§ 1020-MM — Prioritization of emergency services

New York § 1020-MM

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law PBA: Public Authorities
• Title 1-A: Long Island Power Authority
• Art. 5: Public Utility Authorities

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§ 1020-mm. Prioritization of emergency services. 1. If, during a\nwidespread prolonged outage that affects at least twenty thousand\ncustomers in the service territory of the authority, and the service\nprovider is not able to restore electric power services within\ntwenty-four hours to any affected police department, fire department,\nambulance service or advanced life support first response service\nfacility that is prewired with an appropriate transfer switch for using\nan alternate generated power source, such service provider shall notify\nthe village, town or city in which such facility is located.\n 2. Towns, cities, and villages shall provide to counties, and counties\nshall to the extent practicable, provide the service provider and the\ndivision of homeland security and emergency services with a list of such\npolice departments, fire departments, ambulance services and advanced\nlife support first response services located within such municipality's\nterritorial boundaries within one year of the effective date of this\nsection, and periodically thereafter as necessary to update such list.\n 3. For the purposes of this section, "alternate generated power\nsource" shall mean electric generating equipment that is of the capacity\nthat is capable of providing adequate electricity to operate all life\nsafety systems and the basic operations of a police department, fire\ndepartment, ambulance service or advanced life support first response\nservice.\n