New York A 8889: Enacts the Customer Savings and Reliability Act; and repeals certain provisions of the public service law relating to gas service and sale

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A08889 Summary:

BILL NOA08889 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08421

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SPONSORSimon

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COSPNSRShimsky, Stirpe, Shrestha, Tapia, Seawright, Levenberg, Gallagher, Kelles, Rosenthal, Carroll R,
 Mitaynes, Valdez, Burdick, Simone, Paulin, Forrest, Clark, Epstein, Rajkumar, Gonzalez-Rojas,
 Davila, Bores, Cunningham, Otis, McDonough, Lasher, Jacobson, Romero, Dilan, Colton, Gibbs, Hevesi

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §§66-x & 66-y, amd §§4, 5, 30 & 31, Pub Serv L; amd §12, add §13, Transp Corps L; amd §224-d, Lab L

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Enacts the "Customer Savings and Reliability Act" in relation to regional affordable gas transition plans to guide an orderly, affordable, and equitable right-sizing of the utility gas system in a manner that aligns with climate justice and emissions reduction provisions.

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BILL NOA08889 

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06/10/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

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

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8889

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 June 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, the transportation corporations
 law and the labor law, in relation to enacting the "Customer Savings
 and Reliability 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 "Customer Savings and Reliability Act".
 3 § 2. The public service law is amended by adding two new sections 66-x
 4 and 66-y to read as follows:
 5 § 66-x. Regional affordable gas transition plans. 1. No later than
 6 two years after the effective date of this section, the commission shall
 7 divide the state into gas transition planning regions, giving consider-
 8 ation to utility service territories, and, in consultation with local
 9 governments and gas corporations, publish regional affordable gas tran-
 10 sition plans to guide an orderly, affordable, and equitable right-sizing
 11 of the utility gas system in a manner that aligns with, and supports
 12 achievement of, the climate justice and emissions reduction provisions
 13 in chapter one hundred six of the laws of two thousand nineteen, incor-
 14 porating in such plan prudent investments and strategic opportunities to
 15 generate cost efficiencies and savings for gas and electric customers
 16 and redirect resources toward assisting customers to upgrade their homes
 17 and energy appliances, and recognizing the unique needs of each respec-
 18 tive region of the state. Each regional plan shall include, at a mini-
 19 mum:
 20 (a) Targets for the transition of gas system infrastructure and recom-
 21 mendations for planning and investment strategies for the affected gas
 22 corporations to achieve such targets.
 23 (b) General requirements for regional savings and reliability programs
 24 pursuant to section sixty-six-y of this article, regarding criteria for

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05559-14-5

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 1 approval of such programs and neighborhood gas transition projects
 2 implemented as part of such programs, including requirements:
 3 (i) to ensure customers affected by a neighborhood gas transition
 4 project have continued access to safe and reliable energy services for
 5 heating, cooling, cooking, and water heating;
 6 (ii) for utilities to notify customers affected by a neighborhood gas
 7 transition project in a timely manner;
 8 (iii) to ensure the ability of the electrical grid to safely,
 9 adequately, and reliably support any new electric load created by a
 10 regional savings and reliability program, and include participation by
 11 the relevant electric corporations and the federally designated bulk
 12 system operator in any coordination activities regarding electric grid
 13 planning; and
 14 (iv) to prioritize voluntary