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Assembly Bill A8025

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes the public service commission to consider non-economic loss suffered by consumers when determining penalties

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2025-A8025 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7165
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§25 & 25-a, Pub Serv L

2025-A8025 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the public service commission to consider non-economic loss suffered by consumers, including pain and suffering or mental anguish, when determining penalties against a public utility company, corporation or person or a combination gas and electric corporation.

2025-A8025 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8025
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 22, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  service law, in relation to authorizing
   consideration of non-economic loss suffered by consumers  when  deter-
   mining penalties

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 25 of the public service law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8. IN DETERMINING PENALTIES PURSUANT TO THIS  SECTION,  INCLUDING  ANY
 NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT, THE COMMISSION,
 AND  A  PUBLIC  UTILITY COMPANY, CORPORATION OR PERSON AND THE OFFICERS,
 AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES THEREOF, THE COMMISSION MAY  CONSIDER  NON-ECONOMIC
 LOSS  SUFFERED  BY  CONSUMERS  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO, PAIN AND
 SUFFERING OR MENTAL ANGUISH.
   § 2. Section 25-a of the public service law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 12 to read as follows:
   12. IN DETERMINING PENALTIES PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION,  INCLUDING  ANY
 NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT, THE COMMISSION,
 AND  A COMBINATION GAS AND ELECTRIC CORPORATION OR THE OFFICERS THEREOF,
 THE COMMISSION MAY CONSIDER NON-ECONOMIC  LOSS  SUFFERED  BY  CONSUMERS,
 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PAIN AND SUFFERING OR MENTAL ANGUISH.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11518-03-5

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