Assembly Bill A10955

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the contents of emergency response plans required to be submitted to the public service commission by electric corporations

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A10955 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8932
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §66, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10868
2021-2022: A1925, S4030
2023-2024: S5600

2019-A10955 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the contents of emergency response plans required to be submitted to the public service commission by electric corporations; requires such plans to include details of staffing, equipment, and ability to perform toward certain standards.

2019-A10955 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10955
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 19, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES  --  (at  request of M. of A. Otis,
   Abinanti, Galef, Buchwald, Sayegh, McDonald, Pretlow) -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to the  contents  of
   emergency  response  plans  required  to  be  submitted  to the public
   service commission by electric corporations

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 21 of section 66 of the public
 service  law,  as added by section 4 of part X of chapter 57 of the laws
 of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) Each electric corporation subject to section twenty-five-a of this
 chapter shall annually, on or before December fifteenth, submit  to  the
 commission an emergency response plan for review and approval. The emer-
 gency response plan shall be designed for the reasonably prompt restora-
 tion  of service in the case of an emergency event, defined for purposes
 of this subdivision as an event where widespread outages  have  occurred
 in  the  service  territory of the company due to storms or other causes
 beyond the control of the company.   PLANS  SHOULD  INCLUDE  DETAILS  OF
 STAFFING,  EQUIPMENT AND ABILITY TO PERFORM TOWARDS THE FOLLOWING STAND-
 ARD: THE GOAL OF FULL RESTORATION OF SERVICE  TO  ALL  CUSTOMERS  WITHIN
 FORTY-EIGHT  HOURS,  THE REQUIREMENT OF RESTORATION TO EIGHTY PERCENT OF
 CUSTOMERS HAVING LOST POWER WITHIN FORTY-EIGHT  HOURS,  AND  EFFORTS  TO
 RESTORE  REMAINING CUSTOMERS TO THE GREATEST EXTENT FEASIBLE IN A TIMELY
 AND SAFE MANNER. The emergency response plan shall include, but need not
 be limited to, the following: (i) the identification of management staff
 responsible for company operations during an emergency; (ii) a  communi-
 cations  system  with  customers during an emergency that extends beyond
 normal business hours and business conditions; (iii)  identification  of
 and outreach plans to customers who had documented their need for essen-
 tial  electricity for medical needs; (iv) identification of and outreach
 plans to customers who had documented their need for essential electric-
 ity to provide  critical  telecommunications,  critical  transportation,
 critical  fuel distribution services or other large-load customers iden-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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