PSC-41-11-00010-P Voluntary Hourly Pricing Program

10/12/11 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-41-11-00010-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXIII, ISSUE 41

October 12, 2011

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-41-11-00010-P

Voluntary Hourly Pricing Program

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 tariff filing by Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid to effectuate a Voluntary Hourly Pricing Program in compliance with Commission Order issued June 21, 2011 in Case 10-E-0050.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, section 66(12)

Subject:

Voluntary Hourly Pricing Program.

Purpose:

To effectuate a Voluntary Hourly Pricing Program for S.C. No. 2 Demand and S.C. No. 3 customers.

Substance of proposed rule:

The Commission is considering whether to approve, modify or reject, in whole or in part, a filing by Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (NMPC) d/b/a National Grid to effectuate a Voluntary Hourly Pricing Program for S.C. No. 2 Demand customers and S.C. No. 3 customers with demand below 250 kW in compliance with Commission Order issued June 21, 2011 in Case 10-E-0050. The proposed tariff amendments have an effective date of January 1, 2012. The Commission may adopt in whole or in part, modify or reject NMPC’s proposal, and may apply its decision to other utilities.

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:

Leann Ayer, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, [phone], email: [e-mail]

Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:

Jaclyn A. Brilling, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, [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.

(10-E-0050SP7)