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Senate Bill S10114

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits the public service commission authority to order collection of charges from ratepayers for greenhouse gas reduction unrelated to the electric grid

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2025-S10114 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §28, Pub Serv L

2025-S10114 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the public service commission authority to order collection of charges from ratepayers for greenhouse gas reduction unrelated to the electric grid.

2025-S10114 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10114
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 30, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. MATTERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public service law, in relation to prohibiting the
   public service commission authority to  order  collection  of  charges
   from ratepayers for greenhouse gas reduction unrelated to the electric
   grid

   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
 28 to read as follows:
   §  28.  FUNDS  ORDERED FOR GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS.  NOTWITHSTANDING
 ANY LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, THE  COMMISSION  SHALL  NOT
 ORDER  A  GAS  OR  ELECTRIC COMPANY TO CHARGE, COLLECT OR OTHERWISE FUND
 THROUGH RATEPAYER BILLS ANY FUNDS WHICH  ARE  USED  FOR  TRANSPORTATION,
 BUILDING  OR  INDUSTRIAL  ELECTRIFICATION OR RETROFITTING WHICH DOES NOT
 DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTE TO GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION TARGETS  FOR  THE  ELEC-
 TRICAL GRID OR MODERNIZATION OF SUCH ELECTRIC GRID.
   §  2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14706-01-6

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