1/3/07 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-01-07-00030-P
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:
Proposed action:
The Public Service Commission is considering whether to adopt, modify or reject, in whole or in part, a proposal by New York State Electric and Gas Corporation (NYSEG) to establish an Energy Service Company (ESCO) Referral Program. In addition to specific program components, NYSEG included incremental, ongoing and start-up cost estimates and requested waivers of certain provisions of the uniform business practices (UBPs) with its filing.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 5 and 66
Subject:
Consideration of the establishment of NYSEG's ESCO Referral Program.
Purpose:
To approve the program and associated cost estimates.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Public Service Commission is considering whether to adopt, modify or reject, in whole or in part, a proposal by New York State Electric and Gas Corporation (NYSEG) to establish an Energy Service Company (ESCO) Referral Program based upon the general guidelines set forth in the order adopting ESCO Referral Program guidelines and approving an ESCO Referral Program subject to modifications (issued December 22, 2005) in Case 05-M-0858. The program sets forth specific components, including among other things, an introductory discount period for customers choosing to obtain supply from an ESCO, the method for enrolling the customer, the various rights and obligations of the company, participating ESCOs and the customers. NYSEG has included incremental, ongoing and start-up cost estimates and requested waivers of certain provisions of the uniform business practices (UBPs) with its filing.
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.state.ny.us/f96dir.htm. For questions, contact:
Central Operations, Public Service Commission, Bldg. 3, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350, (518) 474-2500
Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Jaclyn A. Brilling, Secretary, Public Service Commission, Bldg. 3, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350, (518) 474-6530
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.
