Relates to civil penalties on certain public utility companies, corporations or persons and the officers, agents and employees thereof

S 2301 increases civil penalties for public utility companies that fail to comply with New York's public service laws. It raises the maximum penalty from $100,000 to $2 million per violation for standard utilities, and for combination gas/electric companies, it adds a penalty based on 0.02% to 0.04% of their annual intrastate gross operating revenue (whichever is greater than the dollar amount). The bill specifies that continuing violations are treated as separate offenses but not per day, and applies to the companies themselves and their officers, agents, and employees. This directly affects major utility providers operating in New York State.