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NY A02289
Bill
Status
1/14/2021
Primary Sponsor
Karines Reyes
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AI Summary
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Gas pipeline operators must accelerate repair, rehabilitation, and replacement of piping and equipment that is leaking or at high risk of leaking due to inferior materials, poor construction, lack of maintenance, or age.
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Public Service Commission shall develop prioritized timelines for leak repairs based on severity, adopt cost-recovery programs with replacement targets, and establish standard definitions for calculating unaccounted-for gas within one year of the act's effective date.
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Commission must adopt limits on cost recovery for lost and unaccounted-for gas and require use of best available technology to detect gas leaks.
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Commission shall issue non-binding guidelines within one year identifying best practices for identifying and classifying high-risk pipeline infrastructure.
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Gas pipeline operators in cities with populations of one million or more must establish and share a database of pipeline infrastructure including age and state of repair with the coordinated building inspection data analysis system.
Legislative Description
Requires gas pipeline facilities to accelerate the repair, rehabilitation, and replacement of equipment or pipelines that are leaking or at a high risk of leaking; requires the public service commission to establish a standard definition and methodology for calculating and reporting unaccounted-for gas.
Last Action
referred to energy
1/5/2022