New York A 4790: Relates to underground electrical services in Suffolk and Nassau counties

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A04790 Summary:

BILL NOA04790 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBrown E

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COSPNSRDeStefano, Fitzpatrick, Gray, Gandolfo, Maher, Brown K, Mikulin, Durso

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §54, Pub Serv L

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Requires all new residential and commercial units in Suffolk and Nassau counties, including all structures that have realized repairs or improvements that are equal to or greater than fifty percent of the structure's value, to install underground service drops at such locations.

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BILL NOA04790 

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02/06/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

01/07/2026referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4790

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 6, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. E. BROWN, DeSTEFANO, FITZPATRICK, GRAY, GANDOLFO,
 MAHER, K. BROWN, MIKULIN, DURSO -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to underground elec-
 trical services in Suffolk and Nassau counties

 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 54 to read as follows:
 3 § 54. Underground electrical wires. 1. All new residential and commer-
 4 cial units in Suffolk and Nassau counties, including all structures that
 5 have realized repairs or improvements that are equal to or greater than
 6 fifty percent of the structure's value, shall be required to install
 7 underground service drops at such locations. All services shall be pole
 8 to meter in existing overhead pole locations and pad mount transformers
 9 from pad to meter in new developments of single-family homes of twenty
 10 units or greater.
 11 2. For the purposes of this section, the term "service drop" shall
 12 mean an overhead power connection from the utility lines to the service
 13 entrance.
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 15 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 16 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 17 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 18 completed on or before such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07255-01-5

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