PSC-43-13-00018-P Refunds of Gas Suppliers, Pipeline Transporters and Storage Providers

10/23/13 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-43-13-00018-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXV, ISSUE 43

October 23, 2013

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-43-13-00018-P

Refunds of Gas Suppliers, Pipeline Transporters and Storage Providers

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, modify or deny tariff filing by Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid to make various revisions to the rates, charges, rules and regulations contained in Schedule for P.S.C. No. 219 — Gas.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, sections 65 and 66(12)

Subject:

Refunds of gas suppliers, pipeline transporters and storage providers.

Purpose:

Tariff filing proposing revisions to the method of gas supplier, pipeline transporter and storage provider refunds to customers.

Substance of proposed rule:

The Public Service Commission is considering whether to approve, modify or reject, in whole or in part, a further revision to a tariff filing by Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a/ National Grid (the Company) to streamline and clarify the method the Company uses to credit customers with refunds the Company receives from gas suppliers, pipeline transporters and storage providers. Specifically, the Company is now proposing to credit gas supply refunds to firm sales customers and to allocate refunds from pipeline transporters and storage providers to firm sales customers and firm transportation customers, and not to Energy Service Companies and Direct Customers that have obtained a capacity release from the Company of the associated pipeline transportation or storage capacity. The amendments are being postponed to have an effective date of February 1, 2014. The Commission may apply its decision here to other utilities.

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:

Deborah Swatling, 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.

(13-G-0276SP2)