J4501-2011 Actions

• May 8, 2012: ADOPTED
• May 8, 2012: REPORTED TO CALENDAR FOR CONSIDERATION
• May 4, 2012: REFERRED TO FINANCE

J4501-2011 Text

 LEGISLATIVE   RESOLUTION  commemorating  the  50th  Anniversary  of  St.
 Lawrence Gas on May 10, 2012
 WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative  Body  to  recognize  those
 businesses within the State of New York which contribute to the economic
 health and vitality of the communities they serve; and
 WHEREAS,  Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long
 standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly  proud  to  commem
 orate  the  50th  Anniversary  of  St. Lawrence Gas, to be celebrated on
 Thursday, May 10, 2012, at River Road Restaurant at the Massena  Country
 Club in Massena, New York; and
 WHEREAS,  St.  Lawrence  Gas  was  incorporated in 1957 and served its
 first natural gas customer in 1962; and
 WHEREAS, The company provides  natural  gas  to  approximately  14,000
 residential  customers,  1,700  commercial  customers  and 24 industrial
 customers; and
 WHEREAS, St. Lawrence Gas employs 45 employees at its headquarters  in
 Massena, New York, and satellite office in Ogdensburg; the work force is
 highly  trained  with over 920 hundred years of collective experience in
 the natural gas industry; and
 WHEREAS, As a regulated public utility in the business of selling  and
 transporting  natural gas to its customers, the company provides service
 to the cities, towns and villages  of  Beaver  Falls,  Canton,  Croghan,
 Gouverneur,  Heuvelton,  Lisbon,  Madrid,  Massena, New Bremen, Norfolk,
 Norwood, Ogdensburg, Potsdam, Raymondville and Waddington; and
 WHEREAS, St. Lawrence Gas has installed more than 572  miles  of  main
 and  service  lines  within a service territory approximately 800 square
 miles across Northern New York; and
 WHEREAS, Over 90% of the business and  residential  customers  located
 within St. Lawrence Gas's service territory have selected natural gas as
 their fuel of choice; and
 WHEREAS, St. Lawrence Gas is a wholly owned subsidiary of Enbridge Gas
 Distribution,  Canada's  largest gas distribution utility and one of the
 fastest growing in North America; and
 WHEREAS, Enbridge Gas Distribution and its affiliates  serve  about  2
 million  customers  in  central and eastern Ontario, southwestern Quebec
 and parts of northern New York State; and
 WHEREAS, Businesses such as St. Lawrence Gas exert a strong,  positive
 influence on the communities they serve and are a crucial element in the
 economy of New York State; now, therefore, be it
 RESOLVED,  That  this  Legislative  Body pause in its deliberations to
 commemorate the 50th Anniversary of St. Lawrence Gas on  May  10,  2012;
 and be it further
 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran
 smitted to St. Lawrence Gas.

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