11/5/14 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-44-14-00021-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 to make various changes to the rates, charges, rules and regulations contained in its Schedule for Gas Service P.S.C. No. 219.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, section 66(12)
Subject:
Define incremental cost of gas.
Purpose:
To define the incremental cost of gas and to streamline the Definitions and Abbreviations section.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Public Service Commission is considering whether to approve, modify or reject, in whole or in part, a tariff filing by Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid (Niagara Mohawk or the Company) to define the incremental cost of gas and to streamline the General Information Section 1. – Definitions and Abbreviations contained in P.S.C. No. 219 – Gas. Niagara Mohawk proposes to define the incremental cost of gas as “The highest priced gas delivered to the Company’s city gates for a gas day determined by: 1) taking the following indices published in Platts Gas Daily “Daily Price Survey” for that day: a) DTI North Point midpoint; b) DTI South Point midpoint; c) Dawn, Ontario midpoint; and d) Iroquois, receipts midpoint; 2) adding the associated variable and fixed pipeline transporter charges to each of those indices to compute an equivalent city gate delivered price and 3) then selecting the highest of the equivalent city gate delivered prices.” The amendments have an effective date of March 1, 2015. The Commission may also consider other related matters.
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:
Kathleen H. Burgess, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 474-4535, 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.
