11/14/12 N.Y. St. Reg. LPA-46-12-00006-EP
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following action:
Proposed Action:
Amendment of LIPA's Tariff for Electric Service.
Statutory authority:
Public Authorities Law, section 1020-f(z) and (u)
Finding of necessity for emergency rule:
Preservation of general welfare.
Specific reasons underlying the finding of necessity:
The Tariff modification is being implemented on a temporary basis pursuant to the expedited procedures of Section 202(6) of the State Administrative Procedure Act in furtherance of the general welfare in order to minimize the hardship experienced by participants related to the higher electric costs incurred than would otherwise have been charged under the Program. Permanent adoption will be subject to further notice, a full administrative proceeding (including a public comment period) and Board approval in January 2013.
Subject:
Recharge New York Power Program provisions of the Authority's Tariff.
Purpose:
To amend the Tariff with regard to the Recharge New York Power Program.
Public hearing(s) will be held at:
10:00 a.m., Jan. 7, 2013 at National Grid Corporate Services LLC, 25 Hub Dr., Rm. ER-111, Melville, NY; and 2:00 p.m., Jan. 7, 2013 at Long Island Power Authority, 333 Earle Ovington Blvd., Suite 403, Uniondale, NY.
Interpreter Service:
Interpreter services will be made available to hearing impaired 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.
Accessibility:
All public hearings have been scheduled at places reasonably accessible to persons with a mobility impairment.
Substance of emergency/proposed rule:
The Long Island Power Authority (“Authority”) is considering a proposal to modify its Tariff for Electric Service to: 1) modify and further discount LIPA’s Delivery Charge for Recharge New York Power Program participants retroactively; and 2) authorize LIPA’s Recharge New York Program participants to purchase their supplemental power needs from either LIPA or Energy Services Companies under the Long Island Choice program.
This notice is intended:
to serve as both a notice of emergency adoption and a notice of proposed rule making. The emergency rule will expire January 26, 2013.
Text of rule and any required statements and analyses may be obtained from:
Andrew McCabe, Long Island Power Authority, 333 Earle Ovington Blvd., Suite 403, Uniondale, NY 11553, (516) 222-7700, email:
amccabe@lipower.orgData, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Same as above.
Public comment will be received until:
Five days after the last scheduled public hearing.
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 amended rule is within the definition contained in section 102(2)(a)(ii) of the State Administrative Procedure Act.
