Connecticut 2021 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00937 Compare Versions

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6	6	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 937
7	7	January Session, 2021
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11	11	Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
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14	14	Introduced by:
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20	20	AN ACT CONCERNING EM ERGENCY RESPONSE PLA NNING AND
21	21	VIDEO SERVICE WIRE REMOVAL.
22	22	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
23	23	Assembly convened:
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25	25	Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) As used in this section: 1
26	26	(1) "Critical infrastructure" has the same meaning as provided in 2
27	27	section 12-39p of the general statutes; 3
28	28	(2) "Electric distribution company" has the same meaning as 4
29	29	provided in section 16-1 of the general statutes; 5
30	30	(3) "Electric distribution services" has the same meaning as provided 6
31	31	in section 16-1 of the general statutes; 7
32	32	(4) "Emergency" has the same meaning as provided in subdivision (1) 8
33	33	of subsection (a) of section 16-32e of the general statutes; 9
34	34	(5) "Make-safe action" means the clearing of downed electric wires 10
35	35	that endanger the life, safety or property of any individual; and 11
36	36	(6) "Make-safe crew" means the crew performing the make-safe 12 Raised Bill No. 937
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40	40	LCO No. 3927 2 of 3
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42	42	action. 13
43	43	(b) On or before October 1, 2021, the Public Utilities Regulatory 14
44	44	Authority shall initiate a proceeding to investigate, develop and adopt 15
45	45	a deployment process for electric distribution company make-safe 16
46	46	crews after an emergency. Such deployment process shall: (1) Establish 17
47	47	the composition of make-safe crews; (2) determine the circumstances 18
48	48	when each electric distribution company shall provide make-safe crews 19
49	49	to each municipality in the state; and (3) determine the minimum 20
50	50	number of make-safe crews needed for each municipality based upon 21
51	51	such municipality's roads, population and critical infrastructure. 22
52	52	(c) On or before January 1, 2022, each electric distribution company 23
53	53	shall develop an emergency response plan. Said emergency response 24
54	54	plan shall: (1) Demonstrate to the authority such company's capacity to 25
55	55	increase such company's field workforce by at least five hundred per 26
56	56	cent during an emergency, including an increase in corresponding 27
57	57	customer service functions; (2) demonstrate to the authority such 28
58	58	company's ability to respond to a category three hurricane, as 29
59	59	determined by the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale; (3) provide 30
60	60	each municipality with accurate, up-to-date information including, but 31
61	61	not limited to, damage assessments, circuit damage, utility pole 32
62	62	damage, infrastructure damage affecting electric distribution services 33
63	63	and crew locations; and (4) not later than one hundred twenty minutes 34
64	64	after opening an emergency operations center, provide up-to-date 35
65	65	geographic information systems data on any service outages in the 36
66	66	municipality. 37
67	67	(d) On or before January 1, 2022, each electric distribution company 38
68	68	shall develop a liaison program for use in connection with such 39
69	69	company's deployed make-safe crews. Such liaison program shall: (1) 40
70	70	Assign a dedicated liaison and an alternate liaison for each municipality 41
71	71	within the state; (2) establish a training program for such dedicated 42
72	72	liaison; (3) require the deployment of such liaison whenever such 43
73	73	company utilizes make-safe crews; (4) require that each dedicated 44
74	74	liaison possess specific and detailed knowledge of the electric grid in 45 Raised Bill No. 937
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80	80	such liaison's assigned municipality; (5) require such dedicated liaison 46
81	81	to report to any emergency operations center, if requested by the chief 47
82	82	executive officer of the municipality; and (6) provide accurate and up-48
83	83	to-date information to each municipality regarding the timeframe for 49
84	84	power restoration. 50
85	85	Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) As used in this section, 51
86	86	"community antenna television company" and "certified competitive 52
87	87	video service provider" have the same meanings as provided in section 53
88	88	16-1 of the general statutes. 54
89	89	(b) Not later than thirty days after a residential or commercial 55
90	90	customer terminates service with a community antenna television 56
91	91	company or certified competitive video service provider, such entities 57
92	92	shall remove all associated wire from the residential or commercial 58
93	93	property and the public utility pole relaying such wire to the property. 59
94	94	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
95	95	sections:
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97	97	Section 1 July 1, 2021 New section
98	98	Sec. 2 July 1, 2021 New section
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100	100	Statement of Purpose:
101	101	To create a deployment process and response plan following an
102	102	emergency involving power outages and to require the removal of video
103	103	service wire from residential and commercial properties.
104	104	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
105	105	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
106	106	underlined.]
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