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A10406 Summary:

BILL NOA10406 

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SAME ASSAME AS S06484-A

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SPONSORSantabarbara

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §138-a, Ec Dev L; amd §§24-a, 71, 84 & 96, Pub Serv L

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Relates to small business energy assistance and advocacy services; establishes the small business energy assistance and advocacy services program within the division for small-business; authorizes the division for small-business to initiate complaints to the public service commission regarding gas and electricity and steam heat.

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BILL NOA10406 

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03/03/2026referred to small business

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10406

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 3, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Small Business

 AN ACT to amend the economic development law and the public service law,
 in relation to small business energy assistance and advocacy services

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

 1 Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds and
 2 declares that rising energy costs present a significant barrier to the
 3 economic viability of New York's small businesses, a crucial sector of
 4 the state's economy. Small businesses can least afford the time and cost
 5 associated with seeking opportunities to conserve energy, utilize energy
 6 efficient products and processes and gain access to renewable sources of
 7 energy. The viability of small businesses and the overall economic and
 8 environmental status of New York state will be enhanced by the develop-
 9 ment, expansion and promotion of accessible and affordable programs to
 10 assist small businesses in energy conservation, energy efficiency, and
 11 increased use of renewable resources, and by ensuring equitable treat-
 12 ment of small businesses in the proceedings of energy-related regulatory
 13 agencies.
 14 The legislature hereby establishes a small business energy assistance
 15 and advocacy services program as part of the division for small-business
 16 within the empire state development corporation to assist small busi-
 17 nesses in accessing energy conservation, energy efficiency and renewable
 18 energy programs available through public and private sources, and to
 19 advocate for the initiation and expansion of such programs and for equi-
 20 table treatment of small businesses in regulatory proceedings related to
 21 energy.
 22 § 2. The economic development law is amended by adding a new section
 23 138-a to read as follows:
 24 § 138-a. Small business energy assistance and advocacy services
 25 program. 1. There is hereby established within the division of small
 26 business a small business energy assistance and advocacy services
 27 program.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11014-03-6

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 1 2. The small business energy assistance and advocacy services program,
 2 in consultation with other divisions of the department and with other
 3 agencies of the state, federal agencies or local governments, shall:
 4 a. solicit input from small businesses and from organizations repres-
 5 enting small businesses, such as trade associations or other entities,
 6 regarding the energy assistance and energy efficiency needs of small
 7 businesses;
 8 b. provide recommendations to the New York state energy research and
 9 development authority, the power authority of the state of New York and
 10 other public utility authorities established pursuant to article five of
 11 the public authorities law, the public service commission, investor-
 12 owned utilities and other entities regarding the development and imple-
 13 mentation of energy assistance programs and on the impact of state ener-
 14 gy policy on small businesses;
 15 c. provide to small businesses information and materials on energy
 16 assistance programs, cooperative fuel purchasing efforts and other
 17 programs to maintain the affordability of energy, and provide ac