S 1721 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Relates to penalties for certain utilities

Summary

Enacts the "utility penalty adjustment"; adjusts utility penalties to account for inflation; increases such penalties and ties them to inflation after January 1, 2027.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 13, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2026

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What changed between versions

S1721 → S1721A · 7 edits

MODERATE

This bill amends New York's Public Service Law to increase civil penalties for utility companies that violate safety or reliability regulations. The changes update penalty amounts for different types of violations and clarify how penalties are calculated for continuing offenses.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on utility companies and their officers, agents, and employees, but penalty amounts have been increased and some penalty structures have been modified.

ENFORCEMENT

Increased civil penalty for general violations from $275,000 to $290,000 per offense

Increased civil penalty for safety violations causing injury or death from $675,000 to $720,000 per offense

Increased civil penalty for reliability violations from $1.35 million to $1.45 million per offense

Increased civil penalty for combination gas and electric corporations from $550,000 to $290,000 per offense

Updated penalty amounts for electric service reliability violations from $1.35 million to $1.45 million per offense

Changed how continuing violations are counted for certain penalty subdivisions, now treating each day as a separate offense in some cases while not treating each day as separate in others

TECHNICAL

Added bill status information showing it was reported favorably from the Committee on Energy and Telecommunications and ordered to a third reading

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Committee

Amendments

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

upper

Jun 13, 2025

Committee

COMMITTED TO RULES

upper

Mar 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

AMENDED ON THIRD READING 1721A

upper

Jan 13, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors