Senate Bill S9122

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Directs the public service commission to develop, publish, and update a guidebook on the gas and electric ratemaking process

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Feb 05, 2026	referred to energy and telecommunications

2025-S9122 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10135
Current Committee:: Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:: Public Service Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §66, Pub Serv L

2025-S9122 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the public service commission to develop, publish, and update a guidebook on the gas and electric ratemaking process to promote public understanding and participation in the gas and electric ratemaking process; facilitates the formal intervention and participation of interested or affected parties; sets forth requirements for what such guidebook shall include.

2025-S9122 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S9122

SPONSOR: COMRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public service law, in relation to directing the
public service commission to develop, publish, and update a guidebook on
the gas and electric ratemaking process

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of the bill is to facilitate participation in, and promote
public understanding of, the electric and gas ratemaking process.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Requires the Public Service Commission (PSC) to develop,
publish, and update a guidebook which provides practical information
relating to the electric and gas ratemaking process. The guidebook must
be written in plain language, accessible to the general public, and
contain specific information for public participation and for interven-
ing parties.

Section 2: Requires that the guidebook be published within 120 days of
this act becoming law.

Section 3: Establishes an immediate effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The electric and gas ratemaking process is a complicated, technical, and
sometimes opaque process which is of increasingly important significance
as utility rates have begun to rise. The current process is guided by a
combination of statutory and regulatory requirements as well as PSC
orders, rules, and guidelines. Participating in this process can be a
daunting task for both the general public and parties interested in
intervening and formally taking part. Parties which may be interested in
intervening may be dissuaded from actually participating given that
helpful information and guidance about this process can be hard to come
by. This bill is an important step in making the details of this compli-
cated process more accessible and easily understood.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is a new bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S9122 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9122
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 5, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- 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 directing the
   public service commission to develop, publish, and update a  guidebook
   on the gas and electric ratemaking process

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 66 of the public service law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 33 to read as follows:
   33.  DEVELOP, PUBLISH, AND UPDATE FROM TIME TO TIME,  A  GUIDEBOOK  ON
 THE GAS AND ELECTRIC RATEMAKING PROCESS. SUCH GUIDEBOOK SHALL BE WRITTEN
 IN  PLAIN LANGUAGE, IN A MANNER EASILY UNDERSTOOD BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC,
 AND SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE IN A  READILY  ACCESSIBLE  LOCATION  ON  THE
 DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE AND BE INCLUDED OR REFERENCED IN ANY COMMUNICATIONS
 RELATING  TO  THE  COMMENCEMENT  OF,  OR REQUESTING PUBLIC COMMENT ON, A
 MATTER AFFECTING ANY RATE OR CHARGE THAT REQUIRES A HEARING PURSUANT  TO
 THIS CHAPTER. SUCH GUIDEBOOK SHALL:
   (A)  CONTAIN  A  DISTINCT  SECTION TO PROMOTE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND
 PARTICIPATION IN THE GAS AND ELECTRIC RATEMAKING  PROCESS,  WHICH  SHALL
 INCLUDE, AT A MINIMUM:
   (I)  A BASIC OVERVIEW OF THE RATEMAKING PROCESS, INCLUDING ANY COMMIS-
 SION-APPROVED ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES, REGULATORY OR STATUTORY TIMELINES,
 AND A GLOSSARY OF RELEVANT TERMS;
   (II) AN OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE OF THE PUBLIC IN THE RATEMAKING  PROCESS,
 HOW  TO COMMENT OR OTHERWISE PARTICIPATE, AND HOW THE COMMISSION REVIEWS
 AND INCORPORATES PUBLIC COMMENTS;
   (III) A SUMMARY OF THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, COMPONENTS,  AND  GOALS  OF
 THE  RATEMAKING  PROCESS  AND  THE ROLES OF THE UTILITY CORPORATION, THE
 COMMISSIONERS, DEPARTMENT STAFF, ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGES, AND INTERVENORS;
 AND
   (IV) AN EXPLANATION OF HOW TO ACCESS RATEMAKING RELATED  DOCUMENTATION
 AND RATE CASE SPECIFIC SUMMARIES AND MEMORANDA; AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14679-04-6

 S. 9122                             2
 
   (B)  CONTAIN  A DISTINCT SECTION TO FACILITATE THE FORMAL INTERVENTION
 AND PARTICIPATION OF INTERESTED OR AFFECTED PARTIES IN THE GAS AND ELEC-
 TRIC RATEMAKING PROCESS, WHICH, IN ADDITION TO ANY RELEVANT  INFORMATION
 REQUIRED  PURSUANT  TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, SHALL INCLUDE,
 AT A MINIMUM:
   (I)  A  DETAILED  AND PRACTICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE RATEMAKING PROCESS,
 INCLUDING ANY COMMISSION-APPROVED ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES, THE PROCESS OF
 INTERVENING AND BECOMING A FORMAL PARTY, AND THE VARIOUS WAYS  IN  WHICH
 PARTIES MAY PARTICIPATE;
   (II) A SUMMARY OF THE STATUTORY AND REGULATORY RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBIL-
 ITIES  OF  PARTIES AND AN OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE AND POWERS OF ADMINISTRA-
 TIVE JUDGES;
   (III) AN EXPLANATION OF THE PRINCIPAL  PROCEDURAL  COMPONENTS  OF  THE
 RATEMAKING PROCESS, SUCH AS TESTIMONY, MOTIONS, INTERROGATORIES, DISCOV-
 ERY, EVIDENCE, AND HEARINGS;
   (IV)  A  SUMMARY OF ANY COMMISSION-APPROVED SETTLEMENT GUIDELINES, THE
 ROLE OF PARTIES IN SETTLEMENT, AND AN EXPLANATION OF  THE  STANDARDS  BY
 WHICH  THE  COMMISSION  REVIEWS  AND  MODIFIES  FINAL PROPOSALS PRIOR TO
 ADOPTION; AND
   (V) TEMPLATES AND EXAMPLES OF RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT MAY BE  REQUIRED
 OR SUBMITTED BY INTERVENING PARTIES.
   §  2.  The guidebook required by this act shall be published, and made
 available on the department of public service's website, no  later  than
 120 days after this act shall have become a law.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee

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2025-S9122 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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