S 1194: Requires gas and electric corporations to provide forty-five days' notice to customers whenever there is a service rate or charge increase.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1194 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. ADDABBO, COMRIE, MAYER, ROLISON, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommunications AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring gas and electric corporations to provide sixty days' notice to customers when- ever 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 (m) to read as follows: 3 (m) In addition to any other requirements regarding an increase in 4 rates or charges imposed by this section, the commission shall require 5 all gas and electric corporations to provide at least sixty days' 6 notice, in writing, to each customer which such service is being 7 provided to, indicating to such customer that a rate or charge increase 8 for services will take effect. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01894-01-5