Environmental Disclosure Program

August 10, 2023

Summary

The New York Public Service Commission (PSC) requires all electric utilities, energy service companies, jurisdictional municipal electric utilities and jurisdictional cooperative electric utilities to disclose details regarding the fuel mix and emissions of the supplier’s electric generation to customers. This information must be provided to retail customers in a standard format every 6 months.

The PSC created New York’s Environmental Disclosure Program via an order issued in December 1998. This program has been modified several times since it was established. A November 2008 PSC order reduced the frequency of the calculation of fuel mix and emissions data to once annually (the calendar year), but maintained the provision requiring customer disclosure of that data every six months.

Program Overview

Implementing Sector:	State
Category:	Regulatory Policy
State:	New York
Incentive Type:	Generation Disclosure
Web Site:	https://dps.ny.gov/energy-competition-information-consumers
Administrator:
Start Date:
Eligible Renewable/Other Technologies:
Fuel Mix:	Must be disclosed
Emissions:	Must be disclosed
Distribution and Frequency:	Distributed to customers every 6 months
Standard Format Required:	Yes

Authorities

Name:	NY PSC Opinion 98-19, Case 94-E-0952
Date Enacted:	12/15/1998
Effective Date:	12/15/1998

Contact

Name:	Public Information - Environmental Disclosure Program
Organization:	New York State Department of Public Service
Address:	NY
Phone:	(518) 474-7080
Email:	Environmental.Disclosure@dps.ny.gov

This information is sourced from DSIRE; the most comprehensive source of information on incentives and policies that support renewables and energy efficiency in the United States. Established in 1995, DSIRE is operated by the N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center at N.C. State University.