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NY A10162
Bill
Status
6/21/2012
Primary Sponsor
Francisco Moya
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AI Summary
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Requires electric corporations to submit electric utility emergency plans annually to the Public Service Commission for review and approval, with plans due by April 1st or other dates prescribed by the Commission.
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Emergency plans must include training programs, procedures for determining outage extent and affected customers, service restoration time estimates, communication protocols with media and customers, load relief policies, and procedures for distributing emergency supplies.
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Electric corporations must certify annually that they have verified emergency contacts, updated contact lists, and conducted one or more emergency exercises with management and key personnel within the past twelve months.
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Commission must solicit comments from state and local agencies, emergency management offices, homeland security, and emergency relief organizations before approving plans, and shall review company policies for reimbursing customers for losses due to outages.
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Electric corporations must submit a comprehensive review to the Commission within 60 days following completion of service restoration for any emergency where restoration exceeds 48 hours.
Legislative Description
Requires electric corporations to submit electric utility emergency plans to the public service commission for review and approval; provides such plans shall set forth training and planning for power outages, procedures to determine the extent of outages, procedures to determine the length of time the outages will continue, load relief policies, decision making plans, and any other information such commission requires; annually requires electric corporations file emergency plans and verification of the ability to implement such plan; requires electric corporations to report to the public service commission within 60 days of an outage which lasts more than 48 hours.
Last Action
REFERRED TO RULES
6/21/2012