---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides for storm hardening and system resiliency plans, and requires utility companies to reimburse customers for certain widespread prolonged outages"
description: "Requires each electric corporation to submit a storm hardening and system resiliency plan to the public service commission for review and approval; makes related provisions (Part A); requires utility companies to reimburse customers for certain widespread prolonged outages; prohibits utility companies from recovering from customers the costs incurred due to power outage reimbursements; authorizes utility companies to petition the public service commission for a waiver of the reimbursement requirements (Part B)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 4824"
citation: "New York S 4824 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["COMRIE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-12"
last_action: "2021-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4ee6e91-65e5-44d6-8650-ea0879fe9266"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S4824"
source_hash: "3a811198ca72274f0b3d333dcf1a5de8f70731cdc25b384cc79dd007dcce11d8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 4824 (2021-2022) — Provides for storm hardening and system resiliency plans, and requires utility companies to reimburse customers for certain widespread prolonged outages

Requires each electric corporation to submit a storm hardening and system resiliency plan to the public service commission for review and approval; makes related provisions (Part A); requires utility companies to reimburse customers for certain widespread prolonged outages; prohibits utility companies from recovering from customers the costs incurred due to power outage reimbursements; authorizes utility companies to petition the public service commission for a waiver of the reimbursement requirements (Part B).

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S4824** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4824&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S4824A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S4824A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **125–24** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **17–4** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **48–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMRIE — primary (person)
- ADDABBO — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-12** REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** PRINT NUMBER 4824A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-10** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1777
- **2021-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-10** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A3360A
- **2021-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.170
- **2021-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.786 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.141

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4ee6e91-65e5-44d6-8650-ea0879fe9266`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).