10/6/10 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-40-10-00018-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 proposed tariff filing by Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. to make various changes in rates, charges, rules and regulations contained in Schedule for Electric Service, PSC No. 2.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, section 66(12)
Subject:
Net Energy Metering for Farm Waste Electric Generating Systems.
Purpose:
To effectuate changes to Public Service Law Section 66-j in relation to Net Energy Metering.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Commission is considering whether to approve, modify or reject, in whole or in part, a tariff filing by Orange and Rockland Utilities Inc. (the company) to effectuate changes to Public Service Law (PSL) Section 66-j in relation to net energy metering for farm waste electric generating systems. The amendments increase the rated capacity of farm waster generating systems eligible for net metering from 500 kW to 1,000 kW. The company also proposes to clarify language regarding the interconnection requirements for residential, farm or non-residential customers with wind electric generators. The New York State Standard Interconnection Requirements (SIR) document would be modified to incorporate this update to PSL Section 66-j. The filing has an effective date of December 28, 2010.
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:
Leann Ayer, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 486-2655, email:
leann_ayer@dps.state.ny.usData, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Jaclyn A. Brilling, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 474-6530, email:
Secretary@dps.state.ny.usPublic 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.
