A 8823: Requires certain utility corporations and the Long Island power authority to establish a meter usage monitor program for the purposes of notifying residential customers when energy usage exceeds a cost or usage threshold in a given billing period determined by the residential customer.
What A 8823 does, verified May 21, 2026
The bill aims to establish a usage monitor program for gas and electric utility corporations. The program requires utilities to notify residential customers when their energy usage exceeds a cost or usage threshold in a given billing period. Residential customers can set a monthly usage threshold and receive daily updates on their electricity and/or gas usage. The program also sends notifications when the usage threshold is met or exceeded, along with an estimate of the monthly bill. The program is optional and can be joined by residential customers.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
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Last action: reported referred to rules (2026-05-21)Alert me
Quick answers about A 8823
- What is the current status of A 8823?
- As of May 21, 2026, A 8823 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on May 21, 2026, was "reported referred to rules".
- Did A 8823 pass?
- Not yet. A 8823 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 8823, and where is it now?
- A 8823 was authored by Asm. Stefani Zinerman with 1 coauthor. Its committee of record is Assembly Rules. It is filed under PBS, alongside 90 other New York PBS bills this session.
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| May. 21, 2026 | reported referred to rules |
| May. 15, 2026 | print number 8823c |
| May. 15, 2026 | amend (t) and recommit to corporations, authorities and commissions |
| Mar. 04, 2026 | print number 8823b |
| Mar. 04, 2026 | amend and recommit to corporations, authorities and commissions |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, June 9, 2025 · 282 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8823 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY June 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ZINERMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to establishing a usage monitor program The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 44 of the public service law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 8 to read as follows: 3 8. The commission shall require every gas and electric utility corpo- 4 ration utilizing smart meters to establish a usage monitor program for 5 the purposes of notifying customers when energy usage exceeds a cost or 6 usage threshold in a given billing period determined by the customer. 7 The usage monitor program shall provide customers with a notice on the 8 tenth and twentieth day of a billing cycle. The usage monitor program 9 shall notify customers electronically or by mail when their energy usage 10 exceeds their determined threshold and include an estimate of their 11 monthly bill. The usage monitor program shall be an elective program for 12 customers to join. For the purposes of this subdivision, "smart meter" 13 shall mean a metering device that measures and transmits energy usage to 14 a utility for the purposes of billing and monitoring. 15 § 2 This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a 16 law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13114-01-5
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