12/18/13 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-51-13-00009-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, deny or modify, in whole or in part the petition of Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. for a limited waiver of the Commission's Statement of Policy on Test Periods in Major rate Proceedings.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 4(1), 65(1), 66(1) and (12)
Subject:
Consolidated Edison proposing to use data from a test period ending September 30, 2013 to support its next rate filing.
Purpose:
To ensure there is a reasonable basis for data submitted in support of a request for a change in rates.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Commission is considering whether to grant, deny or modify, in whole or in part, the request of Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison) as set forth in its petition dated November 19, 2013, seeking a limited waiver of the applicable test period as established by the Commission’s “Statement of Policy on Test Periods in Major Rate Proceedings.” Con Edison seeks to utilize a historic test year consisting of the 12 months ending September 30, 2013 in presenting its next electric, gas and/or steam major rate change requests should the outcome of the current rate proceedings (Cases 13-E-0030, 13-G-0031 and 13-S-0032) be other than a Commission adoption of multi-year plans on terms acceptable to Con Edison and such filing is made on or before April 28, 2014.
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) 474-6530, 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.
