Section 66(21) of the Public Service Law (PSL) requires each electric utility subject to the provisions of PSL § 25-a to file its electric emergency response plan (plan) on or before December 15th of each year for Commission review and approval. PSL § 66(21)(a) and 16 NYCRR Part 105 specify the content and information that each utility must include in its plan. Each plan must identify personnel responsible for managing utility operations during an emergency and communicating with customers, government agencies, and the media. The plan must also comply with additional requirements related to communications with customers that use life support equipment (LSE customers) and provide other critical services. Furthermore, each emergency plan must include procedures by which each utility would undertake the following activities during a storm event: (i) deploy company and mutual assistance crews to work assignment areas, (ii) identify and obtain additional supplies and equipment, and (iii) identify appropriate safety precautions to promptly respond to electrical hazards and downed wires. Finally, each plan must provide procedures by which each utility would drill, or practice, in preparation for an actual emergency.

The full text of the Emergency Response Plans and the full record of the proceeding may be reviewed online at the Department of Public Service web page: www.dps.ny.gov. The Commission may adopt, reject or modify, in whole or in part, the action proposed and may resolve related matters.

Statements and analyses are not submitted with this notice because the proposed rule is within the definition contained in section 102(2)(a)(ii) of the State Administrative Procedure Act.

(20-E-0618SP1)