PSC-04-16-00012-P Proposal to Mothball Three Gas Turbines Located at the Astoria Gas Turbine Generating Station

1/27/16 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-04-16-00012-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXVIII, ISSUE 4

January 27, 2016

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-04-16-00012-P

Proposal to Mothball Three Gas Turbines Located at the Astoria Gas Turbine Generating Station

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 Notice of Intent from NRG Energy, Inc. to mothball three units at its Astoria Gas Turbine Generating Station located in New York City, New York.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, sections 2(11), (13), 2(23), 5(1)(b), 65(1), (2), (3), 66(1), (2), (3), (5), (12) and 70

Subject:

Proposal to mothball three gas turbines located at the Astoria Gas Turbine Generating Station.

Purpose:

Consider the proposed mothball of three gas turbines located at the Astoria Gas Turbine Generating Station.

Substance of proposed rule:

The New York State Public Service Commission (Commission) is considering a Notice of Intent to Mothball Astoria Gas Turbine Units 8, 10, & 11 (Mothball Notice) filed by NRG Energy, Inc. (NRG). The Mothball Notice asserts that the indicated gas turbine units currently are in a Forced Outage state and cannot be restored to service without extensive repairs that are not economically justifiable at this time. NRG proposes to mothball Units 8, 10, and 11, and requests that the Commission apply, and waive, a 90-day period for notices to mothball or retire a generation unit. 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, New York 12223-1350, [phone], email: [e-mail]

Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:

Kathleen H. Burgess, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, [phone], email: [e-mail]

Public 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.

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