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S 4991: Requires any gas or electric provider of last resort to publicly notice each purchase of electricity supply, energy or capacity, within seven days of purchase and report it to the department.
What S 4991 does, verified January 9, 2026
The bill requires utility service providers to publicly notice and report their purchases of electricity supply, energy, or capacity from third-party contracts within seven days of the purchase. The notice must include the price, quantity purchased, and start and end dates of the contract. The bill also applies this requirement to service providers under the Public Service Law and the Public Authorities Law, making them subject to the same provisions. The changes take effect 108 days after the bill becomes a law.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 4991
- What is the current status of S 4991?
- As of January 9, 2026, S 4991 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS".
- Did S 4991 pass?
- Not yet. S 4991 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 4991, and where is it now?
- S 4991 was authored by Sen. Peter Harckham. Its committee of record is Senate Energy & Telecommunications.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS |
| Feb. 14, 2025 | REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 14, 2025 · 268 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4991 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- 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 and the public authorities law, in relation to requiring utility service providers to disclose and report third-party contracts within a certain amount of time The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 2 28 to read as follows: 3 § 28. Notice for third-party contracts. Any gas provider of last 4 resort or electric provider of last resort shall publicly notice each 5 purchase of electricity supply, energy or capacity, within seven days of 6 purchase. The utility shall report the following to the department for 7 immediate posting of any third-party supply purchase: the price, the 8 quantity purchased, and the start and end dates of the contract. 9 § 2. Section 1020-cc of the public authorities law is amended by 10 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 11 3. Service providers shall be subject to the provisions of section 12 twenty-eight of the public service law. 13 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 14 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09725-01-5
Text of S 4991 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions