11/26/08 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-48-08-00013-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 Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid conforming its tariff to new statutory requirements of section 66-j of Public Service Law (PSL) regarding net metering.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, section 66(12)
Subject:
Net Energy Metering for Residential Solar, Farm Waste or Non-Residential Solar Electric Generating Systems.
Purpose:
To propose changes to its net metering program to comply with a change in PSL section 66-j.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Commission is considering Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid's (National Grid) proposal to conform its tariff to reflect amendments made to Section 66-j of the Public Service Law (PSL) which became effective on August 5, 2008. National Grid proposes to establish new tariff provisions to its net metering program to comply with the change to PSL Section 66-j which extends net metering to residential solar, farm waste or non-residential solar electric generating systems. The revisions have a proposed effective date of February 5, 2009. The Commission may approve, reject or modify, in whole or in part National Grid's request.
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.state.ny.us/f96dir.htm. For questions, contact:
Leann Ayer, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 486-2655, email:
leann_ayer@dps. state.ny.usData, 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:
jaclyn_brilling@dps.state.ny.usPublic 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.
