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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 1896: Requires certain utilities to adopt the common equity ratio and rate of return on equity authorized by the public service commission

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 1896 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 14, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires certain utilities to adopt the common equity ratio and rate of return on equity authorized by the public service commission. Primary sponsor: Shelley Mayer (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 6 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 5, 2026): REFERRED TO ENERGY.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3 · Democratic/Working Families 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Shelley MayerPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate37
Samra BroukCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate55
Pat FahyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate46
Nathalia FernándezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Andrew GounardesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Lea WebbCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate52

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO ENERGY
  2. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  3. PASSED SENATE
  4. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.142
  5. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
  6. REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
  7. RETURNED TO SENATE
  8. DIED IN ASSEMBLY
  9. REFERRED TO ENERGY
  10. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  11. PASSED SENATE
  12. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.147

Showing 12 most recent of 14 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source