New York A 5442: Enacts the "rate hike notice act"

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A05442 Summary:

BILL NOA05442B

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SAME ASSAME AS S05553-B

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SPONSORMamdani

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COSPNSRForrest, Levenberg, Shrestha, Brown K, Valdez, McDonough, Santabarbara, Otis

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §66, Pub Serv L

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Enacts the "rate hike notice act" which requires utilities in the state of New York to provide notice of a proposed rate hike to a customer via text, email and via such customer's monthly billing statement.

Go to top A05442 Actions:

BILL NOA05442B

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02/14/2025referred to energy

04/30/2025amend and recommit to energy

04/30/2025print number 5442a

05/16/2025amend and recommit to energy

05/16/2025print number 5442b

05/20/2025reported referred to rules

06/04/2025reported 

06/04/2025rules report cal.388

06/04/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.388

Go to topA05442 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:ENERGY Chair:Barrett 
DATE:05/20/2025AYE/NAY:16/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules BarrettAyePalmesanoAye

SantabarbaraAyeBlankenbushAye

DilanAyeManktelowAye

SternAyeGrayAye

AndersonAyePirozzoloAye

RiveraAye

MamdaniExcused

ConradAye

LucasAye

ShresthaAye

ClarkAye

DaisAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:06/04/2025AYE/NAY:28/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliExcusedReillyAye

PaulinAyeSmithExcused

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA05442 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA05442 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5442--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. MAMDANI, FORREST, LEVENBERG, SHRESTHA, K. BROWN,
 VALDEZ, McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Energy
 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
 and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said commit-
 tee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to
 said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to enacting the
 "rate hike notice act"

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "rate hike notice act".
 3 § 2. Subdivision 12 of section 66 of the public service law is amended
 4 by adding a new paragraph (m) to read as follows:
 5 (m) Within one business day of the publication of the information
 6 required pursuant to subparagraph (i) of paragraph (l) of this subdivi-
 7 sion, the commission shall require each utility to send electronic
 8 notice of a proposed rate increase via text to all customers for whom
 9 such utility contacts through text provided that such customers have
 10 been provided an option to opt-out of such contact. The text shall
 11 inform such customer that such utility is proposing a rate increase in
 12 the customer's service area. Such text shall contain the following:
 13 (i) the name of the utility proposing a rate increase;
 14 (ii) the percentage increase to electricity and gas rates for the
 15 typical residential customer;
 16 (iii) the percentage increase to electricity and gas rates for the
 17 typical commercial customer;
 18 (iv) instructions for where ratepayers can find additional information
 19 pertaining to the rate case; and
 20 (v) clarification that this rate increase will not take effect until
 21 approved or modified by the commission. Further, within one business

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04975-06-5

 A. 5442--B 2

 1 day of the publication of the information required pursuant to subpara-
 2 graph (i) of paragraph (l) of this subdivision, the commission shall
 3 also require each utility to send electronic notice of a proposed rate
 4 increase via email to all customers for whom such utility contacts
 5 through email, provided that such customers have been provided an option
 6 to opt-out of