11/14/12 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-46-12-00013-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 whether to increase the installed capacity limits for net metered generating systems in Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation's service territory under PSL 66-j and 66-l.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 66-j and 66-l
Subject:
Tariff regarding installed capacity limits for net metered electrical generating systems.
Purpose:
To increase net metering availability in Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation's service territory.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Commission is considering whether to increase the capacity limits for net metered electric generating systems in Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation’s (Niagara Mohawk) service territory pursuant to Public Service Law (PSL) § 66- j and § 66-l. The minimum capacity limitation established under PSL § 66-j (3)(a)(iii) is one percent of the electric corporation’s electric demand for the year 2005 - in Niagara Mohawk’s territory 65.26 MW. The minimum capacity limitation established under PSL § 66-l (3)(a)(iii) is three-tenths of one percent of the electric corporation’s electric demand for the year 2005, in Niagara Mohawk’s territory, 19.61 MW. Pursuant to its authority under PSL § 66-j (3)(b) and § 66-l (3)(b), the Commission will consider whether to increase the percent limits and may direct Niagara Mohawk to file tariff amendments providing for additional net metering capacity if it determines such an increase is in the public interest. The Commission may apply aspects of its decision here to the requirements for tariffs of other utilities. The Commission may grant, deny, modify or take other action related to the petition.
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:
Jaclyn A. Brilling, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 474-6530, 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.
