Senate Bill S968A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring service providers to prepare and submit emergency response plans

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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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2021-S968 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2622
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1020-f & 1020-s, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S8913, A10947

2021-S968 - Summary

Requires service providers to annually submit an emergency response plan to the public service commission for review; authorizes the public service commission to require the service provider amend the plan; authorizes the commission to open an investigation to review the performance of service providers in meeting the requirements of the emergency response plan.

2021-S968 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S968 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    968
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GAUGHRAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the public authorities law, in relation to requiring
   service providers to annually submit emergency response plans  to  the
   public service commission
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (cc) of section 1020-f of the  public  authori-
 ties  law, as added by section 7 of part A of chapter 173 of the laws of
 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (cc) To prepare an emergency response plan pursuant to  this  subdivi-
 sion. 1. The service provider shall, in consultation with the authority,
 prepare  and  maintain  an  emergency  response  plan [(i) to assure the
 reasonably prompt restoration of service in the  case  of  an  emergency
 event,  defined for purposes of this subdivision as an event where wide-
 spread outages have occurred in the authority's service territory due to
 a storm or other causes beyond the control  of  the  authority  and  the
 service provider, (ii) consistent with the requirements of paragraph (a)
 of subdivision twenty-one of section sixty-six of the public service law
 and  any  regulations and orders adopted thereto, and (iii) establishing
 the separate responsibilities of the authority and service provider.
   2. On or before February third, two thousand fourteen,  the  authority
 and  service  provider  shall  submit  an emergency response plan to the
 department of public service for  review.  Contemporaneously  with  such
 submission,  the authority shall provide notice of such proposed plan to
 the secretary of state  for  publication  in  the  state  register,  the
 authority  and  service  provider  each  shall  post  such plan on their
 websites and otherwise make such plan available  for  review  in-person,
 and  afford  members  of  the  public  an  opportunity to submit written

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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2021-S968A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2622
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1020-f & 1020-s, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S8913, A10947

2021-S968A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires service providers to annually submit an emergency response plan to the public service commission for review; authorizes the public service commission to require the service provider amend the plan; authorizes the commission to open an investigation to review the performance of service providers in meeting the requirements of the emergency response plan.

2021-S968A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S968A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  968--A
     Cal. No. 520
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. GAUGHRAN, BROOKS, HINCHEY, KAPLAN, PALUMBO -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee  on  Energy  and  Telecommunications  --  recommitted to the
   Committee on Energy and Telecommunications in accordance  with  Senate
   Rule  6,  sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to
   first and second report, ordered to a third reading, passed by  Senate
   and  delivered  to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored
   to third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining  its  place
   in the order of third reading
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the public authorities law, in relation to requiring
   service providers to annually submit emergency response plans  to  the
   public service commission
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (cc) of section 1020-f of the  public  authori-
 ties  law, as added by section 7 of part A of chapter 173 of the laws of
 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (cc) To prepare an emergency response plan pursuant to  this  subdivi-
 sion. 1. The service provider shall, in consultation with the authority,
 prepare  and  maintain  an  emergency  response  plan [(i) to assure the
 reasonably prompt restoration of service in the  case  of  an  emergency
 event,  defined for purposes of this subdivision as an event where wide-
 spread outages have occurred in the authority's service territory due to
 a storm or other causes beyond the control  of  the  authority  and  the
 service provider, (ii) consistent with the requirements of paragraph (a)
 of subdivision twenty-one of section sixty-six of the public service law
 and  any  regulations and orders adopted thereto, and (iii) establishing
 the separate responsibilities of the authority and service provider.
   2. On or before February third, two thousand fourteen,  the  authority
 and  service  provider  shall  submit  an emergency response plan to the

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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