10/24/07 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-43-07-00023-P
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:
Proposed action:
The New York Public Service Commission is considering whether to approve, modify or reject, in whole or in part, certain standards relating to electric and gas metering equipment used in the course of providing utility service in New York State.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 5(b), 65 and 66(1)
Subject:
Standards relating to electric and gas metering equipment.
Purpose:
To consider certain standards relating to electric and gas metering equipment used in the course of providing utility services in New York State.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Public Service Commission (the Commission) is considering whether to approve, modify or reject, in whole or in part, certain standards relating to electric and gas metering equipment used in the course of providing utility service in New York State. The following list provides the features and functions under consideration for inclusion in a standard for AMI systems to be adopted by the Commission:
(a)) ANSI compliant (must meet all ANSI standards).
(b)) Bi-directional registration (supports net metering).
(c)) Visual read capability for cumulative usage.
(d)) Ability to provide time-stamped interval data, at hourly or shorter time intervals.
(e)) On-board meter memory capable of storing at least 60 days of readings.
(f)) Direct, real-time (defined as a time lag of five minutes or less) remote read-only access for customers and/or competitive providers to meter data.
(g)) Capability to remotely read meters on-demand.
(h)) Utilizes open standards-based communication protocols and platforms, e.g., broadband, PLC, internet, XML, MV-90, Zigbee, DNP3, etc.
(i)) Two-way communications capability, including ability to remotely upgrade meter firmware.
(j)) Ability to send signals to customer equipment to trigger demand response functions, and/or connect with a home area network (HAN) to provide direct or customer-activated load control.
(k)) Positive notification of outage/restoration.
(l)) Self diagnostics, including tamper flagging capability.
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:
Central Operations, Public Service Commission, Bldg. 3, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350, (518) 474-2500
Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Jaclyn A. Brilling, Secretary, Public Service Commission, Bldg. 3, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350, (518) 474-6530
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.
