10/17/12 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-42-12-00010-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 make various changes in the rates, charges, rules and regulations contained in its Schedules for Electric Service, P.S.C. Nos. 220 and 214.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, section 66(12)
Subject:
Major electric rate filing.
Purpose:
To consider a proposal to increase annual electric revenues.
Public hearing(s) will be held at:
10:00 a.m., October 23, 2012 and continuing daily as needed, at Department of Public Service, Three Empire State Plaza, 3rd Fl. Hearing Rm., Albany, NY. (Evidentiary Hearing)*
*On occasion, there are requests to reschedule or postpone evidentiary hearing dates. If such a request is granted, notification of any subsequent scheduling changes will be available at the DPS Website (www.dps.ny.gov) under Cases 12-E-0201 and 12-G-0202.
Interpreter Service:
Interpreter services will be made available to hearing impaired persons, at no charge, upon written request submitted within reasonable time prior to the scheduled public hearing. The written request must be addressed to the agency representative designated in the paragraph below.
Accessibility:
All public hearings have been scheduled at places reasonably accessible to persons with a mobility impairment.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Commission is considering a proposal filed by Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid (Niagara Mohawk) to increase the Niagara Mohawk electric delivery base revenues for the rate year ending March 31, 2014, by $130.7 million, which is a 6.9% increase in delivery revenues. According to the Niagara Mohawk, the bill impact associated with increasing electric delivery base revenue will be offset by the elimination of approximately $190 million of deferral recoveries, resulting in a total bill decrease of 2.1% for a typical residential customer. The statutory suspension period for the proposed filing runs through March 28, 2013. The Commission may adopt, in whole or in part, modify or reject terms set forth in Niagara Mohawk’s proposal or other negotiated proposals.
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:
Leann Ayer, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350, (518) 486-2655, email:
leann.ayer@dps.ny.govData, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Jaclyn A. Brilling, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 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.
