PSC-41-15-00010-P Revisions to SC No. 20 to Include a New Managed Supply Service and to Make Changes to the Winter Bundled Sales Service

10/14/15 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-41-15-00010-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-41-15-00010-P

Revisions to SC No. 20 to Include a New Managed Supply Service and to Make Changes to the Winter Bundled Sales Service

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 grant, deny or modify, in whole or in part Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.'s proposed revisions to SC No. 20 to include a new Managed Supply Service and changes to the Winter Bundled Sales Service.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, sections 65 and 66

Subject:

Revisions to SC No. 20 to include a new Managed Supply Service and to make changes to the Winter Bundled Sales Service.

Purpose:

To consider revisions to SC No. 20 to include a new Managed Supply Service and make changes to the Winter Bundled Sales Service.

Substance of proposed rule:

The Commission is considering whether to grant, deny or modify, in whole or in part, a petition filed by Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison or the Company) to make revisions to Service Classification (SC) No. 20 – Transportation Receipt Service to offer a Managed Supply Service (MSS) program and to make changes to the Winter Bundled Sales Service (WBSS) contained in P.S.C. No. 9 - Gas. The Company proposes to offer the MMS pilot program for qualifying Marketers serving firm transportation customers in its service territory for the period from January 1, 2016 through March 31, 2016. To participate in the MMS program, a Marketer must either (1) have an average day peak month volume greater than or equal to 5,000 Dth/day or (2) select an Agent who meets that threshold to act on its behalf. The Marketer or its Agent must follow the program protocols (maximum daily delivery parameters) that will be set forth in the Company’s Gas Transportation and Operating Procedures Manual (GTOP). The MMS program would provide Gas Marketers with daily supply and balancing service options in addition to the Company’s existing firm balancing programs for Gas Marketers, i.e., Load Following Service and Winter Bundled Sales Service (WBSS). The proposed MMS program would provide Marketers with an additional tool to balance their customers’ loads and thereby mitigate the difference between their customers’ gas usage and the Marketers’ gas deliveries at the end of each month of the three-month program period. Con Edison also proposes revisions to the WBSS program. The Company proposes: (1) a new formula or reference point for calculating the carrying charges on the cost of WBSS gas since the Company is moving to a weighted average pricing methodology for WBSS; and (2) “the Company’s storage facilities” is replacing the words “production area” storage facilities since both Northeast and Gulf Coast storage facilities comprise the total facilities in the Company’s gas portfolio that will be used in determining variable transportation costs for use in calculating the monthly WBSS rate. The proposed amendments have an effective date of January 1, 2016. The Commission 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-G-0578SP1)