New York Laws
Article 4 - Provisions Relating to Gas and Electric Corporations; Regulation of Price of Gas and Electricity
66-U - Gas Safety Reports.

§ 66-u. Gas safety reports. 1. On or before April thirtieth 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
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
corporation's operation and maintenance activities related to gas
safety, a description of the corporation's inspections of its intrastate
transmission and distribution lines, leak repair information, and any
other information the department may require. If there has been no
substantial change in a gas corporation'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.

3. The commission may take any action to address and/or prevent a
deficiency in a gas corporation's prioritization or administration of
its pipeline replacement projects or operation and maintenance
activities related to gas safety, including ordering reasonable
improvements 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.

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