New York A 2614: Relates to strengthening of utility storm response and compliance

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A02614 Summary:

BILL NOA02614 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01701

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SPONSOROtis

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COSPNSRLevenberg

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§25, 66, 94, 216 & 25-a, add §25-b, Pub Serv L

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Relates to strengthening of utility storm response and compliance by reviewing mitigating factors including but not limited to mitigating factors and the specifics surrounding the violation or violations.

Go to top A02614 Actions:

BILL NOA02614 

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01/21/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

01/07/2026referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

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Go to topA02614 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2614

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. OTIS, LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to strengthening of
 utility storm response and compliance

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 25 of the public service law, as added by chapter
 2 665 of the laws of 1980, subdivision 2, paragraph (a) of subdivision 3
 3 and paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 375 of the laws
 4 of 1986, subdivision 4-a as added by chapter 334 of the laws of 2024,
 5 subdivision 4-a as added by chapter 675 of the laws of 2024, is amended
 6 to read as follows:
 7 § 25. Penalties. 1. Every public utility company, corporation or
 8 person and the officers, agents and employees thereof shall obey and
 9 comply with every provision of this chapter and every order or regu-
 10 lation adopted under authority of this chapter so long as the same shall
 11 be in force.
 12 2. Any public utility company, corporation or person and the officers,
 13 agents and employees thereof that knowingly fails or neglects to obey or
 14 comply with a provision of this chapter or a regulation or [an] order
 15 adopted under authority of this chapter so long as the same shall be in
 16 force, shall forfeit to the people of the state of New York a sum [not
 17 exceeding one hundred thousand dollars constituting a civil penalty for
 18 each and every offense and, in the case of a continuing violation, each
 19 day shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense] that shall be set
 20 by the public service commission after considering the following:
 21 (a) the scope of damages caused by the violation to individuals, busi-
 22 nesses and the state;
 23 (b) each individual act or omission which led to the violation;
 24 (c) whether the violation was knowing or willful;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03579-01-5

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 1 (d) whether the violation was recurring, or had been the subject of a
 2 previous finding by the commission;
 3 (e) whether the violation was of a provision of this chapter, or a
 4 regulation or order adopted under the authority of this chapter, adopted
 5 specifically for the protection of human safety, including but not
 6 limited to the commission's code of gas safety regulations, and whether
 7 the violation caused or constituted a contributing factor in bringing
 8 about a death or personal injury, as determined by the commission;
 9 (f) whether the violation was of a provision of this chapter, or a
 10 regulation or order adopted under the authority of this chapter, specif-
 11 ically designed to protect the overall reliability and continuity of
 12 service, the duration of any such violation, whether such violation
 13 affected the reliability or continuity of service, the duration of any
 14 such effect on the reliability or continuity of service, and whether any
 15 effect on the reliability or continuity of service was recurring;
 16 (g) the economic losses of ratepayers, in the form of increased
 17 service rates or otherwise, associated with damage to or weakening of
 18 infrastructure in connection with the event out of which the violation
 19 arose, including but not limited to investments and costs asso