New York S 7225: Establishes a public service commission nominating board to make recommendations of persons qualified for appointment as commissioners of the public service commission

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S07225 Summary:

BILL NOS07225 

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SPONSORGIANARIS

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COSPNSRHOYLMAN-SIGAL

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Amd §4, add §4-a, Pub Serv L

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Establishes a public service commission nominating board to make recommendations of persons qualified for appointment as commissioners of the public service commission.

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04/04/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7225

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. GIANARIS, HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy
 and Telecommunications

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to the appointment
 of members of 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 4 of section 4 of the public service law, as
 2 added by chapter 584 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
 3 4. Any commissioner appointed on or after July first, two thousand
 4 twenty-two, pursuant to this section shall have education and training,
 5 and three or more years of experience in one or more of the following
 6 fields: economics, engineering, law, accounting, business management,
 7 utility regulation, public policy, consumer advocacy or environmental
 8 management and shall be qualified for such appointment as provided in
 9 section four-a of this article.
 10 § 2. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 4-a to
 11 read as follows:
 12 § 4-a. Public service commission nominating board. 1. Any person
 13 appointed as a commissioner pursuant to the provisions of section four
 14 of this article shall be selected from a list of individuals nominated
 15 as provided in subdivision two of this section.
 16 2. (a) There shall be established in the department a public service
 17 commission nominating board consisting of the following:
 18 (1) a representative of the utility intervention unit of the consumer
 19 protection division appointed by the secretary of state;
 20 (2) the president of the New York state energy research and develop-
 21 ment authority, or their designee;
 22 (3) the commissioner of economic development, or their designee;
 23 (4) the commissioner of environmental conservation, or their designee;
 24 (5) the attorney general, or their designee;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01792-01-5

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 1 (6) a professional engineer appointed by the commissioner of educa-
 2 tion, to serve at the pleasure of such commissioner;
 3 (7) a certified public accountant appointed by the commissioner of
 4 education, to serve at the pleasure of such commissioner;
 5 (8) a person sixty-five years of age or older appointed by the direc-
 6 tor of the state office for the aging, to serve at the pleasure of such
 7 director;
 8 (9) a representative of business entities regulated by the commission,
 9 appointed by the governor, to serve at the pleasure of the governor;
 10 (10) a representative of business entities that are not regulated by
 11 the commission, appointed by the governor, to serve at the pleasure of
 12 the governor;
 13 (11) a representative of labor appointed by the governor, to serve at
 14 the pleasure of the governor;
 15 (12) two members of the public appointed by the speaker of the assem-
 16 bly, to serve at the pleasure of the speaker;
 17 (13) two members of the public appointed by the temporary president of
 18 the senate, to serve at the pleasure of the temporary president;
 19 (14) a member of the public appointed by the minority leader of the
 20 assembly, to serve at the pleasure of the minority leader; and
 21 (15) a member of the public appointed by the minority leader of the
 22 senate, to serve at the pleasure of the minority leader.
 23 (b) At its initial meeting in each calendar y