Assembly Bill A2531

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires gas corporations to file a plan addressing aging or leaking pipelines within their service territory

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A2531 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3613
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §68-b, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A7965
2017-2018: A656
2021-2022: A3664, S5795
2023-2024: S2767

2019-A2531 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires gas corporations to file a plan with the public service commission addressing aging or leaking pipelines within their service territory and outlines plans for the replacement of such pipelines.

2019-A2531 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2531
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. RODRIGUEZ, BICHOTTE, CAHILL, GALEF, BUCHWALD,
   COLTON, COOK,  BRAUNSTEIN,  LIFTON,  MOSLEY,  JOYNER,  PEOPLES-STOKES,
   WALKER,  HUNTER  --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GLICK -- read once
   and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commis-
   sions

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in  relation  to  requiring  gas
   corporations  to  file  a  plan  addressing aging or leaking pipelines
   within their service territory
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The public service law is amended by adding a new section
 68-b to read as follows:
   § 68-B. AGING OR LEAKING PIPELINES. 1. DEFINITIONS. FOR  THE  PURPOSES
 OF  THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING WORDS, SHALL, UNLESS THE CONTEXT CLEARLY
 REQUIRES OTHERWISE, HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "CUSTOMER" SHALL MEAN A RETAIL CUSTOMER RECEIVING END USE  SERVICE
 FROM A GAS CORPORATION.
   (B)  "ELIGIBLE INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT" SHALL MEAN A REPLACEMENT OR
 AN IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING PIPELINE OF  GAS  CORPORATION  THAT:  (I)  IS
 PERFORMED  ON  OR  AFTER  JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY; (II) IS
 DESIGNED TO IMPROVE PUBLIC  SAFETY  AND/OR  INFRASTRUCTURE  RELIABILITY;
 (III)  DOES  NOT INCREASE THE REVENUE OF A GAS CORPORATION BY CONNECTING
 AN IMPROVEMENT OR INSTALLING NEW PIPELINE FOR THE PRINCIPAL  PURPOSE  OF
 SERVING  NEW  CUSTOMERS;  (IV)  REDUCES, OR HAS THE POTENTIAL TO REDUCE,
 LOST AND UNACCOUNTED FOR GAS THROUGH A REDUCTION IN GAS LEAKS;  AND  (V)
 IS  NOT  INCLUDED  IN  THE  APPROVED RATE BASE OF THE GAS CORPORATION AS
 DETERMINED IN THE GAS CORPORATION'S MOST RECENT APPROVED RATE PLAN.
   (C) "GAS INFRASTRUCTURE RATE PLAN" SHALL MEAN A  PIPELINE  REPLACEMENT
 PROGRAM  CONSTRUCTION PLAN THAT A GAS CORPORATION FILES WITH THE COMMIS-
 SION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07013-01-9
              

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