PSC-44-07-00037-P Gas Rates by KeySpan Energy Delivery Long Island
10/31/07 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-44-07-00037-P
NEW YORK STATE REGISTER
VOLUME XXIX, ISSUE 44
October 31, 2007
RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
PROPOSED RULE MAKING
HEARING(S) SCHEDULED
I.D No. PSC-44-07-00037-P
Gas Rates by KeySpan Energy Delivery Long Island
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:
Proposed action:
The Public Service Commission is considering whether to adopt, in whole or in part, the terms of a joint proposal concerning certain aspects of the gas rates of KeySpan Energy Delivery Long Island.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, section 66(12)
Subject:
Gas rates.
Purpose:
To establish a new gas rate plan for KeySpan Energy Delivery Long Island.
Public hearing(s) will be held at:
*11:00 a.m., Nov. 7, 2007 at Department of Public Service, Hearing Rm. A, 90 Church St., New York, NY.
*There could be requests to reschedule the hearing. Notification of any subsequent scheduling changes will be available at the DPS website (www.dps.state.ny.us) under Cases 06-G-1185 and 06-G-1186.
Accessibility:
All public hearings have been scheduled at places reasonably accessible to persons with a mobility impairment.
Interpreter Service:
Interpreter services will be made available to deaf 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.
Substance of proposed rule:
The New York Public Service Commission is considering what additional terms to adopt for a new gas rate plan for KeySpan Energy Delivery Long Island (KEDLI) to be effective January 1, 2008. Partial revenue requirement and other rate-related determinations for KEDLI were already made in companion Case 06-M-0878, in Public Service Commission orders issued on August 27, 2007 and September 17, 2007. Other rate-related issues were reserved at that time and recommendations concerning how some of those reserved issues should be resolved were filed for the Public Service Commission's consideration on October 11, 2007. (That proposal called the Gas Rates Joint Proposal or JP 4 is posted at http://www.dps.state.ny.us/Cases_06-G-1185-1186.htm).
The issues addressed in that joint proposal include:
1. Shifting the recovery of certain costs from Base Rates to adjustment clause rates.
2. Energy Efficiency Program and Cost issues.
3. Site Investigation and Remediation Program and Cost issues.
4. Revenue Allocation and General Rate Design.
5. The results of efforts to integrate KEDLI into National Grid.
6. Automated Meter Reading.
7. Monthly Customer Billing.
8. Depreciation Accounting.
9. Gas Costs and Lost- and Unaccounted for Factors.
10. Temperature Controlled and Interruptible Services.
11. The Crediting of Power Generation Sales Margins.
12. Weather Normalization Clause.
13. A Gas Transportation and Balancing Collaborative.
14. A Gas Cost Incentive Program.
15. Retail Access, including the Purchase of Receivables and Rate Unbundling.
16. State Income Taxes.
17. Distributed Generation Rates
18. The “On-Track” Program.
19. Additional Deferrals and Recoveries.
20. Area Development and Business Incentive Rates.
21. An Outreach and Education Plan.
22. Bill Reformatting.
23. Billing System or Integration.
The Commission may adopt, reject or adopt with changes any of the proposals on these issues and adopt terms other than those proposed on the same and other gas rate issues.
Text of proposed rule may be obtained from:
Elaine Lynch, Public Service Commission, Bldg. 3, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350, (518) 486-2660
Data, views or argument 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.
