S 8710 NY
Prohibits utility corporations and municipalities from increasing a bill previously rendered to a small non-residential customer after twelve months from the date service was provided
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Summary
This bill prohibits utility corporations and municipalities from increasing charges on bills to small non-residential customers more than 12 months after the service was provided. Limited exceptions allow increases if the billing error was caused by the customer's culpable conduct or not the utility's neglect, or if a dispute existed during the 12-month period. Utilities and municipalities must provide notice explaining the reason for any late billing adjustment.
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Official abstract
Prohibits utility corporations and municipalities from increasing a bill previously rendered to a small non-residential customer after twelve months from the date service was provided; provides limited exceptions to such prohibition; requires the utility corporation or municipality to provide notice regarding the late billing.
Sponsor (1)
- Michelle Hinchey Democratic · primary
4 coauthors / cosponsors
- Toby Ann Stavisky Democratic · cosponsor
- Jake Ashby Republican · cosponsor
- Peter Oberacker Republican · cosponsor
- Jeremy Zellner Democratic · cosponsor
Action history (9)
- Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS · upper
- Mar 24, 2026 1ST REPORT CAL.634 · upper
- Mar 25, 2026 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- Mar 26, 2026 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- Apr 15, 2026 PASSED SENATE · upper
- Apr 15, 2026 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
- Apr 16, 2026 REFERRED TO ENERGY · lower
- May 12, 2026 SUBSTITUTED FOR A11045 · lower
- May 12, 2026 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.492 · lower
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S08710 Summary: BILL NO S08710   SAME AS SAME AS A11045
  SPONSOR HINCHEY   COSPNSR STAVISKY, ASHBY, OBERACKER, ZELLNER   MLTSPNSR   Amd §66-w, Pub Serv L   Prohibits utility corporations and municipalities from increasing a bill previously rendered to a small non-residential customer after twelve months from the date service was provided; provides limited exceptions to such prohibition; requires the utility corporation or municipality to provide notice regarding the late billing.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
8710
IN SENATE
January 7, 2026 ___________
Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- 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 prohibiting the increase of certain utility charges after twelve months from the time service was provided
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 66-w of the public service 2 law is designated subdivision 1 and a new subdivision 2 is added to read 3 as follows: 4 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a utility corporation 5 or municipality may not adjust upward a bill previously rendered to a 6 small non-residential customer after the expiration of twelve months 7 from the time the service to which the adjustment pertains was provided 8 unless: (a) failure to bill correctly was caused by the customer's 9 culpable conduct or was not due to the neglect of the utility corpo- 10 ration or municipality; or (b) there was a dispute between the utility 11 corporation or municipality and the customer concerning the bill during 12 the twelve-month period. A utility corporation or municipality issuing 13 an additional or increased bill charging for services rendered twelve or 14 more months prior to such date of issuance shall include with it a 15 notice giving the reason for the late billing. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13890-02-5
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