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S05553 Summary:

BILL NOS05553C

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORCOMRIE

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COSPNSRFAHY, MARTINS, OBERACKER

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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.

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BILL NOS05553C

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02/24/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

04/24/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

04/24/2025PRINT NUMBER 5553A

04/28/20251ST REPORT CAL.708

04/29/20252ND REPORT CAL.

04/30/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/19/2025AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5553B

06/05/2025PASSED SENATE

06/05/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/05/2025referred to energy

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

01/15/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

01/15/2026PRINT NUMBER 5553C

01/27/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

01/27/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.143

02/04/2026PASSED SENATE

02/04/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

02/05/2026referred to energy

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5553--C

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 24, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, FAHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommu-
 nications -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported favorably from
 said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third
 reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the
 order of third reading -- recommitted to the Committee on Energy and
 Telecommunications in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- commit-
 tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
 mitted 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 (n) to read as follows:
 5 (n)(i) 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 (A) the name of the utility proposing a rate increase;
 14 (B) the percentage increase to electricity and gas rates for the typi-
 15 cal residential customer;
 16 (C) the percentage increase to electricity and gas rates for the typi-
 17 cal commercial customer;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04975-08-6

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 1 (D) instructions for where ratepayers can find additional information
 2 pertaining to the rate case; and
 3 (E) clarification that this rate increase will not take effect until
 4 approved or modified by the commission.
 5 (ii) Further, within one business day of the publication of the infor-
 6 mation required pursuant to subparagraph (i) of paragraph (l) of this
 7 subdivision, the commission shall also require each utility to send
 8 electronic notice of a proposed rate increase via email to all customers
 9 for whom such utility contacts through email, provided that such custom-
 10 ers have been provided an option to opt-out of such contact, and such
 11 email notice shall include information identical to the information
 12 pro