New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo on Monday announced that he would propose new legislation to hold utilities accountable for outages. The new legislation would increase the current legal limits on penalties and create a streamlined process to revoke a utilities companies operating certificate. Governor Cuomo said, “The response by the utility companies to Isaias was unacceptable ….. I am proposing legislation that will create penalties that are significant and will force utilities to change their behavior. The bill will also create a faster revocation process so that if they’re not providing that service then we will find someone else who can and do it quickly. We must pass this new law and do it right away.”
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