Provides that beginning January 1, 2027, any order issued to set the rate of gas and electricity, not including surcharges or tariffs, shall be in effect for three years.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8606
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
December 5, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to the length of
time orders issued to set the rate of gas and electricity are in
effect
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 66 of the public service law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 33 to read as follows:
3 33. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary,
4 beginning January first, two thousand twenty-seven, any order issued to
5 set the rate of gas and electricity, not including surcharges or
6 tariffs, shall be in effect for three years.
7 § 2. The department of public service shall promulgate rules and regu-
8 lations necessary to effectuate the implementation of this act.
9 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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