Assembly Bill A7502

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires certain utilities to adopt the common equity ratio and rate of return on equity authorized by the public service commission

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A7502 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6557
Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §65-c, Pub Serv L

2023-A7502 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires electric corporations, gas corporations, steam corporations and water-works corporations to adopt the common equity ratio and rate of return on equity authorized by the public service commission unless such utility can successfully demonstrate that such authorized rates do not meet their capital and/or operating needs.

2023-A7502 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7502
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 25, 2023
                                ___________
 
 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 requiring certain
   utilities to adopt the common equity ratio and rate of return on equi-
   ty authorized by the public service commission

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative  intent.  The  legislature finds and declares
 that:
   1. The increasing burden of high utility rates leaves New  York  resi-
 dents  with  extreme  financial  difficulties. Soaring electricity rates
 leave one in five New York residents at risk of having their electricity
 cut off.  Meanwhile, the long-term trend of utilities  receiving  record
 profits threatens the livelihood of millions of New Yorkers who struggle
 to afford utility bills.
   2. The current process in which the public service commission (herein-
 after  the  "commission")  and regulated utilities set rates for utility
 bills to ratepayers has historically been inaccessible and  indeciphera-
 ble  to  the  public  and often runs contrary to the stated goals of the
 commission to ensure affordable,  safe,  secure,  and  reliable  utility
 service for New York residential and business consumers.
   3. Regulated utilities are entitled to earn a fair and reasonable rate
 of  return  on  their  capital  investments,  pursuant  to Supreme Court
 rulings in Federal Power Commission et  al.  v.  Hope  Natural  Gas  Co.
 (1944)  and  Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Co. v. Public Service
 Commission of West Virginia (1923). However, recent trends suggest  that
 the  "fair  and  reasonable"  legal  standard is not always reflected in
 actual utility rates for consumers.   Aligning the incentives  of  regu-
 lated  utilities and ratepayers is essential to protect the interests of
 all New York residents by establishing a more accurate  standard  for  a
 regulated utility's right to earn a fair and reasonable rate of return.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10360-05-3
              

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