New York Public Service Law Section 114-A - Rates not to include cost of legislative lobbying.

 114-a. Rates  not  to  include  cost  of  legislative  lobbying.  In
  determining rates to be charged  customers,  the  commission  shall  not
  include the cost of legislative lobbying on behalf of any public utility
  as  part  of  any  such  utility's  operational  costs.  As used in this
  section, legislative lobbying shall mean and include any attempt by  any
  person  on behalf of a public utility to influence the passage or defeat
  of any legislation by either house of the legislature or  the  congress,
  or  the  approval  or  disapproval  of  any legislation by the governor;
  provided however, legislative lobbying shall not include any  appearance
  by any person on behalf of a public utility before a committee of either
  house of the legislature or the congress where any such appearance is at
  the request of any such committee.

Last modified: February 3, 2019