10/13/10 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-41-10-00009-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 whether to approve, reject, in whole or in part, or modify a petition filed by Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. regarding revisions to its demand response programs.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, section 66(12)
Subject:
Demand Response Programs: Rider S, Rider T, Rider U, Residential Smart Appliance Program and Network Relief Program.
Purpose:
To revise the demand response programs.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Commission is considering whether to approve, modify or reject, in whole or in part, a petition filing by Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison or the Company) to revise its demand-response programs, Rider S - Commercial System Relief Program (Rider S), and Rider T - Critical Peak Rebate Program (Rider T), Rider U - Distributed Load Relief Program, Residential Smart Appliance Program and Network Relief Program. Under the demand response programs, customers provide load relief when events are called by the Company. The Company proposes substantial changes intended to increase enrollment, improve response to events, leverage New York Independent System Operator enrollment, make it easier for customers to participate in the programs, and to streamline and make the programs more consistent. The Commission may make changes to other utilities' demand response programs in its order in this case.
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, (518) 486-2655, email:
leann_ayer@dps.state.ny.usData, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Jaclyn A. Brilling, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 474-6530, email:
Secretary@dps.state.ny.usPublic 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.
