PSC-04-16-00013-P Proposal to Find That Three Gas Turbines Located at the Astoria Gas Turbine Generating Station Are Uneconomic

1/27/16 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-04-16-00013-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-04-16-00013-P

Proposal to Find That Three Gas Turbines Located at the Astoria Gas Turbine Generating Station Are Uneconomic

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 an economic analysis that NRG Energy, Inc. filed with the Notice of Intent 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 find that three gas turbines located at the Astoria Gas Turbine Generating Station are uneconomic.

Purpose:

Consider whether three gas turbines located at the Astoria Gas Turbine Generating Station are uneconomic.

Substance of proposed rule:

The New York State Public Service Commission (Commission) is considering a petition that NRG Energy, Inc. (NRG) filed on January 4, 2016 requesting acceptance of its economic analysis accompanying its Notice of Intent to Mothball Astoria Gas Turbine Units 8, 10, & 11. According to NRG, the economic analysis satisfies the December 14, 2013 Commission order issued in Case 12-E-0359, which required NRG to demonstrate that a generation unit is uneconomic if the company were to propose deactivating that unit for financial reasons. 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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