Getting a bill in the mail kind of stinks. But New York State Electric and Gas is taking that to a new level.People who still get paper bills in the mail will be finding an insert regarding how to recognize and react to natural gas leaks.

NYSEG is including a scratch and sniff panel that smells like to odorant the utility puts in natural gas so it can be detected.

NYSEG says it's important customers can identify the 'rotten egg' smell and take appropriate action. That safety information is printed on the flyer.

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