Assembly Bill A2605

2025-2026 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 Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2025-A2605 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
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 Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A6956
2023-2024: A79

2025-A2605 (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.

2025-A2605 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2605
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- 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 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
 TO  LARGE  SCALE  WEATHER EVENTS OR NATURAL DISASTERS THAT ARE LIKELY TO
 RESULT IN THE LOSS OF SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02711-01-5

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