10/12/16 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-41-16-00016-P
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 proposal filed by Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid to modify P.S.C. No. 220—Electricity, Rule No. 25.5—Meter Reading regarding the costs for telephone circuits for distributed generation projects.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, section 66(12)
Subject:
Proposed revision to Rule 25.5—Meter Reading (Rule 25.5).
Purpose:
To consider a revision to Rule 25.5 regarding the costs for telephone circuits for distributed generation projects.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Public Service Commission is considering a proposal filed by Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid (National Grid or the Company) to modify its electric tariff schedule, P.S.C. No. 220, regarding Rule 25.5 – Meter Reading (Rule 25.5). The Company proposes to revise Rule 25.5 regarding the costs for telephone circuits for distributed generation (DG) projects when they are connected to the Company’s electric distribution system for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) or Direct Transfer Trip (DTT) communications. Currently, DG customers pay for the transmission of measured billing data through the customers’ own telecommunications service provider but due to a change in National Grid’s communication technology, the Company now has to own the circuits and pays the costs directly to the Company’s telecommunication service provider. National Grid proposes passing these costs from the service provider through to the customer, based on a flat fee, as determined by the service provider and only for the costs incurred by the Company relative to the customer’s DG project. The proposed amendment has an effective date of January 1, 2017. The Commission may adopt, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the relief proposed and may resolve related matters.
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:
John Pitucci, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 486-2655, email:
john.pitucci@dps.ny.govData, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Kathleen H. Burgess, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 474-6530, email:
secretary@dps.ny.govPublic 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.
