New York S 9118: Relates to termination of service, deferred payment plans and quarterly billing

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S09118 Summary:

BILL NOS09118 

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SAME ASSAME AS A11206

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SPONSOROBERACKER

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COSPNSRCHAN, WEBER

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§32, 37 & 38, Pub Serv L

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Increases the number of days between the sending of a notice of termination by a utility corporation and the actual date of termination of service; increases the age of residents in the home to 21 from 18 for purposes of special procedures for terminations; decreases the amount required for a downpayment on an arrears on utility bills; lowers the age of customers to whom a utility company must offer quarterly billing from 62 to 55.

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BILL NOS09118 

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02/04/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9118

 IN SENATE

 February 4, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. OBERACKER -- 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 termination of
 service, deferred payment plans and quarterly billing

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of section 32 of the public
 2 service law, as added by chapter 713 of the laws of 1981, is amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 (d) is sent a final notice of termination no less than [fifteen] thir-
 5 ty days before the termination date shown on the notice. Any such notice
 6 shall, at a minimum, clearly state the reason for termination of
 7 service; how termination may be avoided; that the utility corporation or
 8 municipality has available procedures for handling complaints; a summary
 9 of the protections available under this article; that any customer
 10 eligible for such protections should contact the utility corporation or
 11 municipality; and such other provisions as the commission may require. A
 12 utility corporation or municipality may not issue a final notice of
 13 termination unless at least [twenty] forty-five days have elapsed from
 14 the date payment was due. The commission may increase the number of days
 15 before which a final notice of termination may be sent.
 16 § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 32 of the public
 17 service law, as added by chapter 713 of the laws of 1981, is amended to
 18 read as follows:
 19 (b) Customers who are elderly, blind, or disabled. The commission
 20 shall provide special procedures to be followed by a utility or munici-
 21 pality with respect to the termination or restoration of service to a
 22 residence where the customer is known to or identified to the utility to
 23 be blind, disabled, or sixty-two years of age or older; provided that
 24 all the remaining residents of the household are sixty-two years of age
 25 or older, [eighteen] twenty-one years of age or under, or blind or disa-
 26 bled. The commission shall afford reasonable protections to elderly,
 27 blind or disabled customers, including a requirement that the utility

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14674-01-6

 S. 9118 2

 1 corporation or municipality make a diligent effort to contact by tele-
 2 phone or in person an adult resident at the customer's premises at least
 3 seventy-two hours prior to termination of service. The commission shall
 4 also establish reasonable procedures for identifying customers eligible
 5 for the protections of this section.
 6 § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 37 of the public service law, as amended
 7 by chapter 686 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
 8 1. No utility corporation or municipality shall terminate or refuse to
 9 take all actions within such corporation or municipality's control and,
 10 where applicable, consistent with the provisions of the agreement for
 11 commodity service, if any, between the corporation and the customer,
 12 provided such provisions are consistent with this article, to restore
 13 service to a residential customer, because of arrears owed t