PSC-41-15-00006-P Addition of General Information Section 45—Empire Zone Rate to Central Hudson's Electric Tariff

10/14/15 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-41-15-00006-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXVII, ISSUE 41

October 14, 2015

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-41-15-00006-P

Addition of General Information Section 45—Empire Zone Rate to Central Hudson's Electric Tariff

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 Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corporation to establish General Information section 45—Empire Zone Rate contained in P.S.C. No. 15—Electricity.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, section 66(12)

Subject:

Addition of General Information section 45—Empire Zone Rate to Central Hudson's electric tariff.

Purpose:

To consider the addition of General Information section 45—Empire Zone Rate to Central Hudson's electric tariff.

Substance of proposed rule:

The Commission is considering a proposal filed by Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corporation (Central Hudson or the Company) to establish General Information Section 45—Empire Zone Rate contained in P.S.C. No. 15—Electricity. Central Hudson proposes to add an Empire Zone (EZ) Rate to its electric tariff in order to grant qualifying properties in its service territory the corresponding electric rate discount. The EZ rate will be the same as the rate provisions of the Company’s Excelsior Jobs Program as currently provided in General Information Section 41. The proposed amendments have an effective date of January 1, 2016. The Commission may grant, reject or modify, in whole or in part, the proposed tariff changes 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:

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

Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:

Kathleen H. Burgess, 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.

(15-E-0569SP1)