A08583 Summary:
BILL NO | A08583 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S06373 |
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SPONSOR | Mayer |
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COSPNSR | Otis, Jaffee, Cahill, Robinson, Rozic, Jacobs, Gunther, Zebrowski, Perry, Millman, Hooper, Abinanti |
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MLTSPNSR | Cook, Galef, Nolan, Rivera, Schimel |
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Add S66-n, Pub Serv L | |
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Relates to hearings following major power outages. |
A08583 Actions:
BILL NO | A08583 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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01/23/2014 | referred to energy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/18/2014 | reference changed to corporations, authorities and commissions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/01/2014 | reported referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/13/2014 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/15/2014 | advanced to third reading cal.703 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/27/2014 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/27/2014 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/27/2014 | REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/12/2014 | SUBSTITUTED FOR S6373 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/12/2014 | 3RD READING CAL.922 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/12/2014 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/12/2014 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/05/2014 | delivered to governor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/17/2014 | vetoed memo.542 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/17/2014 | tabled |
A08583 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Curran
Yes
Hawley
ER
Markey
Yes
Quart
Yes
Steck
ER
Abinanti
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Heastie
Yes
Mayer
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Hennessey
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Raia
Yes
Sweeney
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Davila
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tedisco
Yes
Barclay
ER
DenDekker
Yes
Hikind
Yes
McKevitt
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Tenney
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hooper
Yes
McLaughlin
Yes
Roberts
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Jacobs
ER
Miller
ER
Robinson
Yes
Titone
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
Duprey
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Millman
ER
Rodriguez
Yes
Titus
Yes
Borelli
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Johns
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rosa
Yes
Walter
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Katz
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Brennan
Yes
Farrell
Yes
Kavanagh
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rozic
ER
Weisenberg
Yes
Brindisi
Yes
Finch
Yes
Kearns
Yes
Moya
Yes
Russell
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Fitzpatrick
AB
Kellner
ER
Nojay
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Wright
Yes
Brook-Krasny
ER
Friend
Yes
Kim
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Saladino
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Galef
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Butler
Yes
Gantt
Yes
Lalor
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Scarborough
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lavine
AB
Ortiz
Yes
Schimel
Yes
Camara
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Otis
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Ceretto
Yes
Gjonaj
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Sepulveda
Yes
Clark
Yes
Glick
Yes
Lopez
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Simanowitz
Yes
Colton
Yes
Goldfeder
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Cook
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Lupinacci
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Skartados
Yes
Corwin
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
Magee
Yes
Perry
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Graf
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Solages
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Stec
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A08583 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8583 IN ASSEMBLY January 23, 2014 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MAYER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Energy AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to hearings follow- ing major power outages 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 66-n to read as follows: 3 § 66-n. Hearings. 1. Following any major power outage, the commission 4 shall, within ninety days, schedule at least one public statement hear- 5 ing in each affected county or in each affected city with a population 6 of one hundred fifty thousand or more or in each affected borough in the 7 city of New York, provided that such hearing has been requested via a 8 formal resolution adopted by the county legislature or board of supervi- 9 sors in such affected county or by the city council in such affected 10 cities with a population of one hundred fifty thousand or more and that 11 such resolution has been transmitted to the chairperson of the public 12 service commission by electronic or written communication. The affected 13 counties may agree amongst themselves to fewer public statement hearings 14 provided that the location or locations of such hearing or hearings are 15 conveniently located within the geographic area affected by the major 16 power outage and easily accessible for customers. Such an agreement 17 among the affected counties must be transmitted to the chairperson of 18 the commission. 19 2. "Major power outage" shall be defined as any outage within a utili- 20 ty service territory that leaves five percent or more of customers with- 21 out power for at least seventy-two consecutive hours following the event 22 that caused the outage. 23 3. For the purposes of providing notice and soliciting public 24 comments, at least thirty days prior to the public statement hearing or 25 hearings required in subdivision one of this section, the commission 26 shall provide notice or electronic notice: (a) to each county and muni- 27 cipality served by said electric corporation located in the area 28 affected by the major power outage; (b) to the speaker of the assembly, EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13539-01-4A. 8583 2 1 the temporary president of the senate, the chairperson of the senate 2 energy and telecommunications committee, the chairperson of the assembly 3 energy committee, and each member of the state legislature that repres- 4 ents an area where service was affected by the major power outage; (c) 5 by publication once in each week for four successive weeks in a newspa- 6 per and on the web site of a newspaper that has general circulation in 7 the geographic area affected by the major power outage located within 8 the service territory of said electric corporation; and (d) by publica- 9 tion on the commission's website. 10 4. A member or members of the commission or department of public 11 service senior staff, designated by the chairperson of the commission, 12 shall be present in person at the public statement hearings required by 13 subdivision one of this section and shall begin with a presentation on 14 data collected during the recent outage, including information on resto- 15 ration times in the affected county or city, customer complaints and 16 other data which the commission or its designee may deem appropriate. 17 The commission members or their designees shall then solicit public 18 comment from residential and commercial customers from the affected 19 county or city with a population of one hundred fifty thousand or more 20 or borough in the city of New York. Such testimony shall be limited to: 21 (a) Customer feedback on their experience during the recent outage, 22 including issues related to power restoration, restoration times and 23 service quality; 24 (b) Suggestions for changes in commission policy in the affected 25 service territory which, in the customer's view would lead to better 26 service quality; 27 (c) Communication protocols between a company and customers during an 28 outage and how such protocols may be improved; and 29 (d) Any additional topics of information that the commission may 30 determine are necessary and appropriate. 31 5. Within one hundred twenty days of the conclusion of such public 32 statement hearing, the commission shall publish on its website a report 33 summarizing the events of the public statement hearing and any recom- 34 mended policy changes that it may have initiated. Such report shall also 35 be transmitted to the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of 36 the assembly, the chairperson of the senate energy and telecommuni- 37 cations committee, the chairperson of the assembly energy committee, 38 each member of the legislature whose district lies in whole or in part 39 in the affected county, the county executive or administrator and the 40 chairperson of the county legislature or board of supervisors and the 41 mayor of any city with a population of one hundred fifty thousand or 42 more that was the subject of such hearing. 43 § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2015.