| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Mar 01, 2024 |
referred to energy and telecommunications |
Senate Bill S8695
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 30th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee
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2023-S8695 (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-S8695 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires electric companies to provide alternative measures to ensure customers with documented need for essential electricity for medical needs have access to electricity during power outages; requires electric companies to provide generators or lodging for such individuals and transportation for medical devices.
2023-S8695 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8695
SPONSOR: CLEARE
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public service law and the public authorities law,
in relation to requiring electric companies to provide alternative meas-
ures to ensure customers are able to maintain their health and well-be-
ing during power outages
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This legislation would require that those electric customers who docu-
ment their need for essential electricity for medical needs will be
provided alternative measures to ensure their health and well-being if
power cannot adequately be provided.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends subparagraph (iii) of 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 to require that those electric custom-
2023-S8695 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8695
I N S E N A T E
March 1, 2024
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Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- 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 service law and the public authorities law,
in relation to requiring electric companies to provide alternative
measures to ensure customers are able to maintain their health and
well-being during power outages
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 21 of
section 66 of the public service law, as separately amended by chapters
395 and 743 of the laws of 2022 and chapter 38 of the laws of 2023, is
amended to read as follows:
(iii) identification of and outreach plans to customers who had docu-
mented their need for essential electricity for medical needs, which
shall include but not be limited to, apnea monitors for infants, cuirass
respirators, hemodialysis machines, IV feeding machines, IV medical
infusion machines, oxygen concentrators, positive pressure respirators,
respirator/ventilators, rocking bed respirators, suction machines, and
tank type respirators. SUCH OUTREACH PLANS SHALL INCLUDE PROVISIONS
REGARDING HOW SUCH CUSTOMERS WILL BE PROVIDED WITH ALTERNATIVE MEASURES
TO ENSURE THEIR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING IF POWER CANNOT ADEQUATELY BE
PROVIDED. SUCH PROVISIONS SHALL INCLUDE PROVIDING ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR
LODGING FOR THE INDIVIDUAL REQUIRING SUCH ESSENTIAL ELECTRICITY FOR
MEDICAL NEEDS AND SHALL ALSO INCLUDE TRANSPORTATION OF MEDICAL DEVICES,
AS NEEDED. SUCH PROVISIONS SHALL ALSO SPECIFY THAT ANY COST INCURRED BY
AN ELECTRIC COMPANY IN PROVIDING SUCH ALTERNATIVE MEASURES SHALL NOT BE
BORNE BY RATE PAYERS;
§ 2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (cc) of section 1020-f of the public
authorities law, as separately amended by chapter 395 of the laws of
2022 and chapter 38 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
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
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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