Bill Text: NY A03258 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Requires the emergency response plan of an electric corporation or the Long Island power authority to include plans for how the communication and coordination of efforts shall occur between the various parties involved in implementing such emergency response plan.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-7)
Status: (Passed) 2022-07-21 - signed chap.395 [A03258 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A03258-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3258--A 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 22, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH, DICKENS, GRIFFIN, GALEF, SIMON, BUTTENS- CHON, MONTESANO, SEAWRIGHT, DeSTEFANO, GOTTFRIED, THIELE, SANTABAR- BARA, TAGUE, DURSO, LAWLER, RA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. B. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions -- 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 emergency response plan of an electric corporation to include plans for how the communication and coordi- nation of efforts shall occur The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 21 of section 66 of the public 2 service law, as added by section 4 of part X of chapter 57 of the laws 3 of 2013, is amended to read as follows: 4 (a) Each electric corporation subject to section twenty-five-a of this 5 chapter shall annually, on or before December fifteenth, submit to the 6 commission an emergency response plan for review and approval. The emer- 7 gency response plan shall be designed for the reasonably prompt restora- 8 tion of service in the case of an emergency event, defined for purposes 9 of this subdivision as an event where widespread outages have occurred 10 in the service territory of the company due to storms or other causes 11 beyond the control of the company. The emergency response plan shall 12 include, but need not be limited to, the following: (i) the identifica- 13 tion of management staff responsible for company operations during an 14 emergency; (ii) a communications system with customers during an emer- 15 gency that extends beyond normal business hours and business conditions; 16 (iii) identification of and outreach plans to customers who had docu- 17 mented their need for essential electricity for medical needs; (iv) 18 identification of and outreach plans to customers who had documented 19 their need for essential electricity to provide critical telecommuni- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02591-07-1A. 3258--A 2 1 cations, critical transportation, critical fuel distribution services or 2 other large-load customers identified by the commission; (v) designation 3 of company staff to communicate with local officials and appropriate 4 regulatory agencies; (vi) provisions regarding how the company will 5 assure the safety of its employees and contractors; (vii) procedures for 6 deploying company and mutual aid crews to work assignment areas; (viii) 7 identification of additional supplies and equipment needed during an 8 emergency; (ix) the means of obtaining additional supplies and equip- 9 ment; (x) procedures to practice the emergency response plan; (xi) 10 appropriate safety precautions regarding electrical hazards, including 11 plans to promptly secure downed wires within thirty-six hours of notifi- 12 cation of the location of such downed wires from a municipal emergency 13 official; (xii) plans setting forth how the communication and coordi- 14 nation of efforts between the electric corporation, electric corporation 15 employees, electric corporation company crews, mutual aid crews, other 16 utilities, local governments and any other entity performing services to 17 assist such electric corporation shall occur; and [(xii)] (xiii) such 18 other additional information as the commission may require. Each such 19 corporation shall, on an annual basis, undertake drills implementing 20 procedures to practice its emergency management plan. The commission may 21 adopt additional requirements consistent with ensuring the reasonably 22 prompt restoration of service in the case of an emergency event. 23 § 2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (cc) of section 1020-f of the public 24 authorities law, as added by section 7 of part A of chapter 173 of the 25 laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows: 26 1. The service provider shall, in consultation with the authority, 27 prepare and maintain an emergency response plan (i) to assure the 28 reasonably prompt restoration of service in the case of an emergency 29 event, defined for purposes of this subdivision as an event where wide- 30 spread outages have occurred in the authority's service territory due to 31 a storm or other causes beyond the control of the authority and the 32 service provider, (ii) consistent with the requirements of paragraph (a) 33 of subdivision twenty-one of section sixty-six of the public service law 34 and any regulations and orders adopted thereto, and (iii) establishing 35 the separate responsibilities of the authority and service provider. 36 Such emergency response plan shall include plans setting forth how the 37 communication and coordination of efforts between the authority, service 38 provider, authority employees, service provider employees, authority 39 company crews, service provider company crews, mutual aid crews, other 40 utilities, local governments and any service provider or other entity 41 performing services to assist the authority shall occur. 42 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.