Senate Bill S2227

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires gas corporations to file annual gas safety reports

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Current Bill Status Via A978 - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2023-S2227 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A978
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Ren §66-s to be §66-u, amd §66-u, Pub Serv L (as proposed in S.1380-A & A.129-A)

2023-S2227 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires gas corporations to file annual gas safety reports; authorizes the public service commission to order reasonable improvements to promote public interest, preserve public health and protect those using gas when there is a deficiency in a gas corporation's prioritization or administration of its pipeline replacement projects or operation and maintenance activities related to gas safety.

2023-S2227 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2227 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2227
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 19, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in  relation  to  requiring  gas
   corporations to file gas safety reports
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 66-s of the public service law, as added by a chap-
 ter of the laws of 2022 amending the  public  service  law  relating  to
 filing  gas  safety reports, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.
 1380-A and A. 129-A,  is renumbered section 66-u and amended to read  as
 follows:
   §  66-u.  Gas  safety reports. 1. On or before [March fifteenth] APRIL
 THIRTIETH of each year, each gas corporation shall file with the depart-
 ment 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  corporation 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, LEAK REPAIR INFORMATION, and  any  other
 information the department may require. If there has been no substantial
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04308-01-3

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