Senate Bill S1194

2025-2026 Legislative Session

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

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-S1194 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §66, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S8373
2023-2024: S1804

2025-S1194 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2025-S1194 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1194 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1194
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. ADDABBO, COMRIE, MAYER, ROLISON, WEBB -- read twice
   and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
   on Energy and Telecommunications
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring gas and
   electric corporations to provide sixty days' notice to customers when-
   ever 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:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 12 of section 66 of the public service law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (m) to read as follows:
   (M) IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER REQUIREMENTS  REGARDING  AN  INCREASE  IN
 RATES  OR  CHARGES IMPOSED BY THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSION SHALL REQUIRE
 ALL GAS AND ELECTRIC  CORPORATIONS  TO  PROVIDE  AT  LEAST  SIXTY  DAYS'
 NOTICE,  IN  WRITING,  TO  EACH  CUSTOMER  WHICH  SUCH  SERVICE IS BEING
 PROVIDED TO, INDICATING TO SUCH CUSTOMER THAT A RATE OR CHARGE  INCREASE
 FOR SERVICES WILL TAKE EFFECT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01894-01-5

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