New York A 9269: Grants the governor power to effectuate emergency disconnections of utilities

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A09269 Summary:

BILL NOA09269 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORCarroll R

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Add §§66-x & 89-q, Pub Serv L

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Grants the governor power to effectuate emergency disconnections of utilities where certain laws have been violated.

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BILL NOA09269 

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11/21/2025referred to energy

01/07/2026referred to energy

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9269

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 November 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. R. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Energy

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to granting the
 governor power to effectuate emergency disconnections of utilities

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

 1 Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a new section
 2 66-x to read as follows:
 3 § 66-x. Emergency disconnections; governor's authority. 1. A gas
 4 corporation, electric corporation, or municipality in ownership or
 5 control of the meters, pipes, fittings, wires, and other apparatus asso-
 6 ciated with the establishment of service to a building or unit shall,
 7 upon the order of the governor, disconnect service to that building or
 8 unit without the need for prior notice when all the following require-
 9 ments are fulfilled:
 10 (a) Any of the following laws or regulations are violated by the occu-
 11 pants of the building or unit:
 12 (i) Articles seventeen, nineteen, and twenty-seven of the environ-
 13 mental conservation law and regulations made pursuant thereto;
 14 (ii) Sections twenty-seven and twenty-seven-a and article seventeen of
 15 the labor law and regulations made pursuant thereto;
 16 (iii) The uniform fire and building code; or
 17 (iv) Local laws and regulations made pursuant to subdivisions twelve,
 18 thirteen, twenty-four, and twenty-five of section twenty of the general
 19 city law, sections one hundred thirty and two hundred sixty-one of the
 20 town law, sections 7-700 and 10-1002 of the village law, or subparagraph
 21 twelve of paragraph a of subdivision one of section ten of the municipal
 22 home rule law;
 23 (b) An emergency arising out of the violation of the law or regulation
 24 threatens the health or safety of a person or the surrounding area; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13995-02-5

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 1 (c) The governor determines, in their unreviewable discretion that the
 2 disconnection of service will, contribute to resolving the emergency.
 3 2. Service shall be reconnected when the governor determines that the
 4 emergency has ended.
 5 3. The governor shall submit a report within seventy-two hours of
 6 issuing an emergency disconnection order pursuant to this section to the
 7 speaker of the assembly and the temporary president of the senate, which
 8 shall include information on the laws violated by the occupants of the
 9 building or unit, the nature of the emergency that arises out of such
 10 violation, and the reasons the governor believes the disconnection of
 11 service will contribute to resolving the emergency. The contents of the
 12 report shall be made available to the public within seventy-two hours of
 13 receipt, unless the speaker of the assembly and the temporary president
 14 of the senate determine that release of the report would impede the
 15 resolution of the emergency.
 16 4. The governor shall submit a report on or before January thirty-
 17 first of each year to the legislature, which shall include information
 18 detailing the total number of emergency disconnections effectuated under
 19 this section, the reasons for each emergency disconnection, and the
 20 result of each disconnection. This report shall be promptly published by
 21 the legislature once received.
 22 § 2. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 89-q to
 23 read as follows:
 24 § 89-q. Emergency disconnections; governor's authority. 1. A water-
 25 works comp