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Assembly Bill A9640

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes the public service commission to implement performance-based regulation of electric or gas corporations

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2025-A9640 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9459
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §66-x, Pub Serv L

2025-A9640 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the public service commission to implement performance-based regulation of electric or gas corporations; requires that any such regulation shall provide performance standards and metrics by which such performance shall be measured.

2025-A9640 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9640
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 21, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Energy
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to  authorizing  the
   public service commission to implement performance-based regulation of
   electric or gas corporations
 
   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. PERFORMANCE-BASED UTILITY REGULATIONS. 1. THE COMMISSION SHALL
 BE  AUTHORIZED TO DEVELOP AND ADOPT A FRAMEWORK FOR IMPLEMENTING PERFOR-
 MANCE-BASED REGULATION OF ELECTRIC OR  GAS  CORPORATIONS.  SUCH  PERFOR-
 MANCE-BASED  REGULATION  MAY BE USED TO PROVIDE INCENTIVES AND PENALTIES
 TO:
   (A) REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 75-0101  OF
 THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW;
   (B)  EXPAND  THE  USE OF DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES, COMMUNITY SOLAR
 PROJECTS, MICROGRIDS, DEMAND RESPONSE PROGRAMS,  AND  ENERGY  EFFICIENCY
 PROGRAMS;
   (C)  ENHANCE  THE  QUALITY, RELIABILITY, AND RESILIENCY OF ELECTRICITY
 AND GAS SERVICE IN THE STATE;
   (D) OFFER FLEXIBLE PAYMENT PLANS THAT REDUCE DISCONNECTIONS  OF  ELEC-
 TRICITY AND GAS SERVICE FOR LOW-INCOME CUSTOMERS AND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT
 ADDRESS  THE  QUALITY  AND AFFORDABILITY OF ELECTRICITY AND GAS SERVICES
 FOR ALL CUSTOMERS; AND
   (E) IMPROVE ALL ASPECTS OF UTILITY OPERATIONS TO REDUCE COSTS AND PASS
 SAVINGS ON TO RATEPAYERS.
   2. A FRAMEWORK THAT IS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS
 SECTION SHALL:
   (A)  PROVIDE  FOR  PERFORMANCE  STANDARDS  AND  A  BASELINE FROM WHICH
 PERFORMANCE SHALL BE MEASURED;
   (B) PROVIDE FOR PERFORMANCE METRICS THAT ARE CLEAR, OBJECTIVE, VERIFI-
 ABLE AND ACHIEVABLE FOR MEASURING THE PERFORMANCE OF AN ELECTRIC OR  GAS
 CORPORATION;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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