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S 8417: Provides that in the case of any application for gas service to a building which is not supplied with gas, a utility corporation or municipality shall be obligated to provide gas service to such building.
What S 8417 does, verified December 20, 2025
The bill requires utility corporations and municipalities to provide service to new customers, including those that are not currently supplied with electricity or gas. In the case of electric service, the corporation or municipality may require applicants to pay or agree to pay material and installation costs related to their proportion of the facilities to be installed, if the building is located over 100 feet from transmission lines. For gas service, the corporation or municipality must provide service to new buildings, but applicants may be required to pay material and installation costs for the pipe or other facilities to be installed. The changes take effect immediately.
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Last action: APPROVAL MEMO.84 (2025-12-19)Alert me
Quick answers about S 8417
- What is the current status of S 8417?
- As of December 20, 2025, S 8417 is recorded as "Chaptered/Signed": it has been signed by the Governor and chaptered into law. The last recorded action, on December 19, 2025, was "APPROVAL MEMO.84".
- Did S 8417 pass?
- Yes. S 8417 passed both houses and was signed into law (last action December 19, 2025). New York laws take effect on the date written into the bill, often immediately on signing or a set number of days afterward.
- Who wrote S 8417, and where is it now?
- S 8417 was authored by Sen. Liz Krueger with 5 coauthors.
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| Dec. 19, 2025 | APPROVAL MEMO.84 |
| Dec. 19, 2025 | SIGNED CHAP.709 |
| Dec. 08, 2025 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR |
| Jun. 16, 2025 | returned to senate |
| Jun. 16, 2025 | passed assembly |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, June 9, 2025 · 332 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8417 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE June 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to the provision of gas service to new customers The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 31 of the public service law, as 2 added by chapter 713 of the laws of 1981, is amended and a new subdivi- 3 sion 4-a is added to read as follows: 4 4. In the case of any application for electric service to a building 5 which is not supplied with electricity [or gas], a utility corporation 6 or municipality shall be obligated to provide electric service to such a 7 building, provided however, that the commission may require applicants 8 for service to buildings located in excess of one hundred feet from [gas9or] electric transmission lines to pay or agree in writing to pay mate- 10 rial and installation costs relating to the applicant's proportion of 11 the pipe, conduit, duct or wire, or other facilities to be installed. 12 4-a. In the case of any application for gas service to a building 13 which is not supplied with gas, a utility corporation or municipality 14 shall be obligated to provide gas service to such building, provided 15 however, that the commission shall require applicants for gas service to 16 such building to pay or agree in writing to pay material and installa- 17 tion costs relating to the pipe or other facilities to be installed to 18 enable service to the applicant. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13315-03-5
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