New York S 1031: Ensures compliance with competitive bidding law

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S01031 Summary:

BILL NOS01031 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORROLISON

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COSPNSRCANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, CHAN, GALLIVAN, HELMING, MATTERA, OBERACKER, RHOADS, STEC

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§18-a & 5, rpld §18-a subs 1-a, 2, 3, 4, 4-a, 4-b & 5, Pub Serv L; amd §606, add §187-s, Tax L

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Relates to costs and expenses of the department of public service and the public service commission; directs the public service commission to develop a formula to determine the average cost, on a per ratepayer basis, to comply with the provisions set forth in article seventy-five of the environmental conservation law; provides for a ratepayer protection tax credit; repeals certain provisions of the public service law relating to the assessment of costs and expenses of the department of public service and the public service commission.

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BILL NOS01031 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1031

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. ROLISON -- 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 costs and
 expenses of the department of public service and the public service
 commission; to amend the tax law, in relation to providing for a rate-
 payer protection tax credit; and to repeal certain provisions of the
 public service law relating to the assessment of costs and expenses of
 the department of public service and the public service commission

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 18-a of the public service law, as
 2 amended by section 2 of part NN of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 [1.] All costs and expenses of the department and commission shall be
 5 paid pursuant to appropriation by the legislature on the certification
 6 of the [chairman] chair of the department and upon the audit and warrant
 7 of the comptroller. The state treasury shall be reimbursed therefore by
 8 payments to be made thereto from all moneys collected pursuant to this
 9 chapter. The total of such costs and expenses shall be borne by the
 10 public utility companies (including for the purposes of this section
 11 municipalities other than municipalities as defined in section eighty-
 12 nine-l of this chapter), corporations (including the power authority of
 13 the state of New York), and persons subject to the commission's regu-
 14 lation, to be assessed in the manner provided in [subdivisions two,
 15 three and four of this section and] section two hundred seventeen of
 16 this chapter.
 17 § 2. Subdivisions 1-a, 2, 3, 4, 4-a, 4-b and 5 of section 18-a of the
 18 public service law are REPEALED.
 19 § 3. Section 5 of the public service law is amended by adding a new
 20 subdivision 7 to read as follows:
 21 7. (a) The commission, in consultation with the comptroller, shall
 22 develop a formula to determine the average cost, on a per ratepayer

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01985-01-5

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 1 basis, to comply with the provisions set forth in article seventy-five
 2 of the environmental conservation law, or any other rule or regulation
 3 promulgated by a state agency prior to the effective date of this subdi-
 4 vision, or any subsequent action taken thereafter, to meet the emissions
 5 goals set forth by article seventy-five of the environmental conserva-
 6 tion law.
 7 (b) Beginning March first, two thousand twenty-six, the commission,
 8 thirty days prior to issuing any order, directive, rule, or regulation,
 9 shall disclose to the public through public notice and on their website
 10 the cost, as determined by the formula developed by the commission per
 11 this subdivision, of any order