S 9835 NY
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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Summary
This bill requires gas and electric corporations in New York to provide written notice to customers at least thirty days before implementing any increase in service rates or charges. The bill amends the public service law to impose this notification requirement on all gas and electric utilities under the oversight of the state commission. The notice must clearly indicate to customers that a rate or charge increase for services will take effect. The requirement applies to any increase in rates or charges for gas and electric services. The act takes effect immediately upon becoming law.
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Official abstract
Requires gas and electric corporations to provide thirty days' notice to customers whenever there is a service rate or charge increase.
Sponsor (1)
- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. Democratic · primary
2 coauthors / cosponsors
- Steve Rhoads Republican · cosponsor
- Robert Rolison Republican · cosponsor
Action history (9)
- Apr 7, 2026 REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS · upper
- Apr 21, 2026 1ST REPORT CAL.821 · upper
- Apr 22, 2026 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- Apr 27, 2026 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- Apr 29, 2026 PASSED SENATE · upper
- Apr 29, 2026 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
- Apr 29, 2026 REFERRED TO ENERGY · lower
- May 4, 2026 SUBSTITUTED FOR A10928 · lower
- May 4, 2026 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.436 · lower
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S09835 Summary: BILL NO S09835   SAME AS SAME AS A10928
  SPONSOR ADDABBO   COSPNSR RHOADS, ROLISON   MLTSPNSR   Amd §66, Pub Serv L   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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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
9835
IN SENATE
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
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