Senate Bill S10316A

                             
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                                 10316--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 13, 2026
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 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law and the public  authorities  law,
   in  relation  to requiring the results of any outage management system
   stress test conducted in the state by a utility company to  be  posted
   online
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a  new  section
 54 to read as follows:
   §  54.  UTILITY  OUTAGE  MANAGEMENT  SYSTEM  STRESS  TESTING. 1.   FOR
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "OUTAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM STRESS  TEST"  SHALL
 MEAN  A  TEST  CONDUCTED  BY  A UTILITY TO DETERMINE THE ABILITY OF SUCH
 UTILITY TO HANDLE AND RESPOND TO LARGE SCALE WEATHER EVENTS  OR  NATURAL
 DISASTERS THAT ARE LIKELY TO RESULT IN THE LOSS OF SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS.
   2.  (A) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL POST THE RESULTS OF ANY OUTAGE MANAGEMENT
 SYSTEM STRESS TEST CONDUCTED IN THE STATE BY A GAS, ELECTRIC, OR  COMBI-
 NATION  GAS  AND  ELECTRIC UTILITY CORPORATION, OR MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC OR
 GAS ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE AS SOON AS SUCH  RESULTS  BECOME  AVAIL-
 ABLE.
   (B)  THE COMMISSION SHALL ALSO SUBMIT AN ANNUAL REPORT OF SUCH RESULTS
 TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE  SPEAKER  OF
 THE  ASSEMBLY AND THE CHAIRS OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY STANDING COMMIT-
 TEES ON ENERGY.
   § 2. Title 1-A of article 5 of the public authorities law, as added by
 chapter 517 of the laws of 1986, is amended  by  adding  a  new  section
 1020-oo to read as follows:
   §  1020-OO.   OUTAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM STRESS TESTING. 1. FOR PURPOSES
 OF THIS SECTION, "OUTAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM STRESS  TEST"  SHALL  MEAN  A
 TEST  CONDUCTED  BY THE AUTHORITY OR A SERVICE PROVIDER TO DETERMINE THE
 ABILITY OF THE AUTHORITY OR SUCH SERVICE PROVIDER TO HANDLE AND  RESPOND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 TO  LARGE  SCALE  WEATHER EVENTS OR NATURAL DISASTERS THAT ARE LIKELY TO
 RESULT IN THE LOSS OF SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS.
   2.  (A)  THE AUTHORITY SHALL POST THE RESULTS OF ANY OUTAGE MANAGEMENT
 SYSTEM STRESS TEST CONDUCTED BY THE AUTHORITY OR A SERVICE  PROVIDER  ON
 THE AUTHORITY'S WEBSITE AS SOON AS SUCH RESULTS BECOME AVAILABLE.
   (B) THE BOARD SHALL ALSO SUBMIT A REPORT OF SUCH RESULTS TO THE GOVER-
 NOR,  THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY
 AND THE CHAIRS OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY STANDING COMMITTEES ON ENERGY.
   § 3. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 89-q to
 read as follows:
   § 89-Q. UTILITY  OUTAGE  MANAGEMENT  SYSTEM  STRESS  TESTING.  1.  FOR
 PURPOSES  OF  THIS SECTION, "OUTAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM STRESS TEST" SHALL
 MEAN A TEST CONDUCTED BY A UTILITY TO  DETERMINE  THE  ABILITY  OF  SUCH
 UTILITY  TO  HANDLE AND RESPOND TO LARGE SCALE WEATHER EVENTS OR NATURAL
 DISASTERS THAT ARE LIKELY TO RESULT IN THE LOSS OF SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS.
   2. (A) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL POST THE RESULTS OF ANY OUTAGE  MANAGEMENT
 SYSTEM  STRESS  TEST CONDUCTED IN THE STATE BY A WATERWORKS CORPORATION,
 OR MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEMS ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE AS SOON  AS  SUCH
 RESULTS BECOME AVAILABLE.
   (B)  THE COMMISSION SHALL ALSO SUBMIT AN ANNUAL REPORT OF SUCH RESULTS
 TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE  SPEAKER  OF
 THE  ASSEMBLY AND THE CHAIRS OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY STANDING COMMIT-
 TEES ON ENERGY.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.