10/12/11 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-41-11-00002-EA
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following action:
Action taken:
The PSC adopted an order approving the request of Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid for four new Emergency Economic Development Programs in order to provide immediate assistance to qualifying customers in its service area.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 5(1)(b), 65(1), (2), (3), 66(1), (3), (5), (10), (12) and (12-b)
Finding of necessity for emergency rule:
Preservation of public health, public safety and general welfare.
Specific reasons underlying the finding of necessity:
This action is taken on an emergency basis pursuant to State Administrative Procedures Act (SAPA) § 202(6). The Emergency Programs are designed to provide customers and communities with quick and immediate access to all available resources for the repairs and rebuilding necessary after the devastating effect of Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. The repair and reconstruction of the electric and gas infrastructure, as well as the supporting reconstruction activities, is essential to the public health and general welfare of the citizens of New York. Failure to implement these Programs now on an emergency basis could deny communities and businesses access to necessary additional funding sources.
Subject:
Approval for National Grid's Emergency Economic Development Programs to provide immediate assistance to qualifying customers.
Purpose:
To approve National Grid's Emergency Economic Development Programs to provide immediate assistance to qualifying customers.
Text of emergency rule:
The Public Service adopted an order approving the request of Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid for four new Emergency Economic Development Programs in order to provide immediate assistance to qualifying customers in its service area recovering from the effects of Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee.
The agency adopted
The provisions of this emergency rule as a permanent rule, pursuant to SAPA section 202(6)(c), because the purposes of the emergency measure would be frustrated if subsequent notice procedures were required.
Text of rule may be obtained from:
Leann Ayer, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (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.
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 rule is within the definition contained in section 102(2)(a)(ii) of the State Administrative Procedure Act.
