N.Y. Public Authorities Law Section 1020-MM
Prioritization of emergency services

1.

If, during a widespread prolonged outage that affects at least twenty thousand customers in the service territory of the authority, and the service provider is not able to restore electric power services within twenty-four hours to any affected police department, fire department, ambulance service or advanced life support first response service facility that is prewired with an appropriate transfer switch for using an alternate generated power source, such service provider shall notify the village, town or city in which such facility is located.

2.

Towns, cities, and villages shall provide to counties, and counties shall to the extent practicable, provide the service provider and the division of homeland security and emergency services with a list of such police departments, fire departments, ambulance services and advanced life support first response services located within such municipality’s territorial boundaries within one year of the effective date of this section, and periodically thereafter as necessary to update such list.

3.

For the purposes of this section, “alternate generated power source” shall mean electric generating equipment that is of the capacity that is capable of providing adequate electricity to operate all life safety systems and the basic operations of a police department, fire department, ambulance service or advanced life support first response service.

Source: Section 1020-MM — Prioritization of emergency services, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PBA/1020-MM (updated Dec. 29, 2023; accessed Oct. 26, 2024).

1020
Short title 1020‑A
Declaration of legislative findings and declarations 1020‑AA
Conflicts of interest 1020‑B
Definitions 1020‑BB
Exculpation 1020‑C
Long Island power authority 1020‑CC
Authority subject to certain provisions contained in the state finance law, the public service law, the social services law and the gener... 1020‑D
Board of trustees 1020‑DD
Authority not to seek nor any subsidiary of the authority, to apply for or accept preference hydroelectricity 1020‑E
Officers and employees 1020‑EE
Nine Mile Point II 1020‑F
General powers of the authority 1020‑FF
Rates charged to veterans’ organizations 1020‑G
Powers to provide and maintain generating, transmission and resource recovery waste to energy facilities 1020‑GG
Energy plan 1020‑H
Acquisition of property, including the exercise of the power of eminent domain 1020‑HH
Green jobs-green New York on-bill recovery 1020‑I
Subsidiaries 1020‑II
Public notice before approval of utility transmission facilities 1020‑J
Notes of the authority 1020‑JJ
Energy storage deployment policy 1020‑K
Bonds of the authority 1020‑KK
Semi-annual expenditure and lobbying report 1020‑L
State and municipalities not liable on bonds or notes 1020‑LL
Pilot thermal energy network projects 1020‑M
Legal investments 1020‑MM
Prioritization of emergency services 1020‑N
Deposit and investment of moneys of the authority 1020‑O
Agreement of the state 1020‑P
Exemption from taxation 1020‑Q
Payments in lieu of taxes 1020‑R
Repayment of state appropriations 1020‑S
Public service law generally not applicable to authority 1020‑T
Authority not to construct or operate a nuclear powered facility in the service area 1020‑U
Employees of the authority not subject to the public employees’ fair employment act 1020‑V
Equal employment opportunity and minority and women owned business enterprise programs 1020‑W
Audit and annual reports 1020‑X
Authority subject to open meetings law 1020‑XX
Liberal interpretation 1020‑Y
Court proceedings 1020‑YY
Severability 1020‑Z
Corporate existence 1020‑ZZ
Inconsistent provisions of other laws superseded
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Accessed:
Oct. 26, 2024

Last modified:
Dec. 29, 2023

§ 1020-MM’s source at nysenate​.gov

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