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Senate Bill S9081

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires utilities to automatically enroll customers over the age of fifty-five in any available savings programs

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2025-S9081 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A11417
Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §54, Pub Serv L

2025-S9081 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires utilities to automatically enroll customers over the age of fifty-five in any available savings programs.

2025-S9081 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S9081 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9081
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 29, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 requiring utili-
   ties to automatically enroll customers over the age of  fifty-five  in
   any available savings programs

   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
 54 to read as follows:
   §  54.  UTILITY AUTOMATIC SAVINGS PROGRAM. 1.  WITHIN TWO YEARS OF THE
 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER  PROVISION  OF
 LAW, THE COMMISSION IS AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO REQUIRE UTILITY COMPA-
 NIES TO ENROLL ANY CUSTOMER OVER FIFTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE IN ANY DISCOUNT
 OR  SAVINGS  PROGRAM  PROVIDED  BY  SUCH UTILITY. AN ENROLLED CUSTOMER'S
 MONTHLY BILL SHALL CLEARLY AND CONSPICUOUSLY  STATE  THE  PROGRAMS  SUCH
 CUSTOMER  IS ENROLLED IN AND THE SAVINGS FROM SUCH PROGRAMS.  ENROLLMENT
 SHALL BE AVAILABLE AT ANY TIME DURING THE YEAR.  UTILITIES SHALL PROVIDE
 A MECHANISM FOR A CUSTOMER TO  OPT  OUT  OF  SUCH  PROGRAMS.    FOR  THE
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "UTILITY COMPANY" SHALL MEAN A UTILITY COMPANY
 THAT PROVIDES ELECTRIC, GAS, OR STEAM SERVICE.
   2.  A  UTILITY COMPANY WHICH OFFERS SUCH A DISCOUNT OR SAVINGS PROGRAM
 SHALL CONSPICUOUSLY ADVERTISE THE AVAILABILITY OF SUCH  PROGRAM  ON  THE
 WEBSITE OF SUCH UTILITY COMPANY.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14442-01-6

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