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N.Y. Public Service Law § 53 (2026)

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§ 53. Application. For purposes of this article, a reference to a gas
corporation, an electric corporation, a utility company, or a utility
corporation shall include, but is not limited to, any entity that, in
any manner, sells or facilitates the sale or furnishing of gas or
electricity to residential customers. No provision of this article or of
this chapter authorizes or permits the provision of gas or electricity
service by any such corporation or other entity in any manner other than
in full compliance with the provisions of this article or to authorize
the commission to waive compliance with any requirement of this article
for any such corporation or other entity.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2016–2017 · leading case: Matter of Retail Energy Supply Assn. v. Pub. Serv. Commn. of The State of New York, 2017 NY Slip Op 5908 (N.Y. App. Div. 2017).
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Matter of Retail Energy Supply Assn. v. Pub. Serv. Commn. of The State of New York, 2017 NY Slip Op 5908 (N.Y. App. Div. 2017). “This legislation added a new section 53 to the Public Service Law that, for the limited purposes of Public Service Law article 2, expanded reference to a gas or electric corporation and utility company or corporation to also include “any entity that, in any manner, sells or…”
Nat'l Energy Marketers Ass'n v. New York State Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 53 Misc. 3d 641 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2016). “Public Service Law § 53 clearly provides that article 2 of the Public Service Law applies to “any entity that, in any manner, sells or facilitates the sale or furnishing of gas or electricity to residential customers.”
Nat'l Energy Marketers Ass'n v. New York State Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 57 Misc. 3d 282 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2017). “Public Service Law § 53 clearly provides that article 2 of the Public Service Law applies to “any entity that, in any manner, sells or facilitates the sale or furnishing of gas or electricity to residential customers.”
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