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NY A09039
Bill
Status
9/5/2025
Primary Sponsor
Didi Barrett
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AI Summary
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Requires electric corporations, gas corporations, and municipalities to create a separate service classification for "large energy use facilities," defined as data centers and computing facilities with peak demand of 20 megawatts or more
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Mandates that all costs to serve large energy use facilities—including infrastructure upgrades, operational costs, and rate of return—be assigned entirely to that customer classification rather than spread to other ratepayers
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Establishes an annual adjustment mechanism to ensure large energy use facilities bear all commodity price increases, including transmission service fees, attributable to their operations
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Authorizes the Department of Public Service to require financial surety from large energy use facilities, including insurance, surety bonds, letters of credit, or self-insurance qualifications
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Prohibits the Public Service Commission from approving utility rate changes after the effective date unless proposals include compliant service classifications, with full implementation required by June 1, 2030
Legislative Description
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.
Last Action
advanced to third reading cal.223
1/15/2026