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LD1473 • 2025

An Act to Require Gas Utilities to Assess for Natural Gas Leaks and to Require Reporting of Gas Leak Information

An Act to Require Gas Utilities to Assess for Natural Gas Leaks and to Require Reporting of Gas Leak Information

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Sponsor
Representative Sophia Warren
Last action
2025-06-09
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Require Gas Utilities to Assess for Natural Gas Leaks and to Require Reporting of Gas Leak Information

An Act to Require Gas Utilities to Assess for Natural Gas Leaks and to Require Reporting of Gas Leak Information Sponsor: Representative Sophia Warren Reference committee: Energy, Utilities and Technology Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Require Gas Utilities to Assess for Natural Gas Leaks and to Require Reporting of Gas Leak Information Sponsor: Representative Sophia Warren Reference committee: Energy, Utilities and Technology Governor action: Signed by the Governor

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR2258(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR2258(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1473 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-09 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-02 House

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-06-02 Senate

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.

  4. 2025-05-28 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP

  5. 2025-05-14 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-05-14 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  7. 2025-05-08 Committee

    Work Session Held; TABLED

  8. 2025-05-01 Committee

    Work Session Held; TABLED

  9. 2025-04-08 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Require Gas Utilities to Assess for Natural Gas Leaks and to Require Reporting of Gas Leak Information
Sponsor:
Representative Sophia Warren
Reference committee:
Energy, Utilities and Technology
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR2258(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 965 - L.D. 1473
An Act to Require Gas Utilities to Assess for Natural Gas Leaks and to
Require Reporting of Gas Leak Information
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §4713 is enacted to read:
§4713. Assessment and report of natural gas leaks
1. Gas utilities to assess for natural gas leaks. A gas utility shall assess its natural
gas system for natural gas leaks, including every natural gas main and meter under its
jurisdiction, as frequently as may be required by the commission by rule, but no less
frequently than every 3 years.
2. Gas utility; reporting. Each gas utility shall provide reports to the commission at a
frequency as established by the commission by rule regarding the number of natural gas
leaks identified by the gas utility and the actions taken by the gas utility to address the
natural gas leaks. The reports must protect individually identifiable customer information
by omitting customer names and addresses, except that the reports must include street
location information for the identified natural gas leaks. The commission shall post the
reports received from gas utilities in accordance with this subsection on the commission's
publicly accessible website.
3. Commission; reporting. No later than April 1, 2026 and annually thereafter, the
commission shall provide a report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having
jurisdiction over utility matters. The report must list each gas utility providing service in
the State and the number of natural gas leaks identified by the gas utility in the prior
calendar year by street location and must describe any action taken by the gas utility to
address the natural gas leaks. The report must protect individually identifiable customer
information by omitting customer names and addresses. The commission shall post the
reports required by this subsection on the commission's publicly accessible website.
4. Compliance. The commission shall periodically assess gas utility compliance with
the requirements of subsections 1 and 2 at a frequency determined by the commission.
APPROVED
JUNE 9, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
217
PUBLIC LAW
Page 2 - 132LR2258(03)
5. Rules. The commission may adopt rules to carry out the purposes of this section.
Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5,
chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.