NY State Senate Bill 2023-S6702

Senate Bill S6702

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the results of any outage management system stress test conducted in the state by a utility company to be posted online

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee

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- In Committee Assembly
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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- Passed Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
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Jan 03, 2024	referred to energy and telecommunications
May 05, 2023	referred to energy and telecommunications

2023-S6702 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A79
Current Committee:: Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:: Public Service Law
Laws Affected:: Add §54, Pub Serv L; add Art 5 Title 1-A §1020-nn, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: S4515, A6956

2023-S6702 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the results of any outage management system stress test conducted in the state by a utility company to be posted online and such results to be sent to the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly and the chairs of the senate and assembly standing committees on energy.

2023-S6702 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S6702

SPONSOR: FERNANDEZ
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public service law and the public authorities law,
in relation to requiring the results of any outage management system
stress test conducted in the state by a utility company to be posted
online

 
PURPOSE:

This legislation would require the results of any outage management
system stress test conducted in the state by a utility company to be
posted on the department's website.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 adds a new section 54 to the public service law to require the
department to post on their website the results of any outage management
stress test conducted in New York by a utility corporation, water muni-
cipality, or locally publicly owned electric or gas corporation. This

report is also to be sent to appropriate Members in the Senate and
Assembly. This legislation also defines outage management system stress
test as a test conducted by a utility to determine the ability of such
utility to handle and respond to large scale weather events or natural
disasters that are likely to result in the loss of service to customers.

Section 2 adds a new section 120-mm to title 1-A of article 5 of the
public authorities law to require the department to post on their
website the results of any outage management stress test conducted in
New York by LIPA or its service provider. This report is also to be sent
to appropriate Members in the Senate and Assembly. This legislation also
defines outage management system stress testòas a test conducted by a
utility to determine the ability of such utility to handle and respond
to large scale weather events or natural disasters that are likely to
result in the loss of service to customers.

Section 3 sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Utilities routinely undergo outage management stress tests to better
understand their capability to react to weather events or natural disas-
ters. However, they currently do not need to disclose the results of
these tests, therefore when instances of failure to meet certain bench-
marks are met, this information is not shared. This legislation does not
require more frequent, or any different types of tests currently being
undertaken. Rather, all this legislation attempts to do is shine a light
on the results of these tests. LIPA upon investigation of PSEG's handl-
ing of Tropical Storm Isaias found that PSEG was routinely failing these
stress tests, a fact that only become known after 646,000 outages
occurred. This legislation would make the results of these stress tests
public, and allow for issues to be more quickly addressed.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2021-22: A6956-Referred to Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S6702 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6702
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 5, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- 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 and the public  authorities  law,
   in  relation  to requiring the results of any outage management system
   stress test conducted in the state by a utility company to  be  posted
   online
 
   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
 54 to read as follows:
   §  54.  UTILITY  OUTAGE  MANAGEMENT  SYSTEM  STRESS  TESTING. 1.   FOR
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "OUTAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM STRESS  TEST"  SHALL
 MEAN  A  TEST  CONDUCTED  BY  A UTILITY TO DETERMINE THE ABILITY OF SUCH
 UTILITY TO HANDLE AND RESPOND TO LARGE SCALE WEATHER EVENTS  OR  NATURAL
 DISASTERS THAT ARE LIKELY TO RESULT IN THE LOSS OF SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS.
   2.  (A) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL POST THE RESULTS OF ANY OUTAGE MANAGEMENT
 SYSTEM STRESS TEST CONDUCTED IN THE  STATE  BY  A  UTILITY  CORPORATION,
 WATER  MUNICIPALITY  OR LOCAL PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC OR GAS CORPORATION
 ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE AS SOON AS SUCH RESULTS BECOME AVAILABLE.
   (B) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ALSO SUBMIT A REPORT OF SUCH RESULTS TO THE
 TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY  AND  THE
 CHAIRS OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY STANDING COMMITTEES ON ENERGY.
   § 2. Title 1-A of article 5 of the public authorities law, as added by
 chapter  517  of  the  laws  of 1986, is amended by adding a new section
 1020-nn to read as follows:
   § 1020-NN.  OUTAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM STRESS TESTING. 1.  FOR  PURPOSES
 OF  THIS  SECTION,  "OUTAGE  MANAGEMENT SYSTEM STRESS TEST" SHALL MEAN A
 TEST CONDUCTED BY THE AUTHORITY OR A SERVICE PROVIDER TO  DETERMINE  THE
 ABILITY  OF THE AUTHORITY OR SUCH SERVICE PROVIDER TO HANDLE AND RESPOND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01775-01-3
 S. 6702                             2

 
 TO LARGE SCALE WEATHER EVENTS OR NATURAL DISASTERS THAT  ARE  LIKELY  TO
 RESULT IN THE LOSS OF SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS.
   2.  (A)  THE AUTHORITY SHALL POST THE RESULTS OF ANY OUTAGE MANAGEMENT
 SYSTEM STRESS TEST CONDUCTED BY THE AUTHORITY OR A SERVICE  PROVIDER  ON
 THE AUTHORITY'S WEBSITE AS SOON AS SUCH RESULTS BECOME AVAILABLE.
   (B) THE BOARD SHALL ALSO SUBMIT A REPORT OF SUCH RESULTS TO THE TEMPO-
 RARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY AND THE CHAIRS
 OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY STANDING COMMITTEES ON ENERGY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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