NY State Senate Bill 2021-S1380

Archive: Last Bill Status Via A129 - Passed Senate

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- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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Delivered to Governor
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May 24, 2022	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1495 substituted for s1380a
May 24, 2022	substituted by a129a ordered to third reading cal.1495 committee discharged and committed to rules
Mar 01, 2022	print number 1380a
Mar 01, 2022	amend and recommit to energy and telecommunications
Jan 05, 2022	referred to energy and telecommunications
Jan 11, 2021	referred to energy and telecommunications

Votes

- May 24, 2022 - Floor Vote
  A129
  
  43
  
  Aye
  
  18
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  2
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: May 24, 2022
      
      aye (43)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brouk
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Felder
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Harckham
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Reichlin-Melnick
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Thomas
      
      nay (18)
      
      Akshar
      
      Borrello
      
      Gallivan
      
      Griffo
      
      Helming
      
      Jordan
      
      Lanza
      
      Martucci
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Rath III
      
      Ritchie
      
      Serino
      
      Stec
      
      Tedisco
      
      Weik
      
      excused (2)
      
      Brooks
      
      Sanders Jr.
  May 24, 2022 - Rules Committee Vote
  S1380
  
  14
  
  Aye
  
  7
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: May 24, 2022
      
      aye (14)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Biaggi
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Gianaris
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Liu
      
      Mayer
      
      Parker
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      nay (7)
      
      Boyle
      
      Gallivan
      
      Griffo
      
      Lanza
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Ritchie

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

2021-S1380 - Details

Law Section:: Public Service Law
Laws Affected:: Add §66-q, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S5811
2017-2018: S4715
2019-2020: S1683

2021-S1380 - Summary

Relates to requiring gas corporations to file annual gas safety reports.

2021-S1380 - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S1380

SPONSOR: BROOKS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public service law, in relation to filing gas safety
reports

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this bill is to increase gas safety and promote public
interest

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. amends the public service law by adding a new section 66-p to
provide annual gas safety reports to be filed by each gas corporation.
Each report shall include a description of, strategic planning and deci-
sion making methodology used to determine the prioritization of pipeline
replacement projects, the corporations operation and maintenance activ-
ities related to gas safety, the corporations inspections of its intra-

state transmission and distribution lines, and any other information
that the department may require. The report shall also include a list of
pipeline replacement projects completed in the last year by the compa-
ny's employees and a list of the same projects completed by contractors.
If there is not a substantial change in a gas corporations report since
the most recently filed report, the corporation may file an updated
report. If a report is found to be deficient, the commission may request
reasonable improvements to such report.

Section 2. is the enacting clause.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This bill would require gas corporations to produce an annual gas safety
report for the purposes of increasing transparency, accountability, and
public safety. Natural gas must be used and delivered in the safest
possible manner. An annual gas safety report by each gas corporation
will be an additional tool for the public, the Public Service Commis-
sion, and the Legislature to ensure that every possible effort is being
made to ensure the safe delivery and use of natural gas.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the state

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately

2021-S1380 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1380
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BROOKS -- 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 filing gas safety
   reports
 
   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
 66-q to read as follows:
   §  66-Q.  GAS  SAFETY REPORTS. 1. ON OR BEFORE MARCH FIFTEENTH OF EACH
 YEAR, EACH GAS CORPORATION SHALL FILE WITH THE DEPARTMENT A  GAS  SAFETY
 REPORT.  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  REVIEW  THE REPORTS TO MONITOR EACH GAS
 CORPORATION'S PIPELINE REPLACEMENT PROJECTS  AND  ALL  OTHER  ACTIVITIES
 RELATED TO PROVIDING SAFE AND RELIABLE GAS SERVICE IN ORDER TO DETERMINE
 WHETHER  THE  PROJECTS  OR  ACTIVITIES ARE BEING CARRIED OUT IN A MANNER
 CONSISTENT WITH THIS CHAPTER, THE COMMISSION'S  RULES,  REGULATIONS  AND
 ORDERS,  AND  ANY  PRACTICE  THE DEPARTMENT HAS DEEMED NECESSARY FOR THE
 PROVISION OF SAFE AND RELIABLE SERVICE, AND TO TRACK HOW EACH GAS CORPO-
 RATION IS SPENDING ANY FUNDS ALLOCATED FOR PIPELINE REPLACEMENT PROJECTS
 AND ALL OTHER ACTIVITIES RELATED TO  PROVIDING  SAFE  AND  RELIABLE  GAS
 SERVICE.
   2.  THE  GAS  SAFETY  REPORT  PROVIDED  FOR IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
 SECTION SHALL INCLUDE A THOROUGH  DESCRIPTION  AND  EXPLANATION  OF  THE
 STRATEGIC PLANNING AND DECISION-MAKING METHODOLOGY USED TO DETERMINE AND
 PRIORITIZE  PIPELINE  REPLACEMENT  PROJECTS, A DESCRIPTION OF THE CORPO-
 RATION'S OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES RELATED TO GAS  SAFETY,  A
 DESCRIPTION  OF  THE  CORPORATION'S INSPECTIONS OF ITS INTRASTATE TRANS-
 MISSION AND DISTRIBUTION LINES, AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT
 MAY REQUIRE. IF THERE HAS BEEN NO SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE  IN  A  GAS  CORPO-
 RATION'S  SAFETY  REPORT SINCE THE GAS SAFETY REPORT MOST RECENTLY FILED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01900-01-1

 S. 1380                             2
 
 WITH THE DEPARTMENT, THE CORPORATION, WITH CONSENT  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT,
 MAY FILE AN UPDATED VERSION OF SUCH REPORT.
   2-A. A GAS CORPORATION SHALL ALSO INCLUDE WITH ITS GAS SAFETY REPORT A
 LIST  OF  PIPELINE  REPLACEMENT  PROJECTS COMPLETED BY A GAS CORPORATION
 WITHIN THE LAST YEAR; SUCH  LIST  SHALL  INDICATE  WHICH  PROJECTS  WERE
 COMPLETED  WITH  A  GAS  CORPORATION'S  OWN  EMPLOYEES  AND  WHICH  WERE
 COMPLETED BY CONTRACTORS. THE COMMISSION MAY ALSO  ORDER  A  GAS  CORPO-
 RATION TO SUBMIT AN INDEPENDENT COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS WHICH EXAMINES THE
 GAS CORPORATION'S USE OF ITS OWN EMPLOYEES AND ITS USE OF CONTRACTORS TO
 COMPLETE PIPELINE REPLACEMENT PROJECTS.
   3.  IF  THE  DEPARTMENT DETERMINES THAT THERE IS A DEFICIENCY IN A GAS
 CORPORATION'S PRIORITIZATION OR ADMINISTRATION OF ITS PIPELINE  REPLACE-
 MENT  PROJECTS  OR  OPERATION  AND MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES RELATED TO GAS
 SAFETY, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOTIFY THE COMMISSION AT THE NEXT SCHEDULED
 PUBLIC SESSION AND SHALL PROVIDE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF  THE  FACTS  AND
 NATURE  OF  THE DEFICIENCY. THE COMMISSION MAY ORDER REASONABLE IMPROVE-
 MENTS THAT WILL BEST PROMOTE THE PUBLIC INTEREST,  PRESERVE  THE  PUBLIC
 HEALTH  AND PROTECT THOSE USING GAS PURSUANT TO THOSE POWERS PROVIDED TO
 THE COMMISSION AS PROVIDED IN THIS CHAPTER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
 THOSE IN SECTION SIXTY-SIX OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S1380A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:: Public Service Law
Laws Affected:: Add §66-q, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S5811
2017-2018: S4715
2019-2020: S1683

2021-S1380A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring gas corporations to file annual gas safety reports.

2021-S1380A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S1380A

SPONSOR: BROOKS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public service law, in relation to filing gas safety
reports

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this bill is to increase gas safety and promote public
interest

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. amends the public service law by adding a new section 66-p to
provide annual gas safety reports to be filed by each gas corporation.
Each report shall include a description of, strategic planning and deci-
sion making methodology used to determine the prioritization of pipeline
replacement projects, the corporations operation and maintenance activ-
ities related to gas safety, the corporations inspections of its intra-
state transmission and distribution lines, and any other information

that the department may require. The report shall also include a list of
pipeline replacement projects completed in the last year by the compa-
ny's employees and a list of the same projects completed by contractors.
If there is not a substantial change in a gas corporations report since
the most recently filed report, the corporation may file an updated
report. If a report is found to be deficient, the commission may request
reasonable improvements to such report.

Section 2. is the enacting clause.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This bill would require gas corporations to produce an annual gas safety
report for the purposes of increasing transparency, accountability, and
public safety. Natural gas must be used and delivered in the safest
possible manner. An annual gas safety report by each gas corporation
will be an additional tool for the public, the Public Service Commis-
sion, and the Legislature to ensure that every possible effort is being
made to ensure the safe delivery and use of natural gas.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATYCIAS:

None to the state

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately

2021-S1380A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1380--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BROOKS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations  --  recommitted  to  the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
   cations in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to filing gas safety
   reports
 
   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
 66-s to read as follows:
   §  66-S.  GAS  SAFETY REPORTS. 1. ON OR BEFORE MARCH FIFTEENTH OF EACH
 YEAR, EACH GAS CORPORATION SHALL FILE WITH THE DEPARTMENT A  GAS  SAFETY
 REPORT.  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  REVIEW  THE REPORTS TO MONITOR EACH GAS
 CORPORATION'S PIPELINE REPLACEMENT PROJECTS  AND  ALL  OTHER  ACTIVITIES
 RELATED TO PROVIDING SAFE AND RELIABLE GAS SERVICE IN ORDER TO DETERMINE
 WHETHER  THE  PROJECTS  OR  ACTIVITIES ARE BEING CARRIED OUT IN A MANNER
 CONSISTENT WITH THIS CHAPTER, THE COMMISSION'S  RULES,  REGULATIONS  AND
 ORDERS,  AND  ANY  PRACTICE  THE DEPARTMENT HAS DEEMED NECESSARY FOR THE
 PROVISION OF SAFE AND RELIABLE SERVICE, AND TO TRACK HOW EACH GAS CORPO-
 RATION IS SPENDING ANY FUNDS ALLOCATED FOR PIPELINE REPLACEMENT PROJECTS
 AND ALL OTHER ACTIVITIES RELATED TO  PROVIDING  SAFE  AND  RELIABLE  GAS
 SERVICE.
   2.  THE  GAS  SAFETY  REPORT  PROVIDED  FOR IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
 SECTION SHALL INCLUDE A THOROUGH  DESCRIPTION  AND  EXPLANATION  OF  THE
 STRATEGIC PLANNING AND DECISION-MAKING METHODOLOGY USED TO DETERMINE AND
 PRIORITIZE  PIPELINE  REPLACEMENT  PROJECTS, A DESCRIPTION OF THE CORPO-
 RATION'S OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES RELATED TO GAS  SAFETY,  A
 DESCRIPTION  OF  THE  CORPORATION'S INSPECTIONS OF ITS INTRASTATE TRANS-
 MISSION AND DISTRIBUTION LINES, AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01900-03-2

 S. 1380--A                          2
 
 MAY REQUIRE. IF THERE HAS BEEN NO SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE  IN  A  GAS  CORPO-
 RATION'S  SAFETY  REPORT SINCE THE GAS SAFETY REPORT MOST RECENTLY FILED
 WITH THE DEPARTMENT, THE CORPORATION, WITH CONSENT  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT,
 MAY FILE AN UPDATED VERSION OF SUCH REPORT.
   2-A. A GAS CORPORATION SHALL ALSO INCLUDE WITH ITS GAS SAFETY REPORT A
 LIST  OF  PIPELINE  REPLACEMENT  PROJECTS COMPLETED BY A GAS CORPORATION
 WITHIN THE LAST YEAR; SUCH  LIST  SHALL  INDICATE  WHICH  PROJECTS  WERE
 COMPLETED  WITH  A  GAS  CORPORATION'S  OWN  EMPLOYEES  AND  WHICH  WERE
 COMPLETED BY CONTRACTORS. THE COMMISSION MAY ALSO  ORDER  A  GAS  CORPO-
 RATION TO SUBMIT AN INDEPENDENT COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS WHICH EXAMINES THE
 GAS CORPORATION'S USE OF ITS OWN EMPLOYEES AND ITS USE OF CONTRACTORS TO
 COMPLETE PIPELINE REPLACEMENT PROJECTS.
   3.  IF  THE  DEPARTMENT DETERMINES THAT THERE IS A DEFICIENCY IN A GAS
 CORPORATION'S PRIORITIZATION OR ADMINISTRATION OF ITS PIPELINE  REPLACE-
 MENT  PROJECTS  OR  OPERATION  AND MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES RELATED TO GAS
 SAFETY, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOTIFY THE COMMISSION AT THE NEXT SCHEDULED
 PUBLIC SESSION AND SHALL PROVIDE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF  THE  FACTS  AND
 NATURE  OF  THE DEFICIENCY. THE COMMISSION MAY ORDER REASONABLE IMPROVE-
 MENTS THAT WILL BEST PROMOTE THE PUBLIC INTEREST,  PRESERVE  THE  PUBLIC
 HEALTH  AND PROTECT THOSE USING GAS PURSUANT TO THOSE POWERS PROVIDED TO
 THE COMMISSION AS PROVIDED IN THIS CHAPTER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
 THOSE IN SECTION SIXTY-SIX OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Senate Bill S1380

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status Via A129 - Passed Senate

May 24, 2022 - Floor Vote

Floor Vote: May 24, 2022

May 24, 2022 - Rules Committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: May 24, 2022

Bill Amendments

2021-S1380 - Details

2021-S1380 - Summary

2021-S1380 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S1380 - Bill Text download pdf

2021-S1380A (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S1380A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S1380A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S1380A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Senate Bill S1380

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Sponsored By

John E. Brooks

Archive: Last Bill Status Via A129 - Passed Senate

Bill Amendments

2021-S1380 - Details

2021-S1380 - Summary

2021-S1380 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S1380 - Bill Text download pdf

2021-S1380A (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S1380A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S1380A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S1380A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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