STATE OF NEW YORK
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4163
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 1, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. PALMESANO, CROUCH, FRIEND, HAWLEY, MONTESANO,
BRABENEC -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, DiPIETRO,
LAWRENCE, MALLIOTAKIS, MORINELLO, RA, RAIA, STEC, WALSH -- read once
and referred to the Committee on Energy
AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to enacting the
"ratepayer disclosure and transparency act"
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "ratepayer
2 disclosure and transparency act".
3 § 2. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 28 to
4 read as follows:
5 § 28. Annual disclosure and transparency report. 1. The commission in
6 consultation with the New York state energy research and development
7 authority shall annually report the estimated or actual ratepayer costs
8 and benefits of any mandated state energy program to the governor, the
9 temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the
10 senate minority leader and the assembly minority leader by December
11 thirty-first of each year.
12 2. All information reported by the public service commission as
13 required under subdivision one of this section shall be made available
14 as a public record and posted to the public service commission website
15 simultaneously with submittal to the governor, the temporary president
16 of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the senate minority leader
17 and the assembly minority leader.
18 3. The public service commission is hereby authorized and directed to
19 promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions
20 of this section.
21 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07526-01-9