1/27/16 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-04-16-00008-P
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:
Proposed Action:
The Commission is considering a Clean Energy Standard to provide funding for the construction of new and continuing support for existing renewable and other non-emitting electric generating facilities.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 5(1)(b), 65(1), (2), (3), 66(1), (2), (3), (5), (8) and (12)
Subject:
Clean Energy Standard.
Purpose:
To consider funding for renewable and other non-emitting electric generation facilities.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Public Service Commission is considering a Department of Public Service Staff (Staff) proposal for a Clean Energy Standard to provide funding for the construction of new and continuing support for existing renewable and other non-emitting electric generating facilities. The proposal includes a program design for a new Clean Energy Standard to support the State’s environmental and clean energy goals, specifically: 40% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels; 50% of electricity generation coming from carbon-free renewables; and 600 trillion Btu in energy efficiency gains, which equates to a 23% reduction from 2012 in energy consumption in buildings. Staff’s proposal would provide funding to support renewable energy resources as well as nuclear and other types of facilities that do not emit greenhouse gases or other pollutants while generating electricity. The Commission may adopt, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the relief proposed and may resolve related matters.
Text of proposed rule and any required statements and analyses may be obtained by filing a Document Request Form (F-96) located on our website http://www.dps.ny.gov/f96dir.htm. For questions, contact:
John Pitucci, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223, (518) 486-2655, email:
john.pitucci@dps.ny.govData, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Katheen H. Burgess, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223, (518) 474-6530, email:
kathleen.burgess@dps.ny.govPublic comment will be received until:
45 days after publication of this notice.
Regulatory Impact Statement, Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, Rural Area Flexibility Analysis and Job Impact Statement
Statements and analyses are not submitted with this notice because the proposed rule is within the definition contained in section 102(2)(a)(ii) of the State Administrative Procedure Act.
