Bill Text: NY S00403 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S00403 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S00403-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                           403

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 4, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 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
    19  and   electric  corporations  in  the event of a power outage and subse-
    20  quent power restoration.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 403                              2

     1    1. Such rules and regulations shall set performance standards for  the
     2  restoration of power based on the foreseeable nature of the  outage  and
     3  the number of customers affected.
     4    2.  The  authority  may  impose a penalty for each violation which the
     5  authority deems just and proper, following an investigation and  hearing
     6  held on notice and upon a finding  of  unacceptable performance.
     7    3.  Such penalties shall include but not be limited  to  a  credit  to
     8  each  customer  of the amount of money charged for one kilowatt hour for
     9  each kilowatt hour of service outage.
    10    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.