Senate Bill S3613

2019-2020 Legislative Session

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

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee


  • 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-S3613 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2531
Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
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: S5795, A3664
2023-2024: S2767

2019-S3613 (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-S3613 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3613 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3613
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 11, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations
 
 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.
   (D)  "PROJECT"  SHALL  MEAN  AN  ELIGIBLE PIPELINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT
 PROPOSED BY A GAS CORPORATION IN A PLAN FILED UNDER 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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