Permitting and service requirements

Amend the Public Service Law and the Transportation Corporations Law to end the promotion of gas system expansion and to eliminate the requirement that gas service be supplied on application of a building owner or occupant.

Page 357: "The State should enact legislation to amend the Public Service Law and the Transportation Corporations Law to move away from promoting gas system expansion by marketing fossil natural gas to prospective customers or providing gas service lines and extensions of gas mains at no cost to new customers (such as the “100-foot rule”) aiming to ensure continued employment of displaced workers. As soon as possible, the legislation should eliminate the existing requirement that gas service be supplied on application of a building owner or occupant and have each utility regularly file a proposal for how it will meet the State’s emission-free by 2040 (100x40) electricity generation requirement and 2030 and 2050 emissions limits within its customer base."