New York S 6484: Relates to small business energy assistance and advocacy services

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S06484 Summary:

BILL NOS06484A

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SAME ASSAME AS A10406

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SPONSORRYAN C

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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 NOS06484A

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03/14/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

05/29/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

05/29/2025PRINT NUMBER 6484A

06/04/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/04/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1541

06/09/2025PASSED SENATE

06/09/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/09/2025referred to small business

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6484--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. C. RYAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
 cations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 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:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11014-02-5

 S. 6484--A 2

 1 § 138-a. Small business energy assistance and advocacy services
 2 program. 1. There is hereby established within the division of small
 3 business a small business energy assistance and advocacy services
 4 program.
 5 2. The small business energy assistance and advocacy services program,
 6 in consultation with other divisions of the department and with other
 7 agencies of the state, federal agencies or local governments, shall:
 8 a. solicit input from small businesses and from organizations repres-
 9 enting small businesses, such as trade associations or other entities,
 10 regarding the energy assistance and energy efficiency needs of small
 11 businesses;
 12 b. provide recommendations to the New York state energy research and
 13 development authority, the