11/20/13 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-23-13-00006-A
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following action:
Action taken:
On 10/17/13, the PSC adopted an order rejecting Staff's proposed method concerning the cost allocation and cost recovery for certain reliability contingency plans.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 4(1), 5(1)(b), (2), 65(1), 66(1), (2), (4), (5), (9) and (12)
Subject:
Rejecting Staff's proposed method for allocating and recovering costs associated with the contingency plan.
Purpose:
To reject Staff's proposed method for allocating and recovering costs associated with the contingency plan.
Substance of final rule:
The Commission, on October 17, 2013, adopted an order rejecting the proposed method for allocating and recovering costs, as proposed by the Department of Public Service Staff on June 4, 2013, and instead establishing alternative methods and mechanisms for allocating and recovering the costs associated with certain elements of the reliability contingency plans that address the potential retirement of the Indian Point Energy Center, 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:
Deborah Swatling, Public Service Commission, Three Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223, (518) 486-2659, email:
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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.