Assembly Bill A538A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires electric companies to provide alternative measures to ensure customers with documented need for essential electricity for medical needs have access to electricity during power outages

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  • Introduced
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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A538 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8695
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §66, Pub Serv L; amd §1020-f, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A11017
2021-2022: A3042

2023-A538 - Summary

Requires electric companies to provide alternative measures to ensure customers with documented need for essential electricity for medical needs have access to electricity during power outages; requires electric companies to provide generators or lodging for such individuals and transportation for medical devices.

2023-A538 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    538
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. SAYEGH, DICKENS, SEAWRIGHT, DeSTEFANO, THIELE,
   SANTABARBARA, TAGUE, DURSO, LEMONDES -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
   MILLER -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on  Corporations,
   Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public service law and the public authorities law,
   in relation to requiring electric  companies  to  provide  alternative
   measures  to  ensure  customers  are able to maintain their health and
   well-being during power outages
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subparagraph  (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 21 of
 section 66 of the public service law, as separately amended by  chapters
 395 and 727 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   (iii)  identification of and outreach plans to customers who had docu-
 mented their need for essential electricity  for  medical  needs,  which
 shall include but not be limited to, apnea monitors for infants, cuirass
 respirators,  hemodialysis  machines,  IV  feeding  machines, IV medical
 infusion machines, oxygen concentrators, positive pressure  respirators,
 respirator/ventilators,  rocking bed respirators, suction machines, tank
 type respirators, as well as any medical equipment or  equipment  neces-
 sary  for  an  individual  whose diagnosis is likely to be significantly
 triggered or significantly exacerbated by a continued loss of power that
 will adversely impact that  individual's  health.  SUCH  OUTREACH  PLANS
 SHALL  INCLUDE  PROVISIONS REGARDING HOW SUCH CUSTOMERS WILL BE PROVIDED
 WITH ALTERNATIVE MEASURES TO ENSURE THEIR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING IF POWER
 CANNOT ADEQUATELY BE PROVIDED. SUCH PROVISIONS SHALL  INCLUDE  PROVIDING
 ELECTRIC  GENERATORS OR LODGING FOR THE INDIVIDUAL REQUIRING SUCH ESSEN-
 TIAL ELECTRICITY FOR MEDICAL NEEDS AND SHALL ALSO INCLUDE TRANSPORTATION
 OF MEDICAL DEVICES, AS NEEDED. SUCH PROVISIONS SHALL ALSO  SPECIFY  THAT
 ANY  COST  INCURRED BY AN ELECTRIC COMPANY IN PROVIDING SUCH ALTERNATIVE
 MEASURES SHALL NOT BE BORNE BY RATE PAYERS;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01666-03-3

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2023-A538A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8695
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §66, Pub Serv L; amd §1020-f, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A11017
2021-2022: A3042

2023-A538A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires electric companies to provide alternative measures to ensure customers with documented need for essential electricity for medical needs have access to electricity during power outages; requires electric companies to provide generators or lodging for such individuals and transportation for medical devices.

2023-A538A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  538--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. SAYEGH, DICKENS, SEAWRIGHT, DeSTEFANO, THIELE,
   SANTABARBARA, TAGUE, DURSO, LEMONDES, SHIMSKY -- Multi-Sponsored by --
   M. of A. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee  on  Corpo-
   rations,  Authorities  and Commissions -- recommitted to the Committee
   on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions in accordance with Assem-
   bly Rule 3, sec. 2 --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public service law and the public authorities law,
   in relation to requiring electric  companies  to  provide  alternative
   measures  to  ensure  customers  are able to maintain their health and
   well-being during power outages
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.   Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 21 of
 section 66 of the public service law, as separately amended by  chapters
 395  and  743 of the laws of 2022 and chapter 38 of the laws of 2023, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (iii) identification of and outreach plans to customers who had  docu-
 mented  their  need  for  essential electricity for medical needs, which
 shall include but not be limited to, apnea monitors for infants, cuirass
 respirators, hemodialysis machines,  IV  feeding  machines,  IV  medical
 infusion  machines, oxygen concentrators, positive pressure respirators,
 respirator/ventilators, rocking bed respirators, suction  machines,  and
 tank  type  respirators.  SUCH  OUTREACH  PLANS SHALL INCLUDE PROVISIONS
 REGARDING HOW SUCH CUSTOMERS WILL BE PROVIDED WITH ALTERNATIVE  MEASURES
 TO  ENSURE  THEIR  HEALTH  AND  WELL-BEING IF POWER CANNOT ADEQUATELY BE
 PROVIDED. SUCH PROVISIONS SHALL INCLUDE PROVIDING ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR
 LODGING FOR THE INDIVIDUAL  REQUIRING  SUCH  ESSENTIAL  ELECTRICITY  FOR
 MEDICAL  NEEDS AND SHALL ALSO INCLUDE TRANSPORTATION OF MEDICAL DEVICES,
 AS NEEDED. SUCH PROVISIONS SHALL ALSO SPECIFY THAT ANY COST INCURRED  BY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01666-04-4
 A. 538--A                           2

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