Bill > A06285

This bill amends the public service law to enhance emergency response plans submitted by electric corporations to the Public Service Commission (PSC). The bill requires these plans to include more detailed provisions for service restoration during emergency events such as storms or cyber attacks. Specifically, the bill mandates that emergency response plans now include comprehensive details about staffing, equipment, and a performance schedule aimed at restoring electricity service within specific time frames. The PSC is now required to establish a time-based restoration schedule that includes benchmarks for customer service restoration, such as the percentage of customers who will have electricity restored within each 24-hour period following an emergency event. The bill also reinforces existing requirements for electric corporations to have plans for communicating with customers, prioritizing medical and critical service customers, ensuring employee safety, deploying work crews, obtaining additional supplies, and securing downed wires. Electric corporations must submit these enhanced plans annually and conduct drills to practice their emergency management procedures. The goal is to improve the speed and efficiency of electricity service restoration during widespread outages and emergency situations.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A6285