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| 14 | 18 | | AN ACT CONCERNING TH E ALLOWABLE PERCENTAGE OF |
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| 15 | 19 | | LEAKAGE FROM GAS PIP ELINES. |
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| 16 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 17 | 21 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 19 | 23 | | Section 1. Section 16-34a of the general statutes is repealed and the 1 |
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| 20 | 24 | | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 2 |
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| 21 | 25 | | (a) Not later than July 1, 2015, and annually thereafter, the Public 3 |
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| 22 | 26 | | Utilities Regulatory Authority shall submit a report, in accordance 4 |
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| 23 | 27 | | with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of 5 |
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| 24 | 28 | | the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy. 6 |
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| 25 | 29 | | Such report shall include (1) a description of the reasons for each gas 7 |
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| 26 | 30 | | company's percentage of lost and unaccounted for gas, (2) 8 |
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| 27 | 31 | | recommendations for each gas company's gas leak reduction strategy, 9 |
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| 28 | 32 | | (3) a description of each gas company's current gas leak monitoring 10 |
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| 29 | 33 | | system program, and (4) the number of leaks and causes of such leaks 11 |
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| 30 | 34 | | throughout the entire gas distribution system in the state and any 12 |
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| 31 | 35 | | other information the authority determines to be relevant. 13 |
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| 32 | 36 | | (b) The authority shall initiate a docket to investigate the lost and 14 |
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| 43 | | - | monitoring procedures, (2) emissions reduction strategies in addition 19 |
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| 44 | | - | to leak repair, and (3) any additional requirements the authority 20 |
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| 45 | | - | determines to be relevant. In such docket, the authority shall establish 21 |
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| 46 | | - | a cost mechanism to comply with long-term emissions reductions 22 |
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| 47 | | - | required by section 22a-200a and to incentivize a gas company to (A) 23 |
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| 48 | | - | reduce lost and unaccounted for gas, including the number of leaks 24 |
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| 49 | | - | throughout the entire gas distribution system in the state, (B) replace 25 |
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| 50 | | - | aging infrastructure, and (C) comply with any additional requirements 26 |
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| 51 | | - | the authority determines to be relevant. Such cost mechanism may be 27 |
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| 52 | | - | incorporated in the purchased gas adjustment clause pursuant to 28 |
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| 53 | | - | section 16-19b. 29 |
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| 54 | | - | (c) No gas company may recover costs associated with the leaked 30 |
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| 55 | | - | gas component of any lost and unaccounted for gas. 31 |
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| 43 | + | unaccounted for gas of such gas company in any calendar year exceeds 16 |
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| 44 | + | a total of [three] one per cent. In such docket, a gas company shall 17 |
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| 45 | + | report (1) leak detection and monitoring procedures, (2) emissions 18 |
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| 46 | + | reduction strategies in addition to leak repair, and (3) any additional 19 |
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| 47 | + | requirements the authority determines to be relevant. In such docket, 20 |
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| 48 | + | the authority shall establish a cost mechanism to comply with long-21 |
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| 49 | + | term emissions reductions required by section 22a-200a and to 22 |
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| 50 | + | incentivize a gas company to (A) reduce lost and unaccounted for gas, 23 |
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| 51 | + | including the number of leaks throughout the entire gas distribution 24 |
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| 52 | + | system in the state, (B) replace aging infrastructure, and (C) comply 25 |
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| 53 | + | with any additional requirements the authority determines to be 26 |
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| 54 | + | relevant. Such cost mechanism may be incorporated in the purchased 27 |
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| 55 | + | gas adjustment clause pursuant to section 16-19b. 28 |
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| 56 | + | (c) No gas company may recover costs associated with any lost or 29 |
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| 57 | + | unaccounted for gas. 30 |
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