NYSEG and RG&E have reached a proposed settlement with New York State after the governor called for an investigation into how it responded to the wind storm from March of last year. Now the utility companies will have to spend a combined $3.9 million in upgrades as part of the deal.

Roughly 48,000 NYSEG customers and 123,000 RG&E customers were without power after high speed winds hit Western New York.

Gov. Cuomo did not approve of the utility company's response to the storm and ordered an investigation. The Department of Public Service determined that there were a dozen violations by both RG&E and NYSEG.

NYSEG will need to spend $1.1 million in improvements. Most of that money will have to go into strengthening the company's infrastructure, including use of composite poles.

The company will have to invest in a mobile command center as well as establish two-way texting with customers.

RG&E will spend $2.8 million in improvements, including an assistance program for customers that require electricity for medical equipment. That would mean providing financial assistance to those customers for a backup generator.

The proposed settlement still requires approval by the state.

Both utility companies are subsidiaries of AVANGRID.

The Department of Public Service says a separate investigation into the utility’s response to the March 2018 winter storms is ongoing.