11/6/13 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-45-13-00030-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 grant, modify or deny a tariff filing by Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. to make various revisions to the rates, charges, rules and regulations contained in Schedule for P.S.C. No. 3 — Electricity.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, section 66-j
Subject:
Net metering of residential farm photovoltaic and farm and non-residential fuel cell electric generating systems.
Purpose:
To provide net metering of residential farm photovoltaic and farm and non-residential fuel cell electric generating systems.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Commission is considering whether to approve, modify or reject, in whole or in part, a tariff filing by Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. to effectuate amendments to Public Service Law (PSL) Section 66-j resulting from Chapters 200 and 253 of the Laws of 2013, signed into law by Governor Cuomo on July 31, 2013. Pursuant to Chapter 200, the amendments provide for the remote net metering of fuel cell electric generating equipment on property owned or leased by non-residential customers and customers that own or operate a farm operation. Pursuant to Chapter 253, the amendments provide for the rated capacity eligible for net metering of photovoltaic electric generating systems owned or operated by customers utilizing residential meters that own or operate a farm operation. The New York State Standard Interconnection Requirements (SIR) document will also be modified. The filing has an effective date of February 1, 2014. The Commission may apply aspects of its decision here to the requirements for tariffs of other utilities.
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.
