NY Pub Serv L § 66-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 4 - Provisions Relating to Gas and Electric Corporations; Regulation of Price of Gas and Electricity 66-A - Conservation of Gas, Declaration of Policy, Delegation of Power.

§ 66-a. Conservation  of  gas,  declaration  of  policy, delegation of   power.  1. It is hereby declared to be the policy  of  this  state  that   when  there  develops  in  any  area  a  situation  under  which  a  gas   corporation supplying gas to such area is unable to meet the  reasonable   needs  of  its consumers and of persons or corporations applying for new   or additional  gas  service,  the  available  supply  of  gas  shall  be   allocated among the customers of such gas corporation, in such manner as   may  be necessary to protect public health and safety and to avoid undue   hardship, pursuant to rules and regulations as may  be  adopted  by  the   commission,  and that to carry out this declared policy the jurisdiction   of the public service commission should be clarified.2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any statute or any franchise held   by a gas corporation, the commission shall have power, upon the  finding   that  there exists such a shortage of gas in any area in the state, that   the gas corporation supplying such area is unable and will be unable  to   secure  or  produce  sufficient  gas to meet the reasonable needs of its   customers and of persons or corporations applying for new or  additional   gas  service, to require such corporation to immediately discontinue the   supplying of gas to additional  customers  or  of  supplying  additional   service  to  present  customers,  for such purpose or purposes as may be   designated by the commission, or to customers using gas  for  a  purpose   prohibited  by  the  commission  pursuant to this act, and that upon the   finding that the supply of gas available is and will be insufficient  to   supply  the  demands of all consumers receiving service, to require such   gas corporation to curtail or discontinue service to any or all  classes   of  customers  of  such gas corporation. In imposing such a direction or   requirement, the commission shall give consideration first  to  existing   domestic  uses  and  uses  deemed  to  be necessary by the commission to   protect public health and safety and to avoid undue hardship  and  shall   be  limited  to  the  period  of  the  emergency  provided  that the gas   corporation  affected  shall  make  such  restriction,   curtailing   or   discontinuance  applicable to all customers or applicants for service in   a like class. If the commission determines that good  cause  exists  for   supplying  service  to  additional customers or for supplying additional   service to some existing customers, notwithstanding the  curtailment  or   discontinuance  of service to other existing customers, it shall, to the   extent feasible, allocate gas with equal priority to new  or  additional   domestic  uses  of  gas  and  commercial  or  industrial processes which   require gas because there is no practical  substitute  for  it  in  such   proportion as the commission determines to be reasonable.  Provided that   the  commission  shall  be permitted, after public hearing, to authorize   any natural gas produced from lands under the waters of Lake Erie to  be   used for process or feedstock requirements. The commission is authorized   to  adopt  such  rules,  regulations  and  orders  as  are  necessary or   appropriate to carry out these delegated powers.3. In carrying out the delegated powers provided for in this  section,   the commission shall, to the extent practicable, determine and establish   gas  conservation  measures  or  standards.  The  commission may require   compliance with such measures or standards as a condition  of  receiving   service.