A11021 • 2025

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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Sponsor: Didi Barrett
Last action: 2026-05-04
Official status: In Senate Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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

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

What This Bill Does

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

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Bill History

2026-05-04 Assembly
PASSED ASSEMBLY
2026-05-04 Assembly
DELIVERED TO SENATE
2026-05-04 Senate
REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
2026-04-30 Assembly
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.439
2026-04-28 Assembly
REPORTED
2026-04-22 Assembly
REFERRED TO ENERGY

Official Summary Text

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

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          11021

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                     April 22, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Energy

        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:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 12 of section 66 of the public service  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (n) to read as follows:
     3    (N)  (I) THE COMMISSION SHALL, IN THEIR EXAMINATION OF ANY FILING BY A
     4  UTILITY THAT WOULD RESULT IN A MAJOR CHANGE  IN  RATES  OR  CHARGES,  IN
     5  ADDITION  TO  ANY OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF THIS CHAPTER, CONSIDER THE RATE-
     6  PAYER AFFORDABILITY OF THE FILED SCHEDULE OF RATES OR  CHARGES,  WITH  A
     7  FOCUS  ON  CUMULATIVE RATE IMPACTS, THE INTERESTS OF LOW- AND MIDDLE-IN-
     8  COME UTILITY CUSTOMERS, AND MINIMIZING RESIDENTIAL ENERGY BURDEN.
     9    (II) THE COMMISSION, UPON THE APPROVAL OF ANY MAJOR CHANGE IN RATES OR
    10  CHARGES, SHALL INCLUDE IN ANY APPROVING ORDER AND  MAKE  PUBLIC  ON  ITS
    11  WEBSITE,  A WRITTEN SUMMARY OF THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMIS-
    12  SION OR DEPARTMENT DURING THE RATE CASE OR HEARING TO PROMOTE  RATEPAYER
    13  AFFORDABILITY, AS IDENTIFIED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH. SUCH
    14  SUMMARY SHALL INCLUDE A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS AND
    15  STRATEGIES TAKEN BY THE COMMISSION OR DEPARTMENT DURING THE RATE CASE OR
    16  HEARING  TO  ADDRESS  EACH  OF  THE REQUIRED ITEMS, AN EVALUATION OF THE
    17  EFFECTIVENESS OR SUCCESS OF SUCH ACTIONS,  AND  ANY  INFORMATION  DEMON-
    18  STRATING  SUCH EFFECTIVENESS OR SUCCESS.  IF THE APPROVING ORDER FOR ANY
    19  MAJOR CHANGE IN RATES OR CHARGES INCLUDES A MULTI-YEAR  RATE  PLAN,  THE
    20  INFORMATION  REQUIRED  PURSUANT  TO THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR
    21  EACH RATE YEAR INDIVIDUALLY AND AS AN OVERVIEW FOR THE RATE  PLAN  AS  A
    22  WHOLE.
    23    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    24  have become a law and shall not affect any  proceedings  relating  to  a
    25  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