Senate Bill S1329

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to adjustment of electric residential fixed charges

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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-S1329 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §42-b, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S6241
2021-2022: S2837
2023-2024: S1303

2025-S1329 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of public service to adjust each utility corporation's residential fixed charge upon such corporation's filing with the department of an amendment of rate schedules, to recover only the fixed costs and operation and maintenance expenses directly related to metering, billing, service connections and the provision of customer service.

2025-S1329 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1329 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1329
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  PARKER,  COMRIE,  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 adjustment of
   electric residential fixed charges

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The public service law is amended by adding a new section
 42-b to read as follows:
   § 42-B. ADJUSTMENT OF ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION COMPANY RESIDENTIAL  FIXED
 CHARGE.  1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION "RESIDENTIAL FIXED CHARGE" MEANS ANY
 FIXED FEE CHARGED TO RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS OF AN ELECTRIC, GAS OR COMBI-
 NATION ELECTRIC AND GAS UTILITY CORPORATION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT  LIMITED
 TO,  (A)  A  FIXED CHARGE FOR DISTRIBUTION BASIC SERVICE, (B) A DISTRIB-
 UTION CUSTOMER SERVICE CHARGE, (C) A CUSTOMER CHARGE,  OR  (D)  A  BASIC
 SERVICE  FEE WHICH IS SEPARATE AND DISTINCT FROM ANY DISTRIBUTION CHARGE
 PER KILOWATT-HOUR.
   2. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADJUST EACH UTILITY CORPORATION'S  RESIDENTIAL
 FIXED  CHARGE  UPON  SUCH CORPORATION'S FILING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF AN
 AMENDMENT OF RATE SCHEDULES PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER, TO
 RECOVER ONLY THE FIXED COSTS  AND  OPERATION  AND  MAINTENANCE  EXPENSES
 DIRECTLY  RELATED  TO  METERING,  BILLING,  SERVICE  CONNECTIONS AND THE
 PROVISION OF CUSTOMER SERVICE.
   3. THE UTILITY CORPORATION SHALL PROVIDE CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT  INFOR-
 MATION  ON  FIXED  CHARGES  TO RESIDENTIAL ELECTRIC, GAS, OR COMBINATION
 ELECTRIC AND GAS UTILITY CUSTOMERS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED  TO,  THE
 SPECIFIC COSTS AND EXPENSES INCLUDED IN THE CALCULATION OF SUCH CHARGES.
 THE  INFORMATION  SHALL  BE  EASILY  ACCESSIBLE  TO CUSTOMERS, INCLUDING
 THROUGH THE CORPORATION'S WEBSITE AND BILLING STATEMENTS, AND  SHALL  BE
 PROVIDED  IN  A  CLEAR  AND UNDERSTANDABLE MANNER. THE CORPORATION SHALL
 ALSO PROVIDE CUSTOMERS WITH NOTICE OF  ANY  CHANGES  TO  FIXED  CHARGES,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03114-01-5

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