Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 03, 2023 |
signed chap.37 delivered to governor |
Feb 01, 2023 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.161 substituted for s2224 |
Jan 17, 2023 |
referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.12 rules report cal.12 reported reported referred to rules |
Jan 11, 2023 |
referred to corporations, authorities and commissions |
Assembly Bill A986
Signed By Governor2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
SAYEGH
Current Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2023-A986 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S2224
- Law Section:
- Public Service Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §73-a, Pub Serv L; amd §1020-mm, Pub Auth L; rpld §709 sub 2 ¶(v), amd §24, Exec L; amd §4, Chap of 2022 (as proposed in S.926-C & A.3318-C)
2023-A986 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to the restoration of electric power services during a widespread outage; requires electric corporations and the Long Island power authority service provider during a widespread prolonged outage that affects at least twenty thousand customers to notify the village, town or city if certain electric power services are not able to be restored; requires the chief executive to coordinate with affected police departments, fire departments, ambulance services and advanced life support first response services prewired with an appropriate transfer switch for using an alternate generated power source for the emergency deployment of alternate generated power sources.
2023-A986 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 986 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 11, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public service law, the public authorities law and the executive law, in relation to the restoration of electric power services during a widespread outage; to amend a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the public service law, the public authorities law and the executive law relating to requiring electric corporations and the Long Island power authority service provider to prioritize restoring services to police departments, fire departments and ambulance services, when electric services are interrupted, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 926-C and A. 3318-C, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; and to repeal certain provisions of the execu- tive law relating thereto THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 73-a of the public service law, as added by a chap- ter of the laws of 2022 amending the public service law, the public authorities law and the executive law relating to requiring electric corporations and the Long Island power authority service provider to prioritize restoring services to police departments, fire departments, and ambulance services, when electric services are interrupted, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 926-C and A. 3318-C, is amended to read as follows: § 73-a. Prioritization of emergency services. 1. If, DURING A WIDE- SPREAD PROLONGED OUTAGE THAT AFFECTS AT LEAST TWENTY THOUSAND CUSTOMERS IN THE SERVICE TERRITORY OF an electric corporation, AND SUCH CORPO- RATION is not able to restore electric power services WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS to any AFFECTED police department, fire department, [or] ambulance service [which has a] OR ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT FIRST RESPONSE SERVICE facility that is prewired with an appropriate transfer switch for using an alternate generated power source [within twenty-four hours of the loss or interruption of such electric power services], such electric corporation shall notify the [local county office of emergency manage- ment which shall provide for emergency deployment of alternate generated
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