11/10/09 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-32-09-00012-A
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following action:
Action taken:
On 10/15/09, the PSC adopted an order approving, with modifications, electric and gas Energy Efficiency Programs designed to serve the commercial and industrial customer market sector.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 4(1), 5(2) and 66(1)
Subject:
Specific commercial and industrial electric and gas energy efficiency programs.
Purpose:
To approve with modifications, electric and gas energy efficiency programs.
Substance of final rule:
The Commission, on October 15, 2009, adopted an order approving, with modifications, selected Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (EEPS) electric and natural gas energy efficiency programs designed to serve the commercial and industrial customer market segment. The approved programs are the Mid-size Commercial Business Program (electric) to be administered by Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation (Central Hudson); Commercial and Industrial (C&I)Equipment Rebate Program (electric) and Commercial Gas Efficient Equipment Rebate Program (gas) to be administered by Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison); the Commercial Component of the Commercial & Industrial and Multifamily Energy Efficiency Programs (gas) to be administered by The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a National Grid NY and KeySpan Gas East Corporation d/b/a National Grid (KEDNY/KEDLI); the Energy Initiative Programs (electric and gas) to be administered by Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid (Niagara Mohawk); the Non-residential Commercial and Industrial Prescriptive Rebate Programs (electric) to be administered by New York State Electric and Gas Corporation and Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation (NYSEG/RG&E); the Commercial Existing Buildings Program (electric) to be administered by Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O&R); and the Existing Facilities Programs (electric and gas) and FlexTech Program (gas) to be administered by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the order.
Final rule as compared with last published rule:
No changes.
Text of rule may be obtained from:
Leann Ayer, Public Service Commission, Three Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223, (518) 486-2655, email:
leann_ayer@dps.state.ny.us An IRS employer ID no. or social security no. is required from firms or persons to be billed 25 cents per page. Please use tracking number found on last line of notice in requests.
Assessment of Public Comment
An assessment of public comment is not submitted with this notice because the rule is within the definition contained in section 102(2)(a)(ii) of the State Administrative Procedure Act.
