Bill Text: NY S01606 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the public service commission to establish standards of acceptable performance for electric corporations and gas corporations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S01606 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01606-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1606
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 15, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
          cations
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the public service law, in relation to requiring the
          public  service  commission  to  establish  standards  of   acceptable
          performance for electric corporations
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 66 of the public service law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 2-b to read as follows:
     3    2-b. Have power to establish standards of acceptable  performance  for
     4  gas  corporations  and  electric  corporations  in  the event of a power
     5  outage and subsequent power restoration.
     6    (a) Such rules and regulations shall set performance standards for the
     7  restoration of power based on the foreseeable nature of the  outage  and
     8  the number of customers affected.
     9    (b) After an investigation and hearing held on notice and upon a find-
    10  ing  of  unacceptable performance, the commission shall impose a penalty
    11  for each violation which the commission deems just and proper.
    12    (c) Such penalties shall include but not be limited  to  a  credit  to
    13  each  customer  of the amount of money charged for one kilowatt hour for
    14  each kilowatt hour of service outage.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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