S9835 • 2025

Requires gas and electric corporations to provide thirty days' notice to customers whenever there is a service rate or charge increase

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Sponsor: Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.
Last action: 2026-05-04
Official status: Assembly Floor Calendar
Effective date: Not listed

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Requires gas and electric corporations to provide thirty days' notice to customers whenever there is a service rate or charge increase

Requires gas and electric corporations to provide thirty days' notice to customers whenever there is a service rate or charge increase Requires gas and electric corporations to provide thirty days' notice to customers whenever there is a service rate or charge increase.

What This Bill Does

Requires gas and electric corporations to provide thirty days' notice to customers whenever there is a service rate or charge increase Requires gas and electric corporations to provide thirty days' notice to customers whenever there is a service rate or charge increase.

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Bill History

2026-05-04 Assembly
SUBSTITUTED FOR A10928
2026-05-04 Assembly
ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.436
2026-04-29 Senate
PASSED SENATE
2026-04-29 Senate
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2026-04-29 Assembly
REFERRED TO ENERGY
2026-04-27 Senate
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2026-04-22 Senate
2ND REPORT CAL.
2026-04-21 Senate
1ST REPORT CAL.821
2026-04-07 Senate
REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Official Summary Text

Requires gas and electric corporations to provide thirty days' notice to customers whenever there is a service rate or charge increase
Requires gas and electric corporations to provide thirty days' notice to customers whenever there is a service rate or charge increase.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          9835

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      April 7, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- 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 gas and
          electric  corporations  to  provide  thirty  days' notice to customers
          whenever there is a service rate or charge increase

          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) IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER REQUIREMENTS  IMPOSED  BY  THIS  SECTION,
     4  REGARDING  AN  INCREASE  IN  RATES OR CHARGES, AS SUCH TERMS ARE USED IN
     5  PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE COMMISSION SHALL REQUIRE ALL  GAS
     6  AND  ELECTRIC  CORPORATIONS  TO PROVIDE AT LEAST THIRTY DAYS' NOTICE, IN
     7  WRITING, TO EACH CUSTOMER WHICH SUCH SERVICE IS BEING PROVIDED TO, INDI-
     8  CATING TO SUCH CUSTOMER THAT A RATE OR CHARGE INCREASE FOR SERVICES WILL
     9  TAKE EFFECT.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01894-08-6