Bill Text: NY A10594 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the mobilization of the New York guard for certain power outages; requires power outage restoration training for members of the New York guard.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-07-06 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A10594 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A10594-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          10594

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      July 6, 2022
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. L. Rosen-
          thal) -- read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on  Corporations,
          Authorities and Commissions

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the public service law, in relation to requiring the
          mobilization of the New York guard for certain power outages;  and  to
          amend the military law, in relation to requiring power outage restora-
          tion training for members of the New York guard

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

     1    Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a  new  section
     2  71-a to read as follows:
     3    § 71-a. Power outages; mobilization of New York guard. 1. The governor
     4  is  directed to mobilize the New York guard when any power outage occurs
     5  in this state where a total of twenty-five thousand  or  more  customers
     6  remain  without power in any geographic area of this state after twenty-
     7  four hours from the time the power outage first occurred.
     8    2. The purpose and objective of the mobilization of the New York guard
     9  pursuant to this section shall be to  restore  and  aid  public  utility
    10  corporations  in  this  state  in  the restoration of power to homes and
    11  businesses. Such mobilization shall initially concentrate on the  resto-
    12  ration  of  power  in  areas with a high concentration of overhead power
    13  lines as determined by the governor.
    14    3. The commissioner shall require that the cost of training members of
    15  the New York guard to carry out the provisions of this section  pursuant
    16  to  section one hundred seventy-one of the military law be borne collec-
    17  tively by public utility corporations in this state.
    18    § 2. The military law is amended by adding a new section 171  to  read
    19  as follows:
    20    §  171.  Training;  restoration  of power. Each member of the New York
    21  guard shall be required to complete training in the restoration of power
    22  to homes and businesses, electrical  power  grid  maintenance  and  tree
    23  removal for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section seven-
    24  ty-one-a of the public service law.
    25    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08760-03-2