New York § 48 - 48Emergency hotline
Full text of New York New York Consolidated Laws § 48 — 48Emergency hotline, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 48. 48Emergency hotline
§ 48. Emergency hotline. 1. The commission shall establish a toll free number, to be attended from nine o'clock a.m. to nine o'clock p.m. each business day, which a residential customer may use to contact a commission designee authorized to order the reconnection, continuation or initiation of residential gas or electric service whenever a reasonable question regarding the circumstances of a termination or refusal of service exists or whenever the health and safety of a person is involved. 2. Each utility corporation or municipality shall designate an employee who can be contacted by the commission's designee and who is authorized to direct an ordered reconnection, continuation or initiation of service. 3. The commission may by regulation alter the time requirement for operation of the emergency hotline as set forth in this section if the commission determines that such alteration continues to provide substantial emergency access to the commission by residential customers.
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Section 48 ("48Emergency hotline") is part of the New York Consolidated Laws, the codified statutory law of New York. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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