PSC-04-16-00014-P Extension of the Monetary Crediting Period to Thirty Years for Four Specified Photovoltaic Projects  

  • 1/27/16 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-04-16-00014-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-04-16-00014-P
    Extension of the Monetary Crediting Period to Thirty Years for Four Specified Photovoltaic Projects
    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 petition filed by Distributed Sun LLC, Building Energy Development US, LLC, and Cornell University requesting an extension of the monetary crediting period to thirty years for four specified photovoltaic projects.
    Statutory authority:
    Public Service Law, sections 66-j and 66-l
    Subject:
    Extension of the monetary crediting period to thirty years for four specified photovoltaic projects.
    Purpose:
    To consider extending the monetary crediting period to thirty years for four specified photovoltaic projects.
    Substance of proposed rule:
    The Public Service Commission is considering a petition filed by Distributed Sun LLC, Building Energy Development US, LLC, and Cornell University (collectively, the “Petitioners”) on December 22, 2015, requesting an extension of the monetary crediting period to thirty years for four specified photovoltaic projects. The Petitioners request an Order determining that the Petitioners’ four photovoltaic projects are eligible for grandfathering into monetary crediting under the Transition Plan Order, which provides that the minimum grandfathering period is twenty-five years (from the later of the date of the Transition Plan Order or the project in-service date) and that developers may petition for an extended grandfathering period. 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, (518) 486-2655, email: john.pitucci@dps.ny.gov
    Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:
    Kathleen H. Burgess, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 474-6530, email: secretary@dps.ny.gov
    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.
    (16-E-0007SP1)

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