New York S 9980: Reduces electric corporations' response time for securing downed wires

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S09980 Summary:

BILL NOS09980A

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SAME ASSAME AS A10763-A

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §66, Pub Serv L

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Requires each utility to take appropriate safety precautions regarding electrical hazards, including developing plans to promptly de-energize downed wires within two hours of notification of the location of such downed wires from a municipal emergency responder and promptly secure such wires within six hours in the case of events that are not considered emergencies.

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BILL NOS09980A

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04/20/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

05/19/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

05/19/2026PRINT NUMBER 9980A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9980--A

 IN SENATE

 April 20, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
 cations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to reducing the
 response time for securing downed wires

 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
 2 a new subdivision 21-a to read as follows:
 3 21-a. Require each utility to take appropriate safety precautions
 4 regarding electrical hazards, including developing plans to prompt-
 5 ly de-energize downed wires within two hours of notification of the
 6 location of such downed wires from a municipal emergency responder and
 7 promptly secure such wires within six hours in the case of events that
 8 are not considered emergencies pursuant to subdivision twenty-one of
 9 this section. Such plans developed by a utility pursuant to this section
 10 shall identify communication procedures to notify emergency responders
 11 of expected time frames for securing wires.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 13 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15259-03-6

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