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New York Assembly Energy Committee
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committee members
Khaleel Anderson (D)
Chair
Didi Barrett (D)
Ken Blankenbush (R)
Sarah Clark (D)
William Conrad (D)
Landon Dais (D)
Erik Dilan (D)
Scott Gray (R)
Jonathan Jacobson (D)
Nikki Lucas (D)
Brian Manktelow (R)
Phil Palmesano (R)
Sam Pirozzolo (R)
Jonathan Rivera (D)
Angelo Santabarbara (D)
Sarahana Shrestha (D)
Steve Stern (D)
| Bill | Bill Name | Progress | Referral Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| A00040 | Relates to the amount of St. Lawrence county economic development power that may be used by the New York Power Authority to generate net earnings and authority-TMED contracts. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00168 | Relates to requiring the establishment of automatic payment plans; requires utility companies headquartered in New York to establish a statewide program to provide eligible participants with affordable payment plans. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00217 | Prohibits local governments from prohibiting the construction, installation, or operation of carport-mounted solar energy systems with a nameplate capacity of five megawatts or less, in any non-residential zoning district or mixed commercial and residential zoning district of any such city, town or village, provided however, if the zoning district is a certified agricultural district the agricultural impacts of the projects shall be minimized to the extent practicable. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00281 | Directs the New York state energy research and development authority to establish a ride clean rebate program for electric assist bicycles and electric scooters; defines terms; provides a fifty percent rebate for eligible purchases. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00289 | Includes fuel-flexible linear generators which do not utilize a fossil fuel resource in the process of generating electricity as qualifying as renewable energy systems. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00349 | Establishes the previously owned zero-emission vehicles rebate program to provide an incentive of an amount up to $2,000 for individuals who purchase used or previously owned zero-emission vehicles. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00465 | Requires the chair of the public service commission create rules, regulations, policies, and procedures for the creation of a resilient electric vehicle charging system pilot program to provide power through an extended outage. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00491 | Requires electric corporations build make-ready infrastructure to facilitate the charging of electric public serving fleet vehicles. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00541 | Establishes a program to develop microgrids that are capable of providing an uninterrupted supply of power to one or more community outage assets through an extended electric distribution outage. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00815 | Relates to ensuring net metering is a compensation floor for residential producers of energy. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00836 | Relates to utility intervenor reimbursement to a participant for its reasonable costs of participation in any proceeding before the Public Service Commission (PSC). | Crossed Over | 01/08/2025 |
| A00878 | Relates to energy services companies; authorizes ESCO's to only enroll new or renew existing residential or small non-residential customers in gas or electric service if certain conditions are met. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00933 | Relates to the development of uniform standards for the coloring of wind turbine rotor blades, to avoid or minimize, to the maximum extent practicable, any bird collisions arising from the siting, design, construction and operation of a major renewable energy facility utilizing wind turbines. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00962 | Relates to establishing a one hundred percent clean renewable energy system for electricity by two thousand thirty-four; provides such energy system shall include solar, wind, geothermal and tidal sources. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00982 | Relates to establishing the New York state grid modernization commission; provides the commission shall conduct a study of research, development and demonstrations of electric grid modernization and shall issue such report to the state energy planning board for consideration in the state energy plan. | Crossed Over | 01/08/2025 |
| A01012 | Establishes a comprehensive electric vehicle fast charging station implementation plan; requires the New York state energy and research development authority to further establish a "Fast Charge NY working group" to develop such plan; makes related provisions. | Crossed Over | 01/08/2025 |
| A01028 | Requires electric corporations, gas corporations, steam corporations and water-works corporations to adopt the common equity ratio and rate of return on equity authorized by the public service commission unless such utility can successfully demonstrate that such authorized rates do not meet their capital and/or operating needs. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A01126 | Enacts the "utility ratepayer protection act"; requires legislative approval of increases in utility charges. | In Committee | 01/09/2025 |
| A01163 | Requires piping supplies expenses to be included as an acceptable expense for purposes of calculating a financial benefit, tax credit or other incentive to an owner of real property to improve energy efficiency to a building or structure pursuant to any energy efficiency program overseen by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. | In Committee | 03/21/2025 |
| A01392 | Requires the New York state energy research and development authority to develop recommendations regarding the establishment of microgrids. | In Committee | 01/09/2025 |
| A01438 | Establishes the zero-emission industrial trucks grant program to be administered by NYSERDA, to encourage the purchase and lease of zero-emission industrial trucks, class I to III. | In Committee | 03/21/2025 |
| A01453 | Creates a citizen advisory panel consisting of six permanent and three rotating members to prepare a report on any application for certificate of any major electric generating facilities. | In Committee | 01/09/2025 |
| A01469 | Requires electric vehicle charging stations to include at least one space that is large enough to accommodate wheelchair accessible electric vehicles. | In Committee | 01/09/2025 |
| A01981 | Relates to payments of grants to farm operations by NYSERDA; provides that payment of such grants shall be made no later than ninety days after notification. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| A02004 | Requires the public service commission hold public hearings on increases in utility rates, fees, rentals, or charges. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| A02101 | Establishes the green affordable pre-electrification program to assist owners and tenants in residential properties in curing structural and building code defects which render the properties ineligible for improvements or projects relating to energy savings, green-house gas emissions reductions, climate change adaptation and resiliency project grants; establishes the energy efficiency and electrification interagency coordination group to coordinate between certain energy efficiency programs. | In Committee | 03/21/2025 |
| A02186 | Directs the public service commission to undertake a study of consumer protections adopted by electric corporations and utilities; includes reporting on the adequacy of the public service commission's assistance to customers facing disconnection of utility service. | In Committee | 01/15/2025 |
| A02277 | Directs the New York City Economic Development Corporation to immediately commence any proceedings, processes, stakeholder engagement, or capital projects necessary for the installation of shore power capability at the Manhattan Cruise Terminal; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof. | In Committee | 01/16/2025 |
| A02291 | Requires public utility authorities to obtain legislative approval before raising rates or fees, or imposing new rates or fees. | In Committee | 01/16/2025 |
| A02541 | Repeals the authority for sales of electricity and gas by entities (ESCOs) other than electric or natural gas distribution companies. | In Committee | 01/17/2025 |
| A02553 | Prohibits the location and construction of wind turbines on Lake Erie. | In Committee | 01/17/2025 |
| A02569 | Authorizes the use of cool roofs on new construction or substantially renovated state-owned buildings; relates to establishing the state green building construction act. | In Committee | 01/17/2025 |
| A02579 | Relates to call centers for gas and electric corporations. | In Committee | 01/17/2025 |
| A02596 | Establishes new targets for offshore wind electricity generation; includes the requirements that there is at least 15 gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by 2040, at least 18 gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by 2045 and at least 20 gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by 2050. | In Committee | 01/21/2025 |
| A02657 | Establishes the electric landscaping equipment rebate program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve air quality, and reduce noise pollution by promoting the adoption of quieter, zero-emission landscaping equipment; provides for rebates at the point of sale for applicants purchasing or leasing certain equipment; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof. | In Committee | 03/21/2025 |
| A02720 | Enacts the solar for schools act which provides grants for eligible school districts to purchase and install solar and geothermal power sources; defines terms; directs the New York state energy and research development authority to establish such grant program; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof; makes an appropriation therefor. | In Committee | 03/21/2025 |
| A02736 | Requires that any proposed capital expenditure to be considered in any matter affecting a major change in rates must be described by the utility and shall include the purpose, cost, and benefits to the ratepayers and shall be posted on the PSC website. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/22/2025 |
| A02740 | Provides that whenever the public service commission denies a request by a utility for an increased rate or charge the rate or charge, or tariff or service immediately in effect prior to the commission's denial shall remain in full force and effect until such time as the commission approves a new rate, charge or service. | In Committee | 01/22/2025 |
| A03278 | Repeals provisions relating to the prohibition of acceptance by the Long Island power authority of preference hydroelectricity. | In Committee | 01/27/2025 |
| A03312 | Establishes a pilot program relating to creating the solar panels to the state universities of New York and boards of cooperative educational services located on Long Island in order that such universities and BOCES may conduct a training program for persons interested in learning solar panel installation and operation and then to install such solar panels upon school districts in Long Island. | In Committee | 01/27/2025 |
| A03337 | Authorizes the NYS power authority to allow certain governments and corporations to bundle electrical services. | In Committee | 01/27/2025 |
| A03519 | Authorizes the New York state energy research and development authority to develop, implement, administer and operate a temporary middle income home energy assistance program; suspends certain taxes on home heating fuels; makes an appropriation therefor. | In Committee | 01/28/2025 |
| A03561 | Enacts the "go green schools act" to assist school districts in converting to renewable energy sources as a primary source of energy; directs NYSERDA to conduct a study and make recommendations for such purpose. | In Committee | 01/28/2025 |
| A03585 | Enacts the "state and local clean energy partnership", directing the public service commission to establish a standard New York state community choice aggregation program for all utility service territories. | In Committee | 01/28/2025 |
| A03655 | Enacts the "home utility weatherization jobs act"; requires each gas corporation, electric corporation, or combination gas or electric corporation to submit to the public service commission for review and approval at least one and up to ten neighborhood scale weatherization and electrification-ready projects. | In Committee | 01/29/2025 |
| A03832 | Requires solar facilities to conspicuously post safety data sheets in areas that may be accessed by emergency responders in the case of a fire or other emergency. | In Committee | 01/30/2025 |
| A03875 | Requires that a billing statement delivered to the customer by an energy services company include a side-by-side comparison showing both the price charged by the energy service company for commodity and delivery service during the prior billing period, and the price the customer would have paid had they taken commodity and delivery service from their local utility corporation or municipality; requires an energy service company to provide each of its customers with an annual statement comparing t | In Committee | 01/30/2025 |
| A03884 | Directs the New York state energy and research development authority to establish a pilot program to install a microgrid in Glenwood Houses; requires the authority to annually report on the results of such program and any recommendations for expansion. | In Committee | 01/30/2025 |
| A03910 | Requires every renewable energy generating project receiving grants, guaranteed loans, tax benefits or funding from New York state to enter into a memorandum of understanding for the operation and maintenance of such project with a bona fide labor organization of jurisdiction that is actively engaged in representing transitioning utility workers in the fossil fuel industry. | In Committee | 01/30/2025 |
| A03918 | Prohibits certain charges to residential consumers in connection with the purchase of zero emissions credits from the New York State Research and Energy Development Authority and attributed to the continued operation of the nuclear powered generating facility or facilities. | In Committee | 01/30/2025 |
| A03959 | Requires a mitigation ratio of one acre for every acre of occupied grassland bird breeding habitat and three acres of mitigation for every acre of grassland bird wintering habitat included in a major electric transmission facility siting permit. | In Committee | 01/30/2025 |
| A03978 | Enacts the "consumer utility meter choice protection act"; allows customers to decline the installation of smart meters without being liable for fees. | In Committee | 01/30/2025 |
| A03999 | Establishes the mechanical insulation energy savings program to provide grants for qualified mechanical insulation expenditures to school districts, public hospitals, public housing buildings, and political subdivisions that have completed a qualified audit. | In Committee | 03/21/2025 |
| A04047 | Prohibits the release of a consumer's electrical or gas consumption data to any police officer, or private, local, state or federal law enforcement entity without a judicial court-ordered subpoena, warrant or the consumer's written consent. | In Committee | 01/31/2025 |
| A04053 | Enacts the "electric super highway act", requiring alternative fuels to be available for public use along the New York state thruway after November 1, 2025 and providing each recommended alternative fuel at least every one hundred twenty miles on both sides of the thruway; defines "alternative fuel". | In Committee | 01/31/2025 |
| A04078 | Relates to establishing requirements and penalties for combination utility companies during service outages; provides that a penalty for failure to reasonably comply with requirements that protect the overall reliability and continuity of combination utility company services shall be up to one hundred dollars per violation or for a pattern or practice of such violations up to one thousand dollars per violation. | In Committee | 01/31/2025 |
| A04105 | Relates to establishing minimum standards for payment plans for eligible customers; requires the public service commission to set standards for payment plans for certain customers including reasonableness of agreements and timelines for payment; establishes eligibility. | In Committee | 01/31/2025 |
| A04127 | Authorizes and directs the department of public service to conduct a study on the deployment of energy interconnection processes into the electrical grid to meet the state's renewable energy goals; directs the department of public service to submit a report on its findings one year after the effective date. | Crossed Over | 01/31/2025 |
| A04222 | Relates to including used vehicles in the drive clean rebate program; provides that such rebate for a used vehicle shall not exceed one thousand dollars. | In Committee | 01/31/2025 |
| A04225 | Directs the New York state energy research and development authority to conduct a study of the technical and economic feasibility and ratepayer impact of a zero-emission electrical system and a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. | In Committee | 01/31/2025 |
| A04227 | Relates to providing net revenues from utility-owned large-scale renewable generation projects to low-income customers; authorizes utility companies to own such projects; provides that the commission shall require labor agreements and labor peace agreements. | In Committee | 01/31/2025 |
| A04232 | Requires utility companies to reimburse consumers for spoilage of food and medication due to the lack of refrigeration in the event of a power outage lasting seventy-two hours or more. | In Committee | 01/31/2025 |
| A04294 | Requires ad hoc members to be appointed in order to constitute a quorum on the board of electric generating facilities; includes ad hoc members as part of the board. | In Committee | 02/04/2025 |
| A04475 | Establishes the power authority of the state of New York shall make low cost hydropower available to hospitals and municipal housing authorities located within Niagara County. | In Committee | 02/04/2025 |
| A04559 | Enacts the "build to need act" to meet the state's electrification and climate related policy mandates; directs the public service commission to implement a grid planning process; makes related provisions. | In Committee | 02/04/2025 |
| A04588 | Establishes New York state renewable electric generation pilot programs to authorize the development of up to three hundred megawatts of renewable electric capacity statewide, in order to stimulate the growth of clean, affordable and reliable sources of energy and to foster new partnerships between electric corporations, energy producers and energy customers in this state. | In Committee | 02/04/2025 |
| A04640 | Relates to the encroachment or adverse effect upon military operations by tall energy structures, major renewable energy facilities or wind energy facilities; requires written determination. | In Committee | 02/04/2025 |
| A04682 | Relates to requiring approval through public referendum in the municipality in which a major electric generating facility is intended to be located prior to final determination for a final siting permit. | In Committee | 02/04/2025 |
| A04702 | Relates to decisions by the state board on electric generation; requires approval through public referendum prior to certification for establishing a major electric generating facility. | In Committee | 02/04/2025 |
| A04712 | Authorizes the secretary of state to appoint a person from the utility intervention unit within the consumer protection division to serve on the state energy planning board. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/04/2025 |
| A04795 | Directs the commissioner of health and the president of the New York state energy research and development authority (NYSERDA) to study and make recommendations on the impacts of electric vehicles on personal medical devices. | In Committee | 02/06/2025 |
| A05091 | Authorizes and directs the public service commission and the New York state energy research and development authority to conduct a study on peaker plant electric generating facilities on Long Island. | In Committee | 02/12/2025 |
| A05136 | Directs the state energy planning board to conduct a study and prepare a report on the future of power plants in New York state; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon completion of the study and report. | In Committee | 02/12/2025 |
| A05153 | Relates to advanced metering infrastructure devices for residential services. | In Committee | 02/12/2025 |
| A05328 | Prohibits electric, gas, telephone, cellular telephone, television, internet, energy, water services or any other utility providers from imposing additional fees related to administrative surcharges, fees for non-use or any other charges to customers living at their primary residence who are over sixty-five years of age or who have a developmental disability. | In Committee | 02/13/2025 |
| A05402 | Authorizes and directs the public service commission to establish rules to limit a utility's ability to recover its direct or indirect costs associated with its attendance in, participation in, preparation for, or appeal of any rate proceeding conducted before the commission. | In Committee | 02/13/2025 |
| A05404 | Relates to the municipal sustainable energy loan program regarding qualifying water improvements, qualifying resiliency improvements and the use of low carbon intensity building components. | In Committee | 02/13/2025 |
| A05442 | Enacts the "rate hike notice act" which requires utilities in the state of New York to provide notice of a proposed rate hike to a customer via text, email and via such customer's monthly billing statement. | In Committee | 02/14/2025 |
| A05510 | Relates to providing net revenues from utility-owned large-scale renewable generation projects to low-income customers; authorizes utility companies to own such projects; provides that the commission shall require labor agreements and labor peace agreements. | In Committee | 02/14/2025 |
| A05526 | Provides an exemption for the purposes of allowing the installation and use of fossil-fuel equipment and building systems where such are installed and used in a building or part of a building that is owned or occupied by a person who holds genuine and sincere religious beliefs and whose health and safety will be jeopardized due to the prohibition of the installation of fossil-fuel equipment and building systems because of such genuine and sincere religious beliefs. | In Committee | 02/14/2025 |
| A05601 | Relates to establishing discount programs for low-income senior citizens and individuals with a disability; provides that utilities, waterworks corporations, telephone corporations and cable television companies shall create discount programs that provide a 10 percent discount to low-income senior citizens and individuals with a disability; defines terms. | In Committee | 02/18/2025 |
| A05620 | Relates to the establishment of reduced residential rates for electric and natural gas service to low-income customers. | In Committee | 02/18/2025 |
| A05908 | Authorizes local municipalities and political subdivisions to have final say on if a renewable energy power plant can be sited in such municipalities' or political subdivisions' jurisdiction; establishes conflict of interest standards for approving the siting of a renewable energy power plant in a local municipality or political subdivision; requires the office of renewable energy siting and electric transmissions establish a database to collect and display host agreements and land contracts for | In Committee | 02/24/2025 |
| A06064 | Limits the municipal sustainable energy loan program to commercial entities, not-for-profit organizations, or entities other than individuals. | In Committee | 02/26/2025 |
| A06065 | Requires a weigh-in of all participants shall occur on the date of a combative sports event. | In Committee | 02/26/2025 |
| A06147 | Expands New York's net metering law by adding non-residential micro-combined heat and power generating equipment systems to the list of currently eligible technologies that can be net metered. | In Committee | 02/26/2025 |
| A06152 | Enacts the "ratepayer disclosure and transparency act" which requires a monthly report that includes the estimated or actual ratepayer costs and benefits of any mandated state energy program to the governor and legislature including any New York climate leadership and community protection act compliance costs. | In Committee | 02/26/2025 |
| A06204 | Directs the department of public service to adjust each utility corporation's residential fixed charge upon such corporation's filing with the department of an amendment of rate schedules, to recover only the fixed costs and operation and maintenance expenses directly related to metering, billing, service connections and the provision of customer service. | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| A06252 | Repeals the prohibition on fossil fuel equipment and building systems in new buildings that is to become effective in 2026. | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| A06260 | Directs the public service commission in consultation with NYSERDA to conduct a full cost benefit analysis of the technical and economic feasibility of renewable energy systems in the state of New York and to compare such directly with other methods of electricity generation within nine months after the effective date and every four years thereafter. | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| A06270 | Requires all authorities having jurisdiction over a population exceeding five thousand residents to adopt a residential automated solar permitting platform by June thirtieth, two thousand twenty-six. | In Committee | 03/03/2025 |
| A06285 | Relates to the contents of emergency response plans required to be submitted to the public service commission by electric corporations; requires such plans to include details of staffing, equipment, and ability to perform toward certain standards; requires the public service commission to establish a time-based restoration schedule. | Crossed Over | 03/03/2025 |
| A06326 | Requires gas and electric corporations to provide forty-five days' notice to customers whenever there is a service rate or charge increase. | In Committee | 03/04/2025 |
| A06327 | Authorizes existing building projects to continue when the fossil fuel ban takes effect. | In Committee | 03/04/2025 |
| A06476 | Authorizes the New York state energy research and development authority in cooperation with the department of transportation to establish the New York state hydrogen vehicle task force to provide the governor and the legislature with information on the potential effects of expanding the fleet of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in the state. | In Committee | 03/05/2025 |
| A06489 | Enacts the bucks for boilers act, which creates a program to aid in transition of housing units to electric heat pumps and other high energy efficiency upgrades. | In Committee | 03/05/2025 |
| A06501 | Directs the New York state energy research and development authority to conduct a feasibility study and prepare a report on the benefits and implementation of sewage thermal energy. | In Committee | 03/05/2025 |
| A06577 | Directs the New York state energy research and development authority to establish a floating solar incentive and education program to provide information and resources including technical assistance, access to industry standards, and financing available through the authority or other public or private sector sources, to municipalities, developers, builders, design professionals, and potential owners for the construction of floating solar. | In Committee | 03/06/2025 |
| A06705 | Directs the New York state energy research and development authority to conduct a feasibility study and prepare a report on the benefits and implementation of nuclear small modular reactors. | In Committee | 03/07/2025 |
| A06727 | Requires distribution centers which are 50,000 sq. ft. or more to be equipped with electric vehicle charging stations as determined by the secretary of state and NYSERDA. | In Committee | 03/11/2025 |
| A06762 | Ensures energy services companies are subject to the same consumer protection regulations regarding unclaimed deposits and refunds currently facing utility companies. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/12/2025 |
| A06796 | Prohibits the elimination of building systems or equipment used for the combustion of fossil fuels, including, natural gas, propane and fuel oil in new building construction. | In Committee | 03/14/2025 |
| A06798 | Directs the New York state energy research and development authority to conduct a feasibility study and prepare a report on the benefits and implementation of carbon recapture. | In Committee | 03/14/2025 |
| A06846 | Directs the New York state energy research and development authority to conduct a feasibility study and prepare a report on the benefits and implementation of geothermal energy. | In Committee | 03/14/2025 |
| A06951 | Provides that subsequent requests for an extension of a suspension period for certain rate, charge or other changes by utilities shall require approval by the public service commission and shall be valid for one month, after which the commission shall review and determine the necessity of a further extension; provides limitations on retroactive rate recovery by utilities. | In Committee | 03/18/2025 |
| A06955 | Directs the department of public service to promulgate rules, regulations and model policies regarding setback requirements for the siting of battery energy storage systems; requires minimum setback requirements for commercial energy storage systems, with a capacity of five megawatts or greater, of no less than seven hundred fifty feet from residential property and no less than three hundred feet from residential property located in a city with a population of one million or more inhabitants; re | In Committee | 03/18/2025 |
| A06960 | Prohibits electric corporations, gas corporations and utilities from passing along costs or increasing charges to ratepayers for electricity and natural gas, or any associated goods and services, as a result of increased costs incurred by such corporation due to tariffs placed by the government of the United States on the importation of goods, services or materials from countries outside the United States or due to tariffs placed by the governments of countries or their political subdivisions on | In Committee | 03/18/2025 |
| A07056 | Authorizes the department of public service to develop, implement, administer and operate a temporary middle income home energy assistance program; makes an appropriation therefor. | In Committee | 03/20/2025 |
| A07060 | Authorizes the New York state energy research and development authority to administer a program to provide grants or loans for the costs related to enabling switching residences with propane or fuel-oil heating systems to efficient electric heat pumps. | In Committee | 03/21/2025 |
| A07144 | Creates a revolving loan fund through the New York state energy research and development authority for the purpose of building renewable energy storage systems scaled to function as microgrids to power housing owned by the New York city housing authority. | In Committee | 03/20/2025 |
| A07391 | Provides that credits for excess electricity generated by customer-generators subject to net energy metering by an electric corporation or the Long Island power authority may be carried over indefinitely and used against any charges imposed by an electric corporation or the Long Island power authority when the customer-generator uses more electricity than such customer generates; provides for the accounting of credits once every 5 years and the electric corporation or Long Island power authority | In Committee | 03/25/2025 |
| A07542 | Caps public gas corporations, public electric corporations and municipal gas and electric companies at a profit margin of four percent per year. | In Committee | 04/01/2025 |
| A07584 | Establishes the agrivoltaics viability pilot program to provide grants to identify the best practices and strategies for agrivoltaics and dual-use solar energy projects that protect soil health during construction and decommissioning of solar arrays, utilize sustainable agricultural production practices, monitor any benefits solar energy may have on farms and to the state, track economic viability, study the commercialization of dual-use solar energy projects, and encourage equitable engagement | In Committee | 04/01/2025 |
| A07625 | Requires gas pipeline facilities to accelerate the repair, rehabilitation, and replacement of equipment or pipelines that are leaking or leak prone and increase safety reporting relating to gas pipeline leaks; requires the public service commission to establish timelines for the repair, rehabilitation or replacement of leaking or leak prone infrastructure; requires the commission to provide a gas safety report to the legislature. | In Committee | 04/01/2025 |
| A07633 | Directs the department of public service to promulgate rules and regulations to establish fee transparency standards for electric vehicle charging stations. | Crossed Over | 04/02/2025 |
| A07686 | Enacts the "public renewables transparency act"; relates to the New York power authority's conferral process; requires the conferral report be posted on the authority's website; provides that the authority shall provide an option for stakeholders to submit comments remotely as well, and incorporate feedback from such sessions and written comments into the final draft of the strategic plan; makes related provisions. | In Committee | 04/04/2025 |
| A07698 | Requires the New York state energy research and development authority conduct a study on independent neighborhoods and homes in cities constructing micro-grids to study the feasibility, efficiency, and energy saving costs if such micro-grids were constructed. | In Committee | 04/08/2025 |
| A07714 | Establishes certain consumer rights for the protection of consumer health, safety and/or privacy needs related to utility meters. | In Committee | 04/08/2025 |
| A07728 | Permits the standard utility interconnection of sub-transmission lines for particular projects. | In Committee | 04/08/2025 |
| A07751 | Directs the public service commission to modify the objectives of the Clean Energy Fund for reductions of air pollution including oxides of nitrogen, sulfur dioxide and particulate matter; relates to the value of distributed energy resources. | In Committee | 04/08/2025 |
| A07762 | Requires the New York state energy research and development authority conduct a study on Brooklyn College constructing a micro-grid to study the feasibility, efficiency, and energy saving costs if such a micro-grid was constructed on campus. | In Committee | 04/08/2025 |
| A07769 | Establishes the nine member distributed generation for community solar siting commission to examine the reasons for delays in the siting of community solar projects, identify those causes and examine solutions to accelerate development; makes related provisions. | In Committee | 04/10/2025 |
| A07783 | Directs the office of renewable energy siting and electric transmission to develop a procedure to process letters of credit for siting permits. | In Committee | 04/10/2025 |
| A07806 | Establishes a clean and resilient energy program to encourage the development of clean and resilient behind the meter distributed energy resource projects. | In Committee | 04/11/2025 |
| A07954 | Directs the public service commission to require electric and steam corporations to provide rate reductions or refunds for inadequate or interrupted service; requires electric corporations to reimburse ratepayers for damages to and losses of property and business caused by power outages in certain instances. | In Committee | 04/16/2025 |
| A08141 | Requires notice to elected officials when there is a proposed battery energy storage system in such officials district; defines what qualifies as a battery energy storage system. | In Committee | 05/01/2025 |
| A08150 | Provides that gas, electric, or combination gas and electric corporations shall not be permitted to retain revenues derived from their actual return on equity in excess of authorized rates of return on equity. | In Committee | 05/02/2025 |
| A08151 | Requires respective changes to service and delivery charges for gas or electric service to be included in the information regarding average proposed rate changes required to be published by the public service commission in certain instances. | Crossed Over | 05/02/2025 |
| A08378 | Relates to qualified energy storage systems; authorizes energy storage permitting under the office of renewable energy siting and electric transmission. | In Committee | 05/13/2025 |
| A08410 | Increases the number of entities to whom the New York state energy research and development authority must submit an annual report; requires the report to include a brief summary of all proceeds collected and administered by the authority pursuant to an order of the public service commission or pursuant to regulation, including, but not limited to, assessments, fees, taxes, transfers, corporate income or surcharges imposed on energy consumers or power generators. | Crossed Over | 05/14/2025 |
| A08414 | Enacts the "ratepayer transparency act" which requires bills utilized by public and private gas corporations, electric corporations and gas and electric corporations in levying charges for service to include separate categories for certain charges. | In Committee | 05/14/2025 |
| A08541 | Directs the department of public service, in conjunction with the New York state energy research and development authority, and the power authority of the state of New York to commission a study on the utilization of directional noise reduction optimization technology for wind turbines in New York state. | In Committee | 05/20/2025 |
| A08543 | Allows new buildings where new parking is provided to have an optional, charger-agnostic, power-based allocation method alternative to certain electric vehicle charging infrastructure requirements; requires the department of state division of building standards and codes to promulgate rules and regulations relating to such alternative. | In Committee | 05/20/2025 |
| A08746 | Requires the establishment of hybrid heating pilot programs to further the goals of the climate leadership and community protection act (CLCPA). | In Committee | 06/02/2025 |
| A08758 | Enacts the accelerate solar for affordable power (ASAP) act to set a new target for distributed solar energy capacity and direct the public service commission to advance reforms to the utility interconnection process to ensure timely and cost-effective integration of new distributed energy resources. | In Committee | 06/02/2025 |
| A08868 | Prohibits service charges by gas companies for the repair, inspection, maintenance or remedies of damage to apparatus or personal property. | In Committee | 06/09/2025 |
| A08934 | Relates to advancing grid enhancement technologies; allows the department of public service to approve requests from distribution companies to develop grid enhancement technologies; requires distribution companies to submit a compliance filing report every 5 years. | In Committee | 07/16/2025 |
| A09003 | Authorizes and directs the energy research and development authority, the public service commission and NYPA to conduct a study to determine the possibility of closing certain peaker plants. | In Committee | 08/13/2025 |
| A09027 | Prohibits the granting of a certificate for the construction or operation of an on-shore or off-shore industrial wind turbine or wind farm within the jurisdiction and control of the state and within any area of the state outside of the city of New York unless a certificate for the construction or operation of an on-shore or off-shore industrial wind turbine or wind farm within geographic boundaries of or the shoreline adjacent to the city of New York is granted simultaneously. | In Committee | 09/05/2025 |
| A09030 | Directs the New York state energy resource and development authority, in collaboration with the New York state thruway authority, the department of transportation, and the New York power authority, to conduct a feasibility study on installing solar panels and other renewable energy systems along state highways and to submit a report relating thereto. | In Committee | 09/05/2025 |
| A09032 | Requires legislative approval of any utility rate or charge increase approved by the public service commission; provides that the legislature can approve, modify or rescind any rate or charge increase approved by the commission by concurrent resolution; provides that the legislature can review any rate or charge increase approved in the prior 12 months. | In Committee | 09/05/2025 |
| A09039 | Establishes the "accountability of costs for data centers act"; requires each electric corporation, gas corporation and municipality to establish an independent classification of service for large energy use facilities that is separate and distinct from other classifications of service; authorizes the department of public service to develop financial surety requirements. | In Committee | 09/05/2025 |
| A09041 | Prohibits utilities from raising rates while reporting high profits; requires utilities to reinvest revenues into New York's energy infrastructure, safety, and reliability; requires the submission to the public service commission of a compliance report. | In Committee | 09/05/2025 |
| A09064 | Prohibits electric corporations and gas corporations from passing along costs or increasing charges to ratepayers as a result of increased costs incurred due to the building or operation of a data center except to those ratepayers involved with or associated with the building or operation of such data center or semiconductor fabrication plant. | In Committee | 09/05/2025 |
| A09086 | Regulates energy consumption by data centers; requires annual disclosure reporting; prohibits incentives in fossil fuel power purchase agreements with utilities; directs the public service commission to establish a data center surcharge and discount plan. | In Committee | 01/13/2026 |
| A09087 | Enacts the "community solar opportunity and local approval reform (Community SOLAR) act"; authorizes municipalities to establish standards for distributed generation energy facilities. | In Committee | 09/12/2025 |
| A09107 | Directs the public service commission to provide a class of service for facilities that use large amounts of energy; requires an electric company that is providing electricity service to a retail electricity consumer that is a large energy use facility to enter into a contract with the retail electricity consumer that covers the provision of the electricity service; repeals certain provisions upon the expiration thereof. | In Committee | 09/26/2025 |
| A09111 | Defines "portable solar generation device"; exempts portable solar generation devices from interconnection or net metering requirements; requires the state energy conservation construction code to allow for portable solar generation devices to be connected to a building's wiring through an electrical outlet. | In Committee | 09/26/2025 |
| A09136 | Requires the owner or operator of a new data center to submit to the Public Service Commission a thermal energy network feasibility assessment that identifies potential off-site thermal loads within one mile of the facility; requires that new data centers be designed, constructed, and operated to capture and reuse waste heat generated by computing equipment through a thermal energy network. | In Committee | 10/17/2025 |
| A09189 | Enacts the "upstate energy choice act"; limits the prohibition on the installation of fossil-fuel equipment and building systems in new construction to buildings located in a city with a population of one million or more; limits the requirement of establishing decarbonization action plans for state-owned facilities to facilities located in a city with a population of one million or more. | In Committee | 11/03/2025 |
| A09221 | Repeals provisions of law relating to prohibiting the installation of fossil-fuel equipment and building systems in new construction and to establishing decarbonization action plans for state-owned facilities. | In Committee | 11/03/2025 |
| A09269 | Grants the governor power to effectuate emergency disconnections of utilities where certain laws have been violated. | In Committee | 11/21/2025 |
| A09297 | Requires hyperscale data centers to offset their electricity demand by funding household electrification measures. | In Committee | 12/10/2025 |
| A09426 | Stabilizes electric costs for New York consumers; restricts unreasonable rate and fee increases; establishes additional auditing and enforcement authorities. | In Committee | 12/19/2025 |
| A09438 | Relates to requirements for price comparisons of prices charged by energy services companies on customer bills. | Crossed Over | 01/06/2026 |
| A09441 | Requires that any proposed capital expenditure to be considered in any matter affecting a major change in rates must be described by the utility on a per project basis and shall include the purpose and the need for each capital expenditure, total cost, and benefits to the ratepayers and the operation of the distribution system, and shall be posted on the PSC website. | Crossed Over | 01/06/2026 |
| A09479 | Makes technical changes to the mechanical insulation energy savings program. | Crossed Over | 01/07/2026 |
| A09640 | Authorizes the public service commission to implement performance-based regulation of electric or gas corporations; requires that any such regulation shall provide performance standards and metrics by which such performance shall be measured. | In Committee | 01/21/2026 |
| A09661 | Authorizes the New York state energy research and development authority to develop, implement, administer and operate a temporary middle income home energy assistance program; suspends certain taxes on home heating fuels; makes an appropriation therefor. | In Committee | 01/21/2026 |
| A10027 | Establishes the New York advanced nuclear energy office; establishes an advanced nuclear energy development fund to provide grants to assist in nuclear energy production in the state; authorizes such energy development fund draw from the environmental bond act of 2022 available for green buildings projects. | In Committee | 01/30/2026 |
| A10042 | Prohibits electric corporations and gas corporations from passing along costs or increasing charges to ratepayers as a result of increased costs incurred due to legal or regulatory proceedings against such electric corporation, gas corporation, or utility, including settlements, attorneys' fees, penalties, fines or costs. | In Committee | 01/30/2026 |
| A10049 | Requires the public service commission establish a grid modernization surcharge imposed on utilities for the energy use of data centers and high-intensity data centers which meet a specified threshold of electricity or information-technology load; establishes the grid modernization fund to finance investments in system reliability, capacity expansion, and integration of clean energy resources. | In Committee | 01/30/2026 |
| A10071 | Requires gas corporations to file maps with the public service commission annually to assess leak-prone gas infrastructure and the decommissioning of such leak-prone gas lines; requires the public service commission to publish such maps and certain accompanying documents on the commission's website; directs the public service commission to designate neighborhood priority decarbonization zones. | In Committee | 01/30/2026 |
| A10134 | Requires the office of renewable energy siting and electric transmission to promptly publish applications for permits to site a major renewable energy facility or to site a major electric transmission facility. | In Committee | 02/03/2026 |
| A10135 | Directs the public service commission to develop, publish, and update a guidebook on the gas and electric ratemaking process to promote public understanding and participation in the gas and electric ratemaking process; facilitates the formal intervention and participation of interested or affected parties; sets forth requirements for what such guidebook shall include. | In Committee | 02/04/2026 |
| S00098 | Requires electric corporations build make-ready infrastructure to facilitate the charging of electric public serving fleet vehicles. | Crossed Over | 06/13/2025 |
| S00641 | Enacts the "home utility weatherization jobs act"; requires each gas corporation, electric corporation, or combination gas or electric corporation to submit to the public service commission for review and approval at least one and up to ten neighborhood scale weatherization and electrification-ready projects. | Crossed Over | 06/04/2025 |
| S00787 | Requires electric vehicle charging stations to include at least one space that is large enough to accommodate wheelchair accessible electric vehicles. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/14/2025 |
| S01047 | Directs the New York state energy research and development authority to establish a ride clean rebate program for electric assist bicycles and electric scooters; defines terms; provides a fifty percent rebate for eligible purchases. | Crossed Over | 06/13/2025 |
| S01194 | Requires gas and electric corporations to provide forty-five days' notice to customers whenever there is a service rate or charge increase. | Vetoed | 03/12/2025 |
| S01327 | Relates to establishing minimum standards for payment plans for eligible customers; requires the public service commission to set standards for payment plans for certain customers including reasonableness of agreements and timelines for payment; establishes eligibility. | Crossed Over | 01/27/2025 |
| S01329 | Directs the department of public service to adjust each utility corporation's residential fixed charge upon such corporation's filing with the department of an amendment of rate schedules, to recover only the fixed costs and operation and maintenance expenses directly related to metering, billing, service connections and the provision of customer service. | Crossed Over | 01/27/2025 |
| S01330 | Relates to requiring the establishment of automatic payment plans; requires utility companies headquartered in New York to establish a statewide program to provide eligible participants with affordable payment plans. | Crossed Over | 01/27/2025 |
| S01335 | Relates to the municipal sustainable energy loan program regarding qualifying water improvements, qualifying resiliency improvements and the use of low carbon intensity building components. | Crossed Over | 06/13/2025 |
| S01535 | Relates to establishing requirements and penalties for combination utility companies during service outages; provides that a penalty for failure to reasonably comply with requirements that protect the overall reliability and continuity of combination utility company services shall be up to one hundred dollars per violation or for a pattern or practice of such violations up to one thousand dollars per violation. | Crossed Over | 03/27/2025 |
| S01553 | Provides that credits for excess electricity generated by customer-generators subject to net energy metering by an electric corporation or the Long Island power authority may be carried over indefinitely and used against any charges imposed by an electric corporation or the Long Island power authority when the customer-generator uses more electricity than such customer generates; provides for the accounting of credits once every 5 years and the electric corporation or Long Island power authority | Crossed Over | 03/05/2025 |
| S01668 | Authorizes the New York state energy research and development authority to administer a program to provide grants or loans for the costs related to enabling switching residences with propane or fuel-oil heating systems to efficient electric heat pumps. | Crossed Over | 04/22/2025 |
| S01837 | Requires a study on the national electric safety code line height standard for overhead utility lines and communication lines as such relate to the height of agricultural equipment and other heavy duty equipment. | Crossed Over | 03/20/2025 |
| S01896 | Requires electric corporations, gas corporations, steam corporations and water-works corporations to adopt the common equity ratio and rate of return on equity authorized by the public service commission unless such utility can successfully demonstrate that such authorized rates do not meet their capital and/or operating needs. | Crossed Over | 01/27/2025 |
| S02479 | Requires the New York state energy research and development authority conduct a study on Brooklyn College constructing a micro-grid to study the feasibility, efficiency, and energy saving costs if such a micro-grid was constructed on campus. | Vetoed | 03/24/2025 |
| S02481 | Requires the New York state energy research and development authority conduct a study on the feasibility, storing and transferring of hydrogen energy to residential and commercial structures in cities and towns with a population greater than twenty thousand. | Crossed Over | 04/08/2025 |
| S02482 | Enacts the "go green schools act" to assist school districts in converting to renewable energy sources as a primary source of energy; directs NYSERDA to conduct a study and make recommendations for such purpose. | Crossed Over | 03/24/2025 |
| S02484 | Directs the state energy planning board to conduct a study on time frames for replacing or upgrading battery energy storage systems at renewable energy facilities in preparation for clean energy storage and distribution across the state. | Crossed Over | 04/29/2025 |
| S02679 | Relates to call centers for gas and electric corporations. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/12/2025 |
| S02708 | Relates to advancing grid enhancement technologies; allows the department of public service to approve requests from distribution companies to develop grid enhancement technologies; requires distribution companies to submit a compliance filing report every 5 years. | Crossed Over | 03/05/2025 |
| S03247 | Requires all newly-constructed electric vehicle charging stations available for public use which are capable of accepting payment to accept all major credit cards. | Crossed Over | 05/14/2025 |
| S03734 | Relates to prohibiting the public service commission from approving a rate increase which allows a utility to recover its direct or indirect costs in excess of one hundred thousand dollars associated with its attendance in, participation in, preparation for, or appeal of any rate proceeding conducted before the commission, or compensation for management employees in excess of the current salary of the governor of the state unless proof of necessity is provided. | Crossed Over | 06/13/2025 |
| S03876 | Requires that a billing statement delivered to the customer by an energy services company include a side-by-side comparison showing both the price charged by the energy service company for commodity and delivery service during the prior billing period, and the price the customer would have paid had they taken commodity and delivery service from their local utility corporation or municipality; requires an energy service company to provide each of its customers with an annual statement comparing t | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/25/2025 |
| S04191 | Requires distribution centers which are 50,000 sq. ft. or more to be equipped with electric vehicle charging stations as determined by the secretary of state and NYSERDA. | Crossed Over | 05/14/2025 |
| S04336 | Requires gas and electric utilities to make available to landlords or lessors, upon request of prospective tenants or lessees, information concerning gas and electric charges incurred for residential rental premises. | Crossed Over | 05/15/2025 |
| S05111 | Enacts the "just energy transition act"; requires a study of competitive options to facilitate the phase-out, replacement and redevelopment of New York state's oldest and most-polluting fossil fueled generation facilities and their sites by the year 2030. | Crossed Over | 04/22/2025 |
| S05510 | Requires the New York state energy research and development authority to develop recommendations regarding the establishment of microgrids. | Crossed Over | 06/11/2025 |
| S05553 | Enacts the "rate hike notice act" which requires utilities in the state of New York to provide notice of a proposed rate hike to a customer via text, email and via such customer's monthly billing statement. | Crossed Over | 06/05/2025 |
| S05593 | Provides that subsequent requests for an extension of a suspension period for certain rate, charge or other changes by utilities shall require approval by the public service commission and shall be valid for one month, after which the commission shall review and determine the necessity of a further extension; provides limitations on retroactive rate recovery by utilities. | Crossed Over | 06/05/2025 |
| S07899 | Provides that priority shall be given to certain sites when developing renewable energy generating projects; defines "agrivoltaics". | Crossed Over | 06/11/2025 |
| S07923 | Authorizes and directs the energy research and development authority, the public service commission and NYPA to conduct a study to determine the possibility of closing certain peaker plants. | Crossed Over | 06/12/2025 |
| S08237 | Relates to on-bill recovery loan agreements executed under the green jobs-green New York program. | Crossed Over | 06/11/2025 |