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Senate Bill S10214

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring the public service commission to provide certain information relating to a major change in rates on its website

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2025-S10214 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A11021
Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §66, Pub Serv L

2025-S10214 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the public service commission to post a written summary of the actions taken by the commission or department upon approval of a major change in rates to promote ratepayer affordability and minimizing residential energy burden.

2025-S10214 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10214
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 6, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. BOTTCHER -- 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 requirements for
   the approval of any major rate change
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision 12 of section 66 of the public service law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (n) to read as follows:
   (N) (I) THE COMMISSION SHALL, IN THEIR EXAMINATION OF ANY FILING BY  A
 UTILITY  THAT  WOULD  RESULT  IN  A MAJOR CHANGE IN RATES OR CHARGES, IN
 ADDITION TO ANY OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF THIS CHAPTER, CONSIDER  THE  RATE-
 PAYER  AFFORDABILITY  OF  THE FILED SCHEDULE OF RATES OR CHARGES, WITH A
 FOCUS ON CUMULATIVE RATE IMPACTS, THE INTERESTS OF LOW-  AND  MIDDLE-IN-
 COME UTILITY CUSTOMERS, AND MINIMIZING RESIDENTIAL ENERGY BURDEN.
   (II) THE COMMISSION, UPON THE APPROVAL OF ANY MAJOR CHANGE IN RATES OR
 CHARGES,  SHALL  INCLUDE  IN  ANY APPROVING ORDER AND MAKE PUBLIC ON ITS
 WEBSITE, A WRITTEN SUMMARY OF THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE  COMMIS-
 SION  OR DEPARTMENT DURING THE RATE CASE OR HEARING TO PROMOTE RATEPAYER
 AFFORDABILITY, AS IDENTIFIED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH. SUCH
 SUMMARY SHALL INCLUDE A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS AND
 STRATEGIES TAKEN BY THE COMMISSION OR DEPARTMENT DURING THE RATE CASE OR
 HEARING TO ADDRESS EACH OF THE REQUIRED  ITEMS,  AN  EVALUATION  OF  THE
 EFFECTIVENESS  OR  SUCCESS  OF  SUCH ACTIONS, AND ANY INFORMATION DEMON-
 STRATING SUCH EFFECTIVENESS OR SUCCESS.  IF THE APPROVING ORDER FOR  ANY
 MAJOR  CHANGE  IN  RATES OR CHARGES INCLUDES A MULTI-YEAR RATE PLAN, THE
 INFORMATION REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL  BE  PROVIDED  FOR
 EACH  RATE  YEAR  INDIVIDUALLY AND AS AN OVERVIEW FOR THE RATE PLAN AS A
 WHOLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have  become  a  law  and shall not affect any proceedings relating to a
 major change in rates or charges initiated on or before such date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15646-01-6

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