Bill Text: NY S03028 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires the public service commission and the Long Island power authority to establish standards of acceptable performance for gas and electric corporations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-05-17 - referred to energy [S03028 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S03028-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         3028--A
            Cal. No. 711

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 27, 2021
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
          cations  --  recommitted  to  the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
          cations in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably
          from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to  a
          third  reading,  amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in
          the order of third reading

        AN ACT to amend the public service law and the public  authorities  law,
          in  relation  to  requiring the public service commission and the Long
          Island power authority to establish standards of  acceptable  perform-
          ance for gas and electric corporations

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 66 of the public service law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 2-b to read as follows:
     3    2-b. Have power to establish standards of acceptable  performance  for
     4  gas  corporations  and  electric  corporations  in  the event of a power
     5  outage and subsequent power restoration.
     6    (a) Such rules and regulations shall set performance standards for the
     7  restoration of power based on the foreseeable nature of the  outage  and
     8  the number of customers affected.
     9    (b) After an investigation and hearing held on notice and upon a find-
    10  ing  of  unacceptable performance, the commission shall impose a penalty
    11  for each violation which the commission deems just and proper.
    12    (c) Such penalties shall include but not be limited  to  a  credit  to
    13  each  customer  of the amount of money charged for one kilowatt hour for
    14  each kilowatt hour of service outage.
    15    § 2. Section 1020-f of the public authorities law is amended by adding
    16  a new subdivision (jj) to read as follows:
    17    (jj) The authority and its service providers shall have the  power  to
    18  establish  standards  of acceptable   performance  for gas  corporations

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07254-02-2
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     1  and  electric  corporations  in  the event of a power outage and  subse-
     2  quent power restoration.
     3    1.  Such rules and regulations shall set performance standards for the
     4  restoration of power based on the foreseeable nature of the  outage  and
     5  the number of customers affected.
     6    2. The authority may impose a penalty for  each  violation  which  the
     7  authority  deems just and proper, following an investigation and hearing
     8  held on notice and upon a finding  of  unacceptable performance.
     9    3. Such penalties shall include but not be limited  to  a  credit   to
    10  each  customer  of the amount of money charged for one kilowatt hour for
    11  each kilowatt hour of service outage.
    12    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.