S7414-2011 - NY Senate Open Legislation - Requires the public service commission to ensure equitable treatment of all retail customers of electric corporations and municipal electric utilities

Requires the public service commission to ensure equitable treatment of all retail customers of electric corporations and municipal electric utilities.

Sponsor: MAZIARZ / Committee: RULES
Law Section: Public Service Law / Law: Amd S66, Pub Serv L; amd S1020-cc, Pub Auth L

S7414-2011 Actions

Jun 21, 2012: COMMITTED TO RULES
Jun 11, 2012: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Jun 6, 2012: 2ND REPORT CAL.
Jun 5, 2012: 1ST REPORT CAL.1096
May 10, 2012: REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

S7414-2011 Meetings

Energy and Telecommunications: Jun 5, 2012

S7414-2011 Calendars

Floor Calendar: Jun 6, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 11, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 12, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 13, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 14, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 18, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 19, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 20, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 21, 2012

S7414-2011 Votes

VOTE: COMMITTEE VOTE: - Energy and Telecommunications - Jun 5, 2012

Ayes (10): Maziarz, Alesi, Fuschillo, O'Mara, Ritchie, Robach, Parker, Adams, Kennedy, Dilan
Ayes W/R (2): Griffo, Gianaris

S7414-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S7414

TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public service law and the public authorities law,
in relation to requiring that the public service commission ensure
equitable treatment of all retail customers of electric corporations
and municipal electric utilities

PURPOSE:
This legislation will require that the Public Service Commission
ensure equitable treatment of all retail customers of electric
corporations and municipal electric utilities by requiring investor
owned utilities include them in any filed storm preparation and
response plans.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Sections 1 and 2 of the bill amend the Public Service Law and the
Public Authorities Law, respectively, to add a new provision to ensure
that storm plans provide for the equitable treatment of all customers
of electric corporations and municipal electric utilities.

Section 3 of the bill is the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:
This legislation will ensure that all retail customers, subjected to
power outages that are the result of failures of the surrounding
electric corporation's infrastructure are treated equitably during
electricity restoration efforts.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New legislation.

FISCAL IMPACT:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S7414-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
                                          7414
 I N  SENATE
 May 10, 2012
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. MAZIARZ -- 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 and the public authorities law,
 in relation to requiring that the  public  service  commission  ensure
 equitable  treatment  of all retail customers of electric corporations
 and municipal electric utilities
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section  1. Subdivision 21 of section 66 of the public service law, as
 added by chapter 718 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as follows:

 21. The commission shall require every electric corporation to  submit
 storm  plans to the commission for review and approval at such times and
 in such detail and form  as  the  commission  shall  require,  provided,
 however,  that the same shall be filed at least annually.  TO ENSURE THE
 EQUITABLE TREATMENT OF ALL RETAIL CUSTOMERS IN NEW YORK, THE  COMMISSION
 SHALL  REQUIRE  THAT  THE  ELECTRIC  CORPORATION'S  STORM  PLAN RESTORES
 SERVICE TO RETAIL CUSTOMERS OF ADJACENT ELECTRIC CORPORATIONS AND MUNIC
 IPAL ELECTRIC UTILITIES THAT DEPEND ON THE ELECTRIC CORPORATION'S FACIL
 ITIES FOR ELECTRIC SERVICE ON A BASIS COMPARABLE TO ITS  RETAIL  CUSTOM
 ERS.
 

S  2. 

Section  1020-cc  of  the public authorities law, as amended by
 chapter 413 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:

 

S 1020-cc. Authority subject to certain provisions  contained  in  the
 state  finance  law, the public service law, the social services law and
 the general municipal law. All  contracts  of  the  authority  shall  be
 subject to the provisions of the state finance law relating to contracts
 made  by  the  state. The authority shall also establish rules and regu
 lations with respect to providing to its residential gas,  electric  and
 steam utility customers those rights and protections provided in article
 two  and  sections one hundred seventeen and one hundred eighteen of the
 public service law and section one hundred thirty-one-s  of  the  social
 services  law.  The  authority  shall  conform  to  any safety standards
 regarding manual lockable disconnect switches for solar electric  gener
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 ating equipment established by the public service commission pursuant to
 subparagraph  (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision five and subparagraph
 (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision five-a of  section  sixty-six-j  of
 the public service law. THE AUTHORITY SHALL SUBMIT STORM PLANS, AT LEAST
 ANNUALLY,  IN  SUCH  A  MANNER  SIMILAR IN DETAIL AND FORM AS THE PUBLIC
 SERVICE  COMMISSION  REQUIRES  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  TWENTY-ONE  OF
 SECTION  SIXTY-SIX  OF  THE  PUBLIC SERVICE LAW. The authority shall let
 contracts for construction or purchase of supplies, materials, or equip
 ment pursuant to section one hundred three and paragraph (e) of subdivi
 sion four of section one hundred twenty-w of the general municipal law.
 

S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

S7414-2011: Requires the public service commission to ensure equitable treatment of all retail customers of electric corporations and municipal electric utilities