PSC-04-14-00005-P National Fuel Gas Corporation's Conservation Incentive Programs

1/29/14 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-04-14-00005-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXVI, ISSUE 4

January 29, 2014

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-04-14-00005-P

National Fuel Gas Corporation's Conservation Incentive Programs

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 whether to adopt, modify, or reject, in whole or in part, or take other action regarding a December 18, 2013 petition filed by National Fuel Gas Corporation to modify its Non-Residential Conservation Incentive Program.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, sections 4(1), 5(2) and 66(1)

Subject:

National Fuel Gas Corporation's Conservation Incentive Programs.

Purpose:

To modify National Fuel Gas Corporation's Non-Residential Conservation Incentive Program.

Substance of proposed rule:

The Commission is considering whether to adopt, modify, or reject, in whole or in part, or to take other action regarding a proposal set forth by National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation (NFG) in a petition dated December 18, 2013, seeking approval to modify budgets and targets for its Non-Residential Conservation Incentive Program (NRCIP).

Specifically, NFG seeks to reduce its total NRCIP budget by approximately $4 million over the 2012 to 2015 period. The total proposed budget is $3,574,726 ($980,771 annually for 2012 and 2013 and $806,592 annually for 2014 and 2015). NFG also seeks a corresponding reduction to its NRCIP targets by 471,436 gross dekatherms, or 117,859 dekatherms per year. The total proposed target for 2012 to 2015 is 146,560 gross dekatherms, or 36,640 dekatherms per year. Finally, NFG proposes to reflect the reduced budget in the CIP component of its monthly delivery adjustment charge and requests an effective date of January 1, 2014 for the proposed changes.

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:

Deborah Swatling, Department of Public Service, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223, [phone], email: [e-mail]

Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:

Kathleen H. Burgess, Secretary, Department of Public Service, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223, [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.

(07-M-0548SP79)