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NY A10510

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/6/2026

Primary Sponsor

Nily Rozic

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Prohibits New York gas and electric corporations from passing labor-related legal costs to ratepayers through rates, charges, surcharges, or other billing mechanisms

  • Defines labor-related legal activity to include collective bargaining disputes, grievances, arbitrations, unfair labor practice proceedings, and litigation involving labor organizations

  • Bars recovery of workers' compensation loss adjustment expenses from ratepayers

  • Requires all such costs be borne by corporate shareholders, deeming them "per se imprudent" for rate recovery purposes

  • Preserves utility ability to recover costs for Public Service Commission-directed proceedings, regulatory compliance, and litigation unrelated to labor relations (customer service, personal injury, property damage claims)

Legislative Description

Prohibits gas and electric corporations from recovering labor-related legal costs or workers' compensation loss adjustment expenses from ratepayers through rates, charges, surcharges, adjustment mechanisms, riders, or reconciliation mechanisms; defines labor-related legal activity.

Last Action

referred to energy

3/6/2026

Committee Referrals

Energy3/6/2026

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