10/12/16 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-41-16-00017-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 Staff proposal to direct utility tariff amendments to implement the Clean Energy Standard described in the Commission August 1, 2016 Order.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 4(1), 5(1)(2) and 66(2); Energy Law, section 6-104(5)(b)
Subject:
Utility tariffs to implement the Clean Energy Standard.
Purpose:
To promote and maintain renewable and zero-emission electric energy resources.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Public Service Commission is considering a Department of Public Service proposal to direct amendments to electric utility tariffs to allow recovery of costs to implement the Clean Energy Standard (CES) which the Commission adopted on August 1, 2016. Specifically, the proposed amendments would provide for recovery of the cost of Tier 1 compliant Renewable Energy Credits (RECs), Zero Emission Credits, and Alternative Compliance Payments incurred in compliance with the CES, through a volumetric supply charge collected from retail customers. Additional tariff amendments will provide for recovery, on a volumetric basis, on all sales (including all New York Power Authority sales), from all delivery customers, the cost of Tier 2 RECs and costs incurred by the electric utilities in their role as the CES financial backstop, as delineated in the August 1, 2016 Order. 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, NY 12223, (518) 486-2655, email:
john.pitucci@dps.ny.govData, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Katheen H. Burgess, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223, (518) 474-6530, email:
kathleen.burgess@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.
