Relates to removing the salary of the chair of NYSERDA

Latest action Nov 12, 2025

Removes the salary of the chair of NYSERDA; allows the chair to engage in private employment.

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Where it stands

Signed into law.

Introduced
In committee
Up for a vote
Passed one chamber
Passed
Enacted

New York State Senate

Same as A8154, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Passed as A8154, the matching Assembly bill.

Amends the Executive Law.

Committee

Corporations, Authorities and Commissions · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Corporations, Authorities And Commissions · New York State Senate, Rules · New York State Assembly, Rules · New York State Senate.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

Section 1: Amends subdivision 1(c) of § 169 of Executive Law (EXC) to remove the Chair of the Energy Research and Development Authority from the salary schedule established therein. Section 2: Amends subdivisions 4 and 5 of § 1852 of Public Authorities Law (PAL) to clarify that the Chair shall not receive a salary and to remove language that prevents the Chair of the Authority from engaging in private employment. Amends PAL to authorize the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation and the Chair of the Public Service Commission to have outside employment to align with existing authorizations. Section 3: Provides that this act shall take effect immediately.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Recorded votes

Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateJun 11, 2025Result: passedSenate vote on A8154, the matching Assembly bill.
(56) (3) (0) (4)
Vote: Committee vote · Rules
Senate RulesJun 4, 2025Result: passed
(16) (4) (0) (1)

The sponsor's argument

Why Kevin S. Parker says this is needed

The referenced provisions are a vestige of when the State Energy Office (SEO), an executive agency, existed at the same time as NYSERDA and the Chair of the SEO served ex-officio as the Chair and CEO of NYSERDA. The SEO was disbanded in accordance with Chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, effective June 20th, 1995, and all functions were moved to NYSERDA. NYSERDA's statute was subsequently amended with a structural change separating the function of Chair and CEO, to make clear that it is the President that is primarily responsible for the executive and adminis- trative functions of NYSERDA, and that the Chair's role was that of a liaison between the Board and NYSERDA Staff. Since this structural change occurred, the position of NYSERDA's Chair became an unpaid, volunteer position occupied by an independent person who have been otherwise employed outside state government. In what appears to have been an oversight, the provisions at issue in in EXC § 169 and PAL § 1852 have never been modified to align with the statutory structural shift. This bill will remove the now anomalous outside employment restrictions on the Chair of the Energy Research and Development Authority, to clari- fy any ambiguities created from allowing unpaid volunteer outside experts to serve as Chair of the Authority, as has been the practice since the SEO was disbanded as described above.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

Nov 12, 2025
Signed
SIGNED CHAP.497
NY Assembly
Nov 3, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
NY Assembly
Jun 11, 2025
3RD Reading CAL.1594
3RD READING CAL.1594
NY Senate
Jun 11, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
Jun 11, 2025
Substituted
SUBSTITUTED FOR S8318
NY Senate

Show full history (10 earlier events)

Jun 4, 2025
Ordered to Third Reading CAL.1594
ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1594
NY Senate
Jun 2, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO RULES
NY Senate
May 27, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO SENATE
NY Assembly
May 27, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
May 27, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS
NY Senate
May 27, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED
NY Assembly
May 27, 2025
Rules Report CAL.276
RULES REPORT CAL.276
NY Assembly
May 22, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
NY Assembly
May 6, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
NY Assembly
May 2, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS
NY Assembly

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