HB 2518, Gas Leakage Bill, Passes House and Senate and signed by Governor

HB 2518 requires the Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) to  increase oversight of measures undertaken by natural gas companies to reduce hazardous leaks and nonhazardous fugitive emissions from gas pipelines. It requires, beginning July 1, 2020, and on an annual basis thereafter, each gas pipeline company to submit to the UTC a report on the environmental and economic performance of its gas pipeline system. It also requires the UTC to publish a report that aggregates data by gas company concerning gas leaks by August 1, 2020, and on an annual basis thereafter. The House passed the bill on February 18 and the Senate  passed it on March 5. It has been signed by the governor, and become law.