Prohibits the public service commission authority to order collection of charges from ratepayers for greenhouse gas reduction unrelated to the electric grid.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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IN SENATE
April 30, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. MATTERA -- 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 prohibiting the
public service commission authority to order collection of charges
from ratepayers for greenhouse gas reduction unrelated to the electric
grid
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 28 to read as follows:
3 § 28. Funds ordered for greenhouse gas reductions. Notwithstanding
4 any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the commission shall not
5 order a gas or electric company to charge, collect or otherwise fund
6 through ratepayer bills any funds which are used for transportation,
7 building or industrial electrification or retrofitting which does not
8 directly contribute to greenhouse gas reduction targets for the elec-
9 trical grid or modernization of such electric grid.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
11 law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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