12/18/13 N.Y. St. Reg. LPA-51-13-00005-P
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:
Proposed Action:
The Authority is considering a proposal to modify its Tariff for Electric Service to revise the Tariff to implement changes in connection with the new oversight responsibilities of the New York State Department of Public Service.
Statutory authority:
Public Authorities Law, section 1020-f(z) and (u)
Subject:
Authority's Tariff for Electric Service ("Tariff").
Purpose:
To revise the Tariff in connection with the new oversight responsibilities of the New York State Department of Public Service.
Public hearing(s) will be held at:
10:00 a.m., Feb. 3, 2014 at H. Lee Dennison Bldg., 100 Veterans Memorial Hwy., Hauppauge, NY; and 2:00 p.m., Feb. 3, 2014 at Long Island Power Authority, 333 Earle Ovington Blvd., 4th Fl., Uniondale, NY.
Interpreter Service:
Interpreter services will be made available to hearing impaired persons, at no charge, upon written request submitted within reasonable time prior to the scheduled public hearing. The written request must be addressed to the agency representative designated in the paragraph below.
Accessibility:
All public hearings have been scheduled at places reasonably accessible to persons with a mobility impairment.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Long Island Power Authority (“Authority”) is considering a proposal to modify its Tariff for Electric Service (“Tariff”) to revise the consumer complaint procedures and other miscellaneous Tariff provisions to implement changes in connection with the new oversight responsibilities of the New York State Department of Public Service (“DPS”). The changes include: (1) substituting the DPS for the Authority Staff in the consumer complaint and appeal process; (2) eliminating LIPA’s ability to require advance payments (pre-payments) for service to residential customers; (3) eliminating the charge for testing meters; and (4) allowing physicians assistants and nurse practitioners to certify conditions of medical emergencies that would qualify a residential customer for specific protections under the Tariff. The Authority may approve, modify, or reject, in whole or part, the proposal.
Text of proposed rule and any required statements and analyses may be obtained from:
John Little, Long Island Power Authority, 333 Earle Ovington Blvd., Suite 403, Uniondale, NY 11553, (516) 222-7700, email:
jlittle@lipower.orgData, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Same as above.
Public comment will be received until:
Five days after the last scheduled public hearing.
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.
