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A03318 Summary:

BILL NOA03318C
 
SAME ASSAME AS S00926-C
 
SPONSORSayegh
 
COSPNSRDickens, Griffin, Simon, Galef, Buttenschon, Montesano, Seawright, DeStefano, Gottfried, Otis, Thiele, Santabarbara, Tague, Lawler, Ra
 
MLTSPNSRDurso, Miller B
 
Add §73-a, Pub Serv L; add Art 5 Title 1-A §1020-mm, Pub Auth L; amd §709, Exec L
 
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; requires that police departments, fire departments, or ambulance services be registered with the division of homeland security and emergency services for emergency provisions to apply.
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A03318 Actions:

BILL NOA03318C
 
01/22/2021referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
02/09/2021reported
02/11/2021advanced to third reading cal.111
01/05/2022ordered to third reading cal.123
01/10/2022amended on third reading (t) 3318a
01/11/2022amended on third reading 3318b
03/21/2022passed assembly
03/21/2022delivered to senate
03/21/2022REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
05/10/2022recalled from senate
05/10/2022RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
05/10/2022vote reconsidered - restored to third reading
05/10/2022amended on third reading (t) 3318c
05/17/2022repassed assembly
05/17/2022returned to senate
05/17/2022RECOMMITTED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
05/24/2022SUBSTITUTED FOR S926C
05/24/20223RD READING CAL.1490
05/24/2022REPASSED SENATE
05/24/2022RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
12/12/2022delivered to governor
12/22/2022signed chap.728
12/22/2022approval memo.49
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A03318 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         3318--C
                                                                Cal. No. 123
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 22, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. SAYEGH, DICKENS, GRIFFIN, SIMON, GALEF, BUTTENS-
          CHON, MONTESANO, SEAWRIGHT, DeSTEFANO, GOTTFRIED, OTIS, THIELE, SANTA-
          BARBARA, TAGUE, LAWLER, RA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  DURSO,
          B. MILLER  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations,
          Authorities and Commissions -- ordered to a third reading, amended and
          ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of  third  reading
          --  again  amended  on third reading, ordered reprinted, retaining its
          place on the order of third reading -- passed by Assembly  and  deliv-
          ered  to the Senate, recalled from the Senate, vote reconsidered, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of  third
          reading
 
        AN  ACT  to amend the public service law, the public authorities law and
          the executive law, in relation to requiring electric corporations  and
          the Long Island power authority service provider to prioritize restor-
          ing  services  to  police departments, 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:
 
     1    Section  1.  The public service law is amended by adding a new section
     2  73-a to read as follows:
     3    § 73-a. Prioritization of emergency services. 1. If an electric corpo-
     4  ration is not able to restore electric  power  services  to  any  police
     5  department,  fire  department, or ambulance service which has a facility
     6  that is prewired with an appropriate transfer switch for using an alter-
     7  nate generated power source within twenty-four  hours  of  the  loss  or
     8  interruption  of such electric power services, such electric corporation
     9  shall notify the local county office of emergency management which shall
    10  provide for emergency deployment of alternate  generated  power  sources
    11  through  a program administered by the division of homeland security and
    12  emergency services to such police department,  fire  department,  and/or
    13  ambulance service with an alternate generated power source.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02595-15-2

        A. 3318--C                          2
 
     1    2.  An  electric  corporation  shall  not increase charges to any rate
     2  payers to cover any extra costs incurred by such electric corporation as
     3  a result of compliance with subdivision one of this section.
     4    3.  For  the  purposes  of  this  section,  "alternate generated power
     5  source" shall mean electric generating equipment that is of the capacity
     6  that is capable of providing adequate electricity to  operate  all  life
     7  safety  systems  and  the  basic operations of a police department, fire
     8  department, or ambulance service.
     9    4. This section shall only apply to police departments,  fire  depart-
    10  ments,  or  ambulance  services  who are registered with the division of
    11  homeland security and emergency services pursuant to article  twenty-six
    12  of the executive law.
    13    § 2. Title 1-A of article 5 of the public authorities law, as added by
    14  chapter  517  of  the  laws  of 1986, is amended by adding a new section
    15  1020-mm to read as follows:
    16    § 1020-mm. Prioritization of emergency services.  1.  If  the  service
    17  provider  is  not  able to restore electric power services to any police
    18  department, fire department, or ambulance service service  which  has  a
    19  facility  that is prewired with an appropriate transfer switch for using
    20  an alternate generated power source within twenty-four hours of the loss
    21  or interruption of such electric power services,  the  service  provider
    22  shall notify the local county office of emergency management which shall
    23  provide  for  emergency  deployment of alternate generated power sources
    24  through a program administered by the division of homeland security  and
    25  emergency  services  to  such police department, fire department, and/or
    26  ambulance service with an alternate generated power source.
    27    2. The service provider shall not increase charges to any rate  payers
    28  to cover any extra costs incurred by the service provider as a result of
    29  compliance with subdivision one of this section.
    30    3.  For  the  purposes  of  this  section,  "alternate generated power
    31  source" shall mean electric generating equipment that is of the capacity
    32  that is capable of providing adequate electricity to  operate  all  life
    33  safety  systems  and  the  basic operations of a police department, fire
    34  department, or ambulance service.
    35    4. This section shall only apply to police departments,  fire  depart-
    36  ments,  or  ambulance  services  who are registered with the division of
    37  homeland security and emergency services pursuant to article  twenty-six
    38  of the executive law.
    39    §  3.  Subdivision 2 of section 709 of the executive law is amended by
    40  adding a new paragraph (v) to read as follows:
    41    (v) develop a program to make electric generating equipment  owned  or
    42  leased  by the state available to county offices of emergency management
    43  pursuant to section seventy-three-a of the public service law.
    44    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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