PSC-52-11-00010-P New York State Reliability Council's Establishment of an Installed Reserve Margin of 16.0%

12/28/11 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-52-11-00010-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXIII, ISSUE 52

December 28, 2011

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-52-11-00010-P

New York State Reliability Council's Establishment of an Installed Reserve Margin of 16.0%

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 adopt, modify, or reject, in whole or in part, an Installed Reserve Margin of 16.0% established by the New York State Reliability Council for the Capability Year beginning May 1, 2012, and ending April 30, 2013.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, sections 4(1), 5(2), 65(1), 66(1), (2), (4) and (5)

Subject:

New York State Reliability Council's establishment of an Installed Reserve Margin of 16.0%.

Purpose:

To adopt an Installed Reserve Margin for the Capability Year beginning May 1, 2012, and ending April 30, 2013.

Substance of proposed rule:

The Public Service Commission (PSC) is considering whether to adopt, modify, or reject, in whole or in part, an Installed Reserve Margin (IRM) of 16.0% established by the New York State Reliability Council for the Capability Year beginning May 1, 2013, and ending April 30, 2013. The IRM is based on the Technical Study Report entitled "New York Control Area Installed Capacity Requirements For The Period May 2012 Through April 2013" (Report). The Report is available on the internet at: http://www.nysrc.org/NYSRC_NYCA_ICR_Reports.asp

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, [phone], email: [e-mail]

Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:

Jaclyn A. Brilling, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, [phone], email: [e-mail]

Public 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.

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