N.Y. Public Service Law § 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.