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Assembly Bill A9426

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Stabilizes electric costs for New York consumers, restricts unreasonable rate and fee increases, and establishes additional auditing and enforcement authorities

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2025-A9426 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§66, 44 & 65, add §§66-x & 66-y, Pub Serv L

2025-A9426 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Stabilizes electric costs for New York consumers; restricts unreasonable rate and fee increases; establishes additional auditing and enforcement authorities.

2025-A9426 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9426
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 19, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CASHMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Energy
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to stabilizing elec-
   tric costs for New York consumers, restricting unreasonable  rate  and
   fee  increases,  and  establishing additional auditing and enforcement
   authorities

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature finds that
 residents,  small businesses, and local governments across New York face
 disproportionate increases in electricity rates, transmission fees,  and
 miscellaneous  surcharges.  These  increases  burden  working  families,
 hinder economic development, and threaten the ability of seniors to  age
 in place.
   The  legislature  further  finds that opaque fee structures and inade-
 quate regulatory scrutiny contribute to unjustified costs.
   It is the intent of this act to:
   1. Cap and stabilize electric rate increases;
   2. Restrict hidden and excessive add-on fees;
   3. Create real-time oversight through independent audits; and
   4. Ensure accountability from utilities operating in the region.
   § 2. Subdivision 12 of section 66 of the public service law is amended
 by adding a new paragraph (m) to read as follows:
   (M) (I) THE COMMISSION SHALL NOT APPROVE ANY RATE INCREASE WHICH WOULD
 INCREASE RESIDENTIAL OR SMALL BUSINESS ELECTRICITY RATES  BY  MORE  THAN
 TWO  AND ONE-HALF PERCENT AS MEASURED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS UNLESS THE RATE
 INCREASE IS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN RELIABILITY OF ELECTRICITY  AND  PROOF
 HAS  BEEN  PROVIDED  TO  THE COMMISSION THAT ALL POTENTIAL INTERNAL COST
 SAVINGS MEASURES HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED.
   (II) IN THE EVENT THAT A RATE INCREASE OF MORE THAN TWO  AND  ONE-HALF
 PERCENT  IS  PROPOSED  TO THE COMMISSION, THE COMMISSION SHALL PAUSE ANY

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14177-01-5
              

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