Requires gas and electric corporations to provide forty-five days' notice to customers whenever there is a service rate or charge increase, the official text

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  1194--B
     Cal. No. 402
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. ADDABBO, COMRIE, MAYER, ROLISON, WEBB, WEBER -- read
   twice  and  ordered  printed,  and when printed to be committed to the
   Committee on Energy and Telecommunications  --  committee  discharged,
   bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
   committee -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to  first
   and  second  report,  ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and
   delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote  reconsidered,  restored  to
   third  reading,  amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in
   the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring gas and
   electric corporations to provide forty-five 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:
 
   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 IMPOSED BY THIS SECTION,
 REGARDING AN INCREASE IN RATES OR CHARGES, AS SUCH  TERMS  ARE  USED  IN
 PARAGRAPH  (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE COMMISSION SHALL REQUIRE ALL GAS
 AND ELECTRIC CORPORATIONS TO PROVIDE AT LEAST FORTY-FIVE  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.
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