Bill Text: NY S05038 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for the notification of impending emergencies by electric corporations to affected communities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S05038 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S05038-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5038 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 6, 2017 ___________ 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, in relation to providing for the notification of impending emergencies by electric corporations 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 54 to read as follows: 3 § 54. Notification of impending emergencies. 1. Every electric corpo- 4 ration shall notify the chief executive officer of a municipality or the 5 designated agency head or department head of a municipality when there 6 is an impending electrical emergency that may affect the municipality. 7 Each municipality notified of a pending electrical emergency shall 8 provide appropriate notice and information to designated media outlets, 9 including but not limited to electronic, print, internet or other desig- 10 nated public media outlets serving such affected municipality. 11 2. (a) The commission, in conjunction with the attorney general, shall 12 promulgate rules and regulations necessary to enforce the provisions of 13 this section. The commission shall solicit input from electric corpo- 14 rations and municipal officials in the process of formulating such rules 15 and regulations. 16 (b) Such rules and regulations shall include but not be limited to 17 establishing protocols which address the magnitude and severity of the 18 impending emergency, as well as protocols for notification of the 19 public. 20 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 21 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08322-01-7