1/6/10 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-17-09-00016-A
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following action:
Action taken:
On 12/16/09, the PSC adopted an order that will not require Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. to pursue a cogeneration option, & that further cogeneration proposals are considered and to examine measures to reduce the need for steam generation.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 79, 80 and 81
Subject:
Development planning for Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc's Hudson Avenue generating facility.
Purpose:
To analyze the policy implications of options for redevelopment of Consolidated Edison's Hudson Avenue generating facility.
Substance of final rule:
The Commission, on December 16, 2009, adopted an order that will not require Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison) to pursue a cogeneration option, and that further cogeneration proposals may be considered under certain specified conditions, and to examine measures to reduce the need for steam generation at Con Edison's Hudson Avenue facility and other steam generation facilities in order to reduce capital costs and other impacts on steam rates, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the order.
Final rule as compared with last published rule:
No changes.
Text of rule may be obtained from:
Leann Ayer, Public Service Commission, Three Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223, (518) 486-2655, email:
leann_ayer@dps.state.ny.us An IRS employer ID no. or social security no. is required from firms or persons to be billed 25 cents per page. Please use tracking number found on last line of notice in requests.
Assessment of Public Comment
An assessment of public comment is not submitted with this notice because the rule is within the definition contained in section 102(2)(a)(ii) of the State Administrative Procedure Act.
