NY State Senate Bill 2025-S9075

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 29, 2026	referred to energy and telecommunications

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2025-S9075 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10071
Current Committee:: Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:: Public Service Law
Laws Affected:: Add §77-a, Pub Serv L

2025-S9075 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires gas corporations to file maps with the public service commission annually to assess leak-prone gas infrastructure and the decommissioning of such leak-prone gas lines; requires the public service commission to publish such maps and certain accompanying documents on the commission's website; directs the public service commission to designate neighborhood priority decarbonization zones.

2025-S9075 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S9075

SPONSOR: GONZALEZ
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring gas
corporations to file maps with the public service commission detailing
the location of current and planned gas distribution line replacement,
repair, renewal and retirement projects

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To map, and ultimately phase out, outdated leak-prone gas infrastructure
by creating transparent decarbonization zones, thereby protecting rate-
payers from the increasingly unaffordable cost of repairing antiquated
infrastructure, as well as the negative health and safety impacts.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends Article 4 of the Public Service Law by adding a new
section, § 77-a.

Subdivision 1 states the legislative intent.

Subdivision 2 specifies that, within one year of passage of the bill,
the Department of Public Service must file detailed, publicly accessible
maps showing all current, planned, or foreseeable gas distribution line
replacement, repair, renewal, and retirement projects.

Subdivision 3 specifies that after public comment, the PSC must desig-
nate "Neighborhood Priority Decarbonization Zones" within gas utility
service areas, prioritizing based on criteria including:  Disadvantaged
Community status, planned gas infrastructure work, local pollution
burdens, associated greenhouse gas emissions, asthma and respiratory
illness rates, existing or planned thermal energy networks, anticipated
load growth from development or land use changes, and the availability
of local thermal energy resources such as waste heat.

Section 2 contains the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Leak-prone gas infrastructure has become increasingly costly in New York
- and ratepayers are paying the price. Aging gas mains, some of which
haven't been upgraded since the 1880s, accelerate climate change by
leaking methane into the atmosphere, expose New Yorkers to hazardous
conditions, and cost residents and businesses $4.3 million per mile of
leak-prone pipe that is replaced. It is expected that the cost of
replacing these leak-prone pipes will cost Con Edison roughly $1.8
billion over the next three years. So far, the eight major utilities
that serve gas to New York ratepayers spent $2 billion in 2022 and 2023
replacing gas mains.

The immense cost incurred by ratepayers on replacing leak-prone gas
infrastructure with new gas infrastructure continues despite the fact
that the amount of gas used by New Yorkers in their homes and businesses
(excluding power plants and industry) has dropped by 15% since 2018.


This bill addresses a critical disconnect between New York's climate law
and current utility practices. The Climate Leadership and Community
Protection Act (CLCPA) requires emissions reductions of 40% by 2030 and
at least 85% by 2050. Continued large-scale replacement of aging gas
mains with new, long-lived fossil-fuel infrastructure risks locking in
assets that are inconsistent with a decarbonizing future, creating a
credible risk of stranded assets and long-term costs for ratepayers and
investors.

Twenty-four states and Puerto Rico have already eliminated cast-and-
wrought-iron distribution mains, according to the Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). In Massachusetts, the Home
Energy Efficiency Team (HEET) produces publicly accessible maps that
make gas leaks and planned pipe replacements visible to residents. Mean-
while, recent PHMSA rulemaking (2023 NPRM; Final Rule issued January 17,
2025) strengthens leak detection, grading, and repair requirements
underscoring the nationwide urgency for better planning, transparency,
and non-pipeline alternatives.

This legislation offers New York the opportunity to align utility prac-
tices with our state's legally binding climate commitments while
protecting ratepayers from billions of dollars in unnecessary costs.  It
requires gas providers to map and decommission leak-prone infrastruc-
ture, directs the State to designate neighborhood priority decarboniza-
tion zones with public input, and launches pilot projects across the
State to replace faulty gas infrastructure with green infrastructure. By
prioritizing transparency, we can prevent stranded fossil fuel assets,
reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and safeguard public health. With other
states already moving toward more transparent and forward-looking prac-
tices, New York cannot afford to fall behind.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is a new bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This bill is effective immediately.

2025-S9075 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9075
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 29, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GONZALEZ -- 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 requiring gas
   corporations to file maps with the public service commission detailing
   the location of current and planned gas distribution line replacement,
   repair, renewal and retirement projects
 
   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
 77-a to read as follows:
   § 77-A. MAPPING AND DECOMMISSIONING LEAK-PRONE GAS INFRASTRUCTURE.  1.
 LEGISLATIVE INTENT. IT IS THE INTENT OF THE LEGISLATURE TO SUPPORT LONG-
 TERM  EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS BY FACILITATING THE MAPPING AND DECOMMISSION-
 ING OF LEAK-PRONE GAS PIPES. THE REPAIR AND  REPLACEMENT  OF  AGING  AND
 LEAK-PRONE  PIPES BY GAS CORPORATIONS WILL RESULT IN A BURGEONING, UNAF-
 FORDABLE COST TO RATEPAYERS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DECADES AND  DOES  NOT
 SERVE  THE EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS GOALS OF THE STATE. AVOIDING INVESTMENTS
 IN NEW, DANGEROUS, UNHEALTHY, UNAFFORDABLE, AND LONG-LIVED  GAS  INFRAS-
 TRUCTURE  WHERE  ALTERNATIVE  RENEWABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY MAY INSTEAD BE
 INSTALLED WILL RESULT IN SAVINGS TO  GAS  RATEPAYERS,  DECREASED  COSTLY
 ENERGY  DEMAND AT PEAK PERIODS, INCREASED LOCAL RESILIENCE, REDUCED RISK
 TO CUSTOMERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT,  REDUCED  IMPORTS  OF  RESOURCES  FROM
 OUTSIDE NEW YORK STATE, AND REDUCED RISK TO SHAREHOLDERS FOR COST RECOV-
 ERY  ON  STRANDED  ASSETS.  A LONG-TERM PLANNING PROCESS IS NECESSARY TO
 EVALUATE ZERO-EMISSION ALTERNATIVES THAT COULD HELP  AVOID  NEW  CAPITAL
 INVESTMENT  IN  THE GAS SYSTEM, WHICH MAY BECOME STRANDED, AND TO REDUCE
 UPWARD PRESSURE ON GAS RATES. COST-EFFECTIVE, AFFORDABLE,  ZERO-EMISSION
 ALTERNATIVES  TO  PIPELINE  AND OTHER GAS INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT AND
 RENEWAL PROJECTS COULD REDUCE GAS SYSTEM  COSTS,  EASE  ENERGY  LOAD  AT
 PERIODS  OF  HIGH  DEMAND,  IMPROVE  SYSTEM  RESILIENCY, AND FURTHER NEW
 YORK'S EFFORTS TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND IMPROVE LOCAL  AND
 REGIONAL AIR QUALITY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14547-01-6

 S. 9075                             2
 
   2. (A) WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION AND ANNU-
 ALLY  THEREAFTER,  EACH GAS CORPORATION SHALL FILE WITH THE COMMISSION A
 MAP DETAILING THE LOCATION OF ALL CURRENT AND PLANNED OR FORESEEABLE GAS
 DISTRIBUTION LINE REPLACEMENT, REPAIR, RENEWAL AND RETIREMENT  PROJECTS.
 SUCH MAP SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (I)  THE  CITY, COUNTY, AND CENSUS TRACT BOUNDARIES OF SUCH GAS CORPO-
 RATION'S SERVICE AREA;
   (II) THE LOCATIONS OF DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, AS DEFINED IN SECTION
 75-0101 OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION  LAW,  OVERLAPPING  WITH  SUCH
 SERVICE AREA OR LINE REPLACEMENT PROJECTS;
   (III)  THE  LOCATION  OF ALL TERMINAL BRANCHES AND RADIAL ENDS OF SUCH
 GAS CORPORATION'S SYSTEMS, INDICATING WHICH ARE THE EASIEST TO DECOMMIS-
 SION WITHOUT AFFECTING THE FUNCTIONING OF  THE  SYSTEM  OR  THE  SERVICE
 DELIVERED TO DOWNSTREAM CUSTOMERS;
   (IV)  THE  GAS CORPORATION'S CURRENT SCHEDULE FOR PLANNED REPLACEMENT,
 REPAIR, RENEWAL AND RETIREMENT OF DISTRIBUTION LINES; AND
   (V) ANY OTHER INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE COMMISSION FOR  PURPOSES  OF
 INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLANNING PROCEDURES.
   (B)  MAPS  FILED  PURSUANT  TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL INCLUDE METADATA
 ABOUT WHEN THE MAP WAS CREATED, LAST UPDATED, FOR WHAT PURPOSE,  AND  BY
 WHOM.    THE  COMMISSION SHALL PUBLISH SUCH MAPS AND ANY SCHEDULES FILED
 WITH SUCH MAPS ON THE COMMISSION'S WEBSITE AND SUCH MAPS, SCHEDULES, AND
 ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING APPENDICES, EXHIBITS, AND COVER LETTERS,
 SHALL BE DEEMED PUBLIC RECORD FOR THE PURPOSES OF  ARTICLE  SIX  OF  THE
 PUBLIC  OFFICERS LAW. AT MINIMUM, THE COMMISSION SHALL PUBLISH UNREDACT-
 ED, LEGIBLE MAPS SHOWING THE NEIGHBORHOODS DOWNSTREAM OF THE GAS INFRAS-
 TRUCTURE IN QUESTION AT A GRANULARITY OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY  FOOT  INCRE-
 MENTS.
   3.  MAPS  FILED  PURSUANT  TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE
 AVAILABLE TO COMMUNITIES, MUNICIPALITIES, AND STATE AGENCIES IN ORDER TO
 ENABLE ELECTRIFICATION, DECARBONIZATION, AND STRATEGIC DEMAND REDUCTIONS
 TO BE COORDINATED  WITH  PLANNED  DECOMMISSIONING  OR  OTHER  INTEGRATED
 RESOURCE PLANNING INITIATIVES, INCLUDING STATE AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVEL-
 OPMENT  EFFORTS, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING PRODUCTION, OR OTHER AGRI-
 CULTURAL, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.
   4. (A) THE COMMISSION, AFTER PROVIDING FOR AND HEARING PUBLIC COMMENT,
 SHALL DESIGNATE ALL  RELEVANT  NEIGHBORHOODS  AS  NEIGHBORHOOD  PRIORITY
 DECARBONIZATION ZONES. IN MAKING SUCH DESIGNATIONS, THE COMMISSION SHALL
 CONSIDER, WITHOUT LIMITATION: (I) THE LOCATION OF DISADVANTAGED COMMUNI-
 TIES,  AS  DEFINED  IN SECTION 75-0101 OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
 LAW; (II) THE LOCATION OF LINE REPLACEMENT, REPAIR, RENEWAL, AND RETIRE-
 MENT PROJECTS IDENTIFIED BY GAS CORPORATIONS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO
 OF THIS SECTION; (III) EXISTING SOURCES OF POLLUTION IN SUCH ZONE;  (IV)
 ESTIMATED GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH LINE REPLACEMENT
 PROJECTS;  (V)  ASTHMA  RATES  AND  OTHER CHRONIC RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS
 AMONG CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN SUCH ZONES; (VI) AND THE LOCATION OF EXIST-
 ING OR PLANNED PRIVATE, MUNICIPAL, AND REGULATED INVESTOR-OWNED UTILITY,
 OR OTHER THERMAL ENERGY NETWORK PROJECTS, AS  PROVIDED  FOR  BY  SECTION
 SIXTY-SIX-T  OF  THIS  ARTICLE; (VII) PLANNED LOAD GROWTH AS A RESULT OF
 ANY AND ALL MUNICIPAL LAND USE CHANGES AND AGRICULTURAL, TRANSPORTATION,
 COMMERCIAL, HOUSING, OR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; AND (VIII) THE  PRESENCE
 AND  LOCATION  OF  ANY  AND ALL THERMAL ENERGY RESOURCES INCLUDING WASTE
 HEAT PROXIMAL TO THE ZONE.
   (B) THE GOAL OF THE COMMISSION IN  DESIGNATING  NEIGHBORHOOD  PRIORITY
 DECARBONIZATION  ZONES PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE TO IDENTIFY
 AREAS IN EACH GAS CORPORATION'S  SERVICE  AREA  IN  WHICH  PLANNED  LINE
 S. 9075                             3

 REPLACEMENT,  REPAIR,  RENEWAL  AND  RETIREMENT PROJECTS MAY FEASIBLY BE
 AVOIDED. THE COMMISSION SHALL RANK THE ZONES BY URGENCY AND THE  REMAIN-
 ING  LENGTH  OF TIME BEFORE THE GAS INFRASTRUCTURE IN QUESTION IS SCHED-
 ULED  FOR  RETIREMENT,  DECOMMISSIONING,  REPLACEMENT,  RENEWAL, REPAIR,
 UPGRADE, OR OTHER MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY WHICH SUBSTANTIALLY RENEWS  LOCAL
 NON-GAS INFRASTRUCTURE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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2025-S9075 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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