their political subdivisions on the exportation of goods, services, or materials to the United States.

2025-A6960A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6960--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 18, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Energy -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
   as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to prohibiting elec-
   tric  corporations and gas corporations from increasing charges due to
   tariffs imposed by the United States or governments  of  countries  or
   their political subdivisions outside the United States
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 66 of the public service law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 33 to read as follows:
   33. PROHIBIT ELECTRIC CORPORATIONS, GAS  CORPORATIONS,  AND  UTILITIES
 FROM  PASSING  ALONG COSTS OR INCREASING CHARGES TO RATEPAYERS FOR ELEC-
 TRICITY AND NATURAL GAS, OR ANY ASSOCIATED  GOODS  AND  SERVICES,  AS  A
 RESULT  OF  INCREASED  COSTS  INCURRED  BY THE ELECTRIC CORPORATION, GAS
 CORPORATION, OR UTILITY DUE TO TARIFFS PLACED BY THE GOVERNMENT  OF  THE
 UNITED  STATES  ON  THE IMPORTATION OF GOODS, SERVICES OR MATERIALS FROM
 COUNTRIES OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES OR DUE TO TARIFFS PLACED BY  GOVERN-
 MENTS  OF  COUNTRIES  OR THEIR POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OUTSIDE THE UNITED
 STATES ON THE EXPORTATION OF GOODS, SERVICES, OR MATERIALS TO THE UNITED
 STATES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10774-05-5

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