Assembly Bill A11019

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires electric corporations to prioritize restoring services to police departments, fire departments, and ambulance services, when such services are interrupted

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A11019 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8892
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §73, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A3318, S926

2019-A11019 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires electric corporations to prioritize restoring services to police departments, fire departments, and ambulance services, when such services are interrupted; prohibits such corporations from charging rate payers a higher rate for extra costs incurred due to prioritizing such services.

2019-A11019 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11019
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             September 9, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Sayegh) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on  Corporations,  Authorities
   and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring elec-
   tric corporations to prioritize restoring services to  police  depart-
   ments,   fire  departments,  and  ambulance  services,  when  electric
   services are interrupted
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The public service law is amended by adding a new section
 73 to read as follows:
   § 73. PRIORITIZATION OF EMERGENCY SERVICES. 1.  IF AN ELECTRIC  CORPO-
 RATION  IS  NOT  ABLE  TO  RESTORE ELECTRIC POWER SERVICES TO ANY POLICE
 DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, OR  AMBULANCE  SERVICE  WITHIN  TWENTY-FOUR
 HOURS  OF THE LOSS OR INTERRUPTION OF SUCH ELECTRIC POWER SERVICES, SUCH
 ELECTRIC CORPORATION SHALL PROVIDE SUCH POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE  DEPART-
 MENT, AND/OR AMBULANCE SERVICE WITH AN ALTERNATE GENERATED POWER SOURCE.
   2.  AN  ELECTRIC  CORPORATION  SHALL  NOT INCREASE CHARGES TO ANY RATE
 PAYERS TO COVER ANY EXTRA COSTS INCURRED BY SUCH ELECTRIC CORPORATION AS
 A RESULT OF COMPLIANCE WITH SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
   3. FOR THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION,  "ALTERNATE  GENERATED  POWER
 SOURCE" SHALL MEAN ELECTRIC GENERATING EQUIPMENT THAT IS OF THE CAPACITY
 THAT  IS  CAPABLE  OF PROVIDING ADEQUATE ELECTRICITY TO OPERATE ALL LIFE
 SAFETY SYSTEMS AND THE BASIC OPERATIONS OF  A  POLICE  DEPARTMENT,  FIRE
 DEPARTMENT, OR AMBULANCE SERVICE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD17097-02-0

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