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Senate Bill S9967

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Allows issues before the public service commission to be determined publicly rather than through settlement discussions not open to the public

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee

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2025-S9967 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§66, 80 & 89-c, Pub Serv L

2025-S9967 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that in any rate proceeding, any party may seek to sever from consideration in the settlement process or inclusion in any joint proposal any substantive issue that it discussed in its direct testimony.

2025-S9967 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S9967 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9967
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 20, 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 allowing issues
   before the public service commission to be determined publicly  rather
   than through settlement discussions not open to the public

   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. (A) IN ANY RATE PROCEEDING, ANY  PARTY  MAY  SEEK  TO  SEVER  FROM
 CONSIDERATION  IN  THE  SETTLEMENT  PROCESS  OR  INCLUSION  IN ANY JOINT
 PROPOSAL ANY SUBSTANTIVE ISSUE THAT IT DISCUSSED IN ITS DIRECT TESTIMONY
 THROUGH A MOTION TO THE PRESIDING ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE THAT IS FILED
 NO LATER THAN TEN DAYS AFTER THE LAST PERMITTED DATE FOR THE  FILING  OF
 REPLY  TESTIMONY  BY PARTIES. SUCH MOTION SHALL INDICATE THE SUBSTANTIVE
 ISSUE OR ISSUES FOR WHICH THE  MOVING  PARTY  SEEKS  SEVERANCE  AND  THE
 RELATED  PAGE  NUMBERS IN THE MOVING PARTY'S TESTIMONY. PARTIES MAY FILE
 RESPONSIVE MOTIONS WITHIN TEN DAYS SUPPORTING OR CHALLENGING THE  MOVING
 PARTY'S  ASSERTION THAT IT DEVELOPED THE IDENTIFIED SUBSTANTIVE ISSUE OR
 ISSUES IN ITS DIRECT TESTIMONY. THE PRESIDING ADMINISTRATIVE  LAW  JUDGE
 SHALL  ISSUE  A  WRITTEN  RULING WITHIN FIFTEEN DAYS AFTER THE FILING OF
 RESPONSES THAT PROVIDES THE REASONS FOR CONCLUDING THAT THE MOVING PARTY
 DID OR DID NOT PROVIDE A SUBSTANTIVE ISSUE OR SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES IN  ITS
 TESTIMONY.  THE  MOVING  PARTY MAY APPEAL THE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE'S
 DECISION TO THE COMMISSION THROUGH A REQUEST  FOR  INTERLOCUTORY  REVIEW
 PURSUANT TO THE DEPARTMENT'S RULES.
   (B)  UPON  THE GRANTING OF THE MOTION BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE,
 OR OF THE REQUEST FOR INTERLOCUTORY REVIEW BY THE COMMISSION, THE  IDEN-
 TIFIED  SUBSTANTIVE ISSUE OR ISSUES MAY BE DISCUSSED IN SETTLEMENT NEGO-
 TIATIONS DURING THE FIRST SIXTY DAYS AFTER THE  FORMAL  COMMENCEMENT  OF
 SETTLEMENT  NEGOTIATIONS.  AFTER SIXTY DAYS HAVE ELAPSED, DISPOSITION OF
 THE SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES OR ISSUES SHALL  BE  SUBJECT  TO  THE  LITIGATION
 PROCESS ONLY UNLESS THE MOVING PARTY ADVISES THE PARTIES, ADMINISTRATIVE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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