10/9/13 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-41-13-00013-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 The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a National Grid NY to make various changes to the rates, charges, rules and regulations contained in its Schedule for Gas Services P.S.C. No. 12 — Gas.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 5, 65 and 66
Subject:
Tariff changes to modify the calculation of the monthly cost of gas for sales customers.
Purpose:
To modify the calculation of the monthly cost of gas for sales customers under Service Classification Nos. 4A, 4A-CNG and 4B.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Public Service Commission is considering whether to approve, modify or reject, in whole or in part, a tariff filing by The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a National Grid NY (the Company) to modify the calculation of the monthly cost of gas for sales customers provided service under Service Classification Nos. 4A, High Load Factor Service; 4A-CNG, Compressed Natural Gas Equipment Service and 4B, Year-Round Air Conditioning Service. Specifically, the amount of fixed cost credits flowed back to each service classification will be set proportionate to the amount of fixed gas costs allocated to that service classification in the calculation of the monthly cost of gas. The amendments have an effective date of January 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, (518) 486-2659, email:
Deborah.Swatling@dps.ny.govData, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Kathleen H. Burgess, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 474-4535, 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.
