New York State Department of Public Service Administrative Management Section Public Utility Tariff Schedules (Cancelled)

Arranged by type of utility (phone, gas, etc.), then alphabetical by company name, then chronological.

19528-23: Alphabetical.

The Department of Public Service is the staff arm of the Public Service Commission. The commission was established in 1907 with responsibility for all public utilities, including railroad and other transportation companies. The Department of Public Service was established as the parent body of the commission through the 1926 reorganization of state government. The agency's central most visible mission is to regulate the rates and services of New York's public utilities to ensure safe, adequate services for the public at reasonable rates and with the least adverse impact on the environment.

A significant part of the responsibility is met when the utilities file tariff schedules establishing the rates, charges, rules and regulations for their services. Once tariffs have been established, utilities amend them to show revisions in their rates, services, etc., by filing new leaves (pages) to supersede current tariff leaves. Eventually, after a schedule has been extensively amended over time, the utility will file a new schedule which entirely supersedes the previous version. Cancelled schedules are retained by the department to document the evolution of utility rates over time.

The series consists of cancelled electric, gas, water, telephone, and pre-paid calling card and cell phone tariff schedules that provide information on the rates, charges, rules and regulations governing the services provided by public utilities operating in New York. Information in the tariff schedules is not available from the utility company annual reports filed with the Department of Public Service.

19528-00: This accretion consists of telephone tariffs that were cancelled.

19528-13: This accretion consists of telephone tariffs that were cancelled by order in case 11-C-0561.

19528-23: This accretion consists solely of cancelled telecommunucation tariffs.

19528-97: Microfilm is available for use at the State Archives.

19528-00: Only original camera master negative microfilm is held by the State Archives (see Transfer List #00-08). No copies are available for research use.

19528-00B: Microfilm is available for use at the State Archives.

19528-97, 19528-00B: Roll list is available at the repository.

19528-00A, 19528-05: Container list is available at the repository.

19528-07, 19528-13: Folder list is available at the repository.

19528-23: This accretion was transferred under RDA 21744.

19528-97: Microfilm was produced by the Department of Public Service. Originals were destroyed after filming. Of 82 microfilm reels transferred to the Archives, 41 reels (diazo) were accessioned for reference use; 41 reels (master negative) were sent to the State Records Center for secure storage.

19528-00: Only original camera master negatives of these records are held by the State Archives at the Records Center (see Transfer List #00-08). No reproduction copies are available for research use.

19528-00B: This accretion consists of forty seven reels of diazo microfilm produced by the Department of Public Service. The master negatives were sent to the State Records Center for secure storage.

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.