Bill Text: NY S09892 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the study commission on preventing snow emergencies to evaluate the impact of grid electrification on the safety and reliability of heating systems in snowstorms that cause power outages, and to develop strategies and best practices to maximize grid reliability and resiliency during extreme winter weather events.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-08-21 - REFERRED TO RULES [S09892 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09892-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9892

                    IN SENATE

                                     August 21, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. BORRELLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT establishing the study commission on preventing snow emergencies;
          and providing for the repeal of such provisions  upon  the  expiration
          thereof

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

     1    Section 1.  There  is  hereby  established  the  study  commission  on
     2  preventing  snow  emergencies,  hereinafter  referred  to  as the "study
     3  commission". The purpose of the study  commission  is  to  evaluate  the
     4  impact  of grid electrification on the safety and reliability of heating
     5  systems in snowstorms that cause power outages, and to  develop  strate-
     6  gies  and  best  practices  to  maximize grid reliability and resiliency
     7  during extreme winter weather events.
     8    § 2. The study commission shall consist of fifteen members as follows:
     9    1. the chair of the public service commission, or such chair's  desig-
    10  nee;
    11    2. one member to be appointed by the governor;
    12    3. one member to be appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
    13    4. one member to be appointed by the minority leader of the assembly;
    14    5.  one  member  to  be  appointed  by  the temporary president of the
    15  senate;
    16    6. one member to be appointed by the minority leader of the senate;
    17    7. the chair of the senate energy and telecommunications committee;
    18    8. the ranking minority member of the senate energy  and  telecommuni-
    19  cations committee;
    20    9. the chair of the assembly energy committee;
    21    10. the ranking minority member of the assembly energy committee;
    22    11.  three  members  to be appointed each by the three largest utility
    23  companies servicing Western New York;
    24    12. the commissioner of the division of homeland security and emergen-
    25  cy services, or such commissioner's designee; and
    26    13. one member to  be  appointed  by  the  largest  trade  association
    27  representing electrical workers in Western New York.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16073-01-4
        S. 9892                             2

     1    §  3.  The  chair  of  the  public service commission, or such chair's
     2  designee, shall be designated as the chairperson of  the  study  commis-
     3  sion.    The members of the study commission shall serve without compen-
     4  sation, except that members shall be allowed their necessary and  actual
     5  expenses incurred in the performance of their duties under this act.
     6    § 4. The study commission shall be authorized to hold public hearings,
     7  and  to consult with any organization, educational institution, or other
     8  government entity or person, to enable it to accomplish its duties.
     9    § 5. To effectuate the purposes of this act, the study commission  may
    10  request  and shall receive from any department, division, board, bureau,
    11  commission, or other agency of the state or any state  public  authority
    12  such  assistance, information, and data as will enable the study commis-
    13  sion to properly carry out its powers and duties hereunder.
    14    § 6. The study commission shall issue a report  of  its  findings  and
    15  legislative  recommendations  to the governor, the speaker of the assem-
    16  bly, the minority leader of the assembly, the temporary president of the
    17  senate, and the minority leader of the senate.
    18    § 7. The public service commission shall use  the  study  commission's
    19  report's  findings and recommendations to determine whether, how, and on
    20  what timetable to modify the targets  set  forth  in  subdivision  2  of
    21  section  66-p  of  the public service law. The public service commission
    22  shall consult with the department of  environmental  conservation  about
    23  whether,  how,  and on what timetable to modify the targets set forth in
    24  subdivision 1 of section 75-0107 of the environmental conservation  law,
    25  based  upon the study commission's report's findings and recommendations
    26  issued pursuant to this act.
    27    § 8. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    28  deemed repealed two years after it shall have become a law.