A 8025: Authorizes the public service commission to consider non-economic loss suffered by consumers, including pain and suffering or mental anguish, when determining penalties against a public utility company, corporation or person or a combination gas and electric corporation.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8025 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY April 22, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to authorizing consideration of non-economic loss suffered by consumers when deter- mining penalties The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 25 of the public service law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 8 to read as follows: 3 8. In determining penalties pursuant to this section, including any 4 negotiated settlement agreements between the department, the commission, 5 and a public utility company, corporation or person and the officers, 6 agents and employees thereof, the commission may consider non-economic 7 loss suffered by consumers including, but not limited to, pain and 8 suffering or mental anguish. 9 § 2. Section 25-a of the public service law is amended by adding a new 10 subdivision 12 to read as follows: 11 12. In determining penalties pursuant to this section, including any 12 negotiated settlement agreements between the department, the commission, 13 and a combination gas and electric corporation or the officers thereof, 14 the commission may consider non-economic loss suffered by consumers, 15 including but not limited to, pain and suffering or mental anguish. 16 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11518-03-5