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Senate Bill S7075

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits the imposition of a system benefits charge on ratepayers' utility bills

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2025-S7075 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §18, Pub Serv L

2025-S7075 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the public service commission's imposition of a system benefits charge on ratepayers' utility bills.

2025-S7075 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7075 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7075
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 1, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. WALCZYK -- 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
   imposition of a system benefits charge on ratepayers' utility bills

   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
 18 to read as follows:
   § 18. PROHIBITION ON SYSTEM BENEFITS CHARGE.  THE COMMISSION SHALL  BE
 PROHIBITED FROM IMPOSING ON RATEPAYERS' UTILITY BILLS A SURCHARGE OF THE
 KIND  DESIGNATED  BY THE COMMISSION AT THE TIME OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
 THIS SECTION AS A SYSTEM BENEFITS CHARGE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10359-01-5

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