Assembly Bill A10370

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the public service commission and the Long Island power authority to establish standards of acceptable performance for gas and electric corporations

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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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2021-A10370 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3028
Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §66, Pub Serv L; amd §1020-f, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6094
2013-2014: S710
2015-2016: S1389
2017-2018: S2439
2019-2020: S1606
2023-2024: S403

2021-A10370 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the public service commission and the Long Island power authority to establish standards of acceptable performance for gas and electric corporations.

2021-A10370 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10370
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 13, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Cahill) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Energy
 
 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:
 
   Section 1. Section 66 of the public service law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 2-b to read as follows:
   2-B. HAVE POWER TO ESTABLISH STANDARDS OF ACCEPTABLE  PERFORMANCE  FOR
 GAS  CORPORATIONS  AND  ELECTRIC  CORPORATIONS  IN  THE EVENT OF A POWER
 OUTAGE AND SUBSEQUENT POWER RESTORATION.
   (A) SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL SET PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR THE
 RESTORATION OF POWER BASED ON THE FORESEEABLE NATURE OF THE  OUTAGE  AND
 THE NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS AFFECTED.
   (B) AFTER AN INVESTIGATION AND HEARING HELD ON NOTICE AND UPON A FIND-
 ING  OF  UNACCEPTABLE PERFORMANCE, THE COMMISSION SHALL IMPOSE A PENALTY
 FOR EACH VIOLATION WHICH THE COMMISSION DEEMS JUST AND PROPER.
   (C) SUCH PENALTIES SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED  TO  A  CREDIT  TO
 EACH  CUSTOMER  OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY CHARGED FOR ONE KILOWATT HOUR FOR
 EACH KILOWATT HOUR OF SERVICE OUTAGE.
   § 2. Section 1020-f of the public authorities law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision (jj) to read as follows:
   (JJ) THE AUTHORITY AND ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS SHALL HAVE THE  POWER  TO
 ESTABLISH  STANDARDS  OF ACCEPTABLE   PERFORMANCE  FOR GAS  CORPORATIONS
 AND  ELECTRIC  CORPORATIONS  IN  THE EVENT OF A POWER OUTAGE AND  SUBSE-
 QUENT POWER RESTORATION.
   1.  SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL SET PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR THE
 RESTORATION OF POWER BASED ON THE FORESEEABLE NATURE OF THE  OUTAGE  AND
 THE NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS AFFECTED.
   2. THE AUTHORITY MAY IMPOSE A PENALTY FOR  EACH  VIOLATION  WHICH  THE
 AUTHORITY  DEEMS JUST AND PROPER, FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION AND HEARING
 HELD ON NOTICE AND UPON A FINDING  OF  UNACCEPTABLE PERFORMANCE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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