New York A 3743: Authorizes utility corporations, telegraph and telephone corporations, and cable television corporations to provide notice of bills to third parties

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A03743 Summary:

BILL NOA03743 

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SAME ASSAME AS S05181

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SPONSORDinowitz

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COSPNSRRamos, Simon, Reyes, Eichenstein, Otis, Seawright, Rozic, Zinerman, Rosenthal

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §66, Pub Serv L

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Provides that each electric corporation shall establish a unique priority phone number that shall remain in operation every day of the year for customers who have documented their need for essential electricity for medical needs; makes related provisions.

Go to top A03743 Actions:

BILL NOA03743 

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01/30/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

05/06/2025reported referred to codes

05/13/2025reported referred to ways and means

01/07/2026referred to ways and means

Go to topA03743 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS Chair:Braunstein 
DATE:05/06/2025AYE/NAY:18/7 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes BraunsteinAyeLemondesNay

CookAyeBlankenbushNay

OtisAyeFriendNay

RozicAyePalmesanoExcused

KimAyeAngelinoNay

DilanAyeJensenNay

Pheffer AmatoAyeBlumencranzNay

CarrollAyeBaileyNay

FallAye

Gonzalez-RojasAye

ZinermanAye

TapiaAye

JacobsonAye

BoresAye

ShimskyAye

SimoneAye

ConradAye

LasherAye

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:05/13/2025AYE/NAY:19/3 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means DinowitzAyeMorinelloNay

CookAyeReillyAye

LavineAyeMikulinAye

WeprinAyeTannousisAye

HevesiAyeAngelinoNay

SeawrightAyeMolitorNay

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelAye

CruzAye

EpsteinAye

BoresAye

ReyesAye

CunninghamAye

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

Go to topA03743 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA03743 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3743

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 30, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, RAMOS, SIMON, REYES, EICHENSTEIN, OTIS,
 SEAWRIGHT, ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corpo-
 rations, Authorities and Commissions

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to customers with
 documented need for essential electricity for medical needs

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (g) of subdivision 21 of section 66 of the
 2 public service law is relettered paragraph (i) and two new paragraphs
 3 (g) and (h) are added to read as follows:
 4 (g) Each electric corporation shall establish a unique priority phone
 5 number that shall remain in operation every day of the year for custom-
 6 ers who have documented their need for essential electricity for medical
 7 needs. Such electric corporation shall provide notice and identifica-
 8 tion of such phone number through bill inserts, via e-mail, and on such
 9 electric corporation's website. Such notice and identification shall
 10 include information relating to how existing customers can ensure they
 11 are still registered with the electric corporation as a customer who has
 12 documented their need for essential electricity for medical needs for
 13 the purposes of this section.
 14 (h) Customers who have documented their need for essential electricity
 15 for medical needs shall be able to call such number established by para-
 16 graph (g) of this subdivision at any time, including a time preceding or
 17 during an electric service disruption to:
 18 i. register with an electric corporation as a customer needing essen-
 19 tial electricity for medical needs;
 20 ii. receive information or projections regarding the severity of a
 21 storm, storm-like electric emergency or system emergency, if applicable;
 22 iii. report an outage or receive instructions on how to report an
 23 outage;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05140-01-5

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 1 iv. receive updated information regarding the estimated time of resto-
 2 ration, including website links to outage maps updated every thirty
 3 minutes, if applicable;
 4 v. receive outage safety precautions, including but not limited to:
 5 storm survival without electric power, safety precautions regarding
 6 electrical hazards such as downed wires and the use of portable genera-
 7 tors;
 8 vi. receive in