S 9031: Allows 100 of more current customers of a utility to demand that the public service commission perform an audit of a public utility that has knowingly failed or neglected to obey the law or comply with its legal obligations.
What S 9031 does, verified April 14, 2026
The bill proposes to amend the Public Service Law to allow customers of a utility to request an independent audit of the utility's records. If the utility fails or neglects to comply with a provision of the law or an order for a period of 90 days or longer, the Public Service Commission will conduct a forensic audit of the records and operations at the customer's request. The audit must be completed within 120 days and the results will be made public on the commission's website. The bill takes effect 60 days after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
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Last action: REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS (2026-01-23)Alert me
Quick answers about S 9031
- What is the current status of S 9031?
- As of April 14, 2026, S 9031 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 23, 2026, was "REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS".
- Did S 9031 pass?
- Not yet. S 9031 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 9031, and where is it now?
- S 9031 was authored by Sen. Peter Oberacker with 1 coauthor. Its committee of record is Senate Energy & Telecommunications. It is filed under PBS, alongside 90 other New York PBS bills this session.
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| Jan. 23, 2026 | REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 23, 2026 · 290 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9031 IN SENATE January 23, 2026 ___________ Introduced by Sen. OBERACKER -- 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 allowing custom- ers of a utility to call for an independent audit of the utility's records The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 25 of the public service law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 8 to read as follows: 3 8. In the event that a public utility company, corporation or person 4 and the officers, agents and employees thereof knowingly fails or 5 neglects to obey or comply with a provision of this chapter or an order 6 adopted under authority of this chapter for a period of ninety days or 7 longer, the commission, at the request of one hundred or more current 8 customers of the entity aggrieved by the entity's failure to comply, 9 shall conduct a forensic audit of the records and operations of the 10 entity. This audit shall be in addition to any other audit authorized 11 under this chapter. The audit shall be completed within one hundred 12 eighty days of the date of the customer request. The results of the 13 audit shall be made public on the commission's website. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 15 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14573-01-6
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