Add §54, Pub Serv L; add Art 5 Title 1-A §1020-mm, Pub Auth L
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.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6956--B
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 14, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions -- committee discharged,
bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities
and Commissions in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- commit-
tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
mitted to said committee
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:
1 Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a new section
2 54 to read as follows:
3 § 54. Utility outage management system stress testing. 1. For
4 purposes of this section, "outage management system stress test" shall
5 mean a test conducted by a utility to determine the ability of such
6 utility to handle and respond to large scale weather events or natural
7 disasters that are likely to result in the loss of service to customers.
8 2. (a) The department shall post the results of any outage management
9 system stress test conducted in the state by a utility corporation,
10 water municipality or local publicly owned electric or gas corporation
11 on the department's website as soon as such results become available.
12 (b) The commissioner shall also submit a report of such results to the
13 temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly and the
14 chairs of the senate and assembly standing committees on energy.
15 § 2. Title 1-A of article 5 of the public authorities law, as added by
16 chapter 517 of the laws of 1986, is amended by adding a new section
17 1020-mm to read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06421-08-1
A. 6956--B 2
1 § 1020-mm. Outage management system stress testing. 1. For purposes
2 of this section, "outage management system stress test" shall mean a
3 test conducted by the authority or a service provider to determine the
4 ability of the authority or such service provider to handle and respond
5 to large scale weather events or natural disasters that are likely to
6 result in the loss of service to customers.
7 2. (a) The authority shall post the results of any outage management
8 system stress test conducted by the authority or a service provider on
9 the authority's website as soon as such results become available.
10 (b) The board shall also submit a report of such results to the tempo-
11 rary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly and the chairs
12 of the senate and assembly standing committees on energy.
13 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
