S 6491: Requires electric corporations and gas corporations to provide, as part of every billing statement, a tariff cost estimate in a clear, conspicuous and easily understandable manner; requires such corporations to include an itemized disclosure of the primary cost components comprising the delivery portion of the bill.
The bill aims to increase transparency in electricity and natural gas bills by requiring utility corporations to provide clear and easily understandable information to customers. The bill requires utility corporations to include an itemized disclosure of primary cost components on each customer bill, including average allocations based on the corporation's most recent rate plan. This disclosure should provide details on executive compensation, repairs and maintenance, depreciation of utility assets, interest on loans and other debt, rents for facilities and equipment, property taxes paid to local governments, income taxes on earnings, shareholder return, and payment to the corporation's parent company. The commission will promulgate rules to prescribe the format and method of calculation for these disclosures. Utility corporations must annually update these allocations to reflect the mo…
- What is the current status of S 6491?
- As of January 8, 2026, S 6491 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 6491 pass?
- Not yet. S 6491 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 6491, and where is it now?
- S 6491 was authored by Sen. Michelle Hinchey. Its committee of record is Senate Energy & Telecommunications. It is filed under PBS, alongside 90 other New York PBS bills this session.
| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS |
| Sep. 17, 2025 | PRINT NUMBER 6491B |
| Sep. 17, 2025 | AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS |
| Mar. 17, 2025 | AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS |
| Mar. 17, 2025 | PRINT NUMBER 6491A |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6491 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- 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, in relation to prohibiting elec- tric corporations and gas corporations from increasing charges due to tariffs imposed by the United States or Canada or any province of Canada The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 66 of the public service law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 33 to read as follows: 3 33. Prohibit electric corporations, gas corporations, and utilities 4 from passing along costs or increasing charges to ratepayers for elec- 5 tricity and natural gas, or any associated goods and services, as a 6 result of increased costs incurred by the electric corporation, gas 7 corporation, or utility due to tariffs placed by the government of the 8 United States on the importation of goods, services or materials from 9 countries outside the United States or due to tariffs placed by the 10 government of Canada or any province of Canada on the exportation of 11 goods, services, or materials to the United States. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10774-02-5