12/29/10 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-52-10-00008-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 for reconsideration of the Commission's Order Establishing Recovery Mechanism for Smart Grid Projects dated October 19, 2010.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 22, 65(1), 66(1), (4) and (9)
Subject:
The petition by Con Edison for reconsideration of its Order Establishing Recovery Mechanism for Smart Grid Projects.
Purpose:
The petition by Con Edison for reconsideration of its Order Establishing Recovery Mechanism for Smart Grid Projects.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Commission is considering whether to grant or deny, in whole or in part, the petition of Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison), seeking reconsideration of the Commission's Order Establishing Recovery Mechanism for Smart Grid Projects, issued October 19, 2010.
Con Edison requests that the Commission grant its petition for reconsideration and allow it to recover expenses related to labor and fringe benefits incurred in connection with the Smart Grid Demonstration Project (SGDP), provided that Con Edison demonstrates that such expenses are incremental to the labor expenses provided for in the Order Establishing Three-Year Electric Rate Plan issued March 26, 2010 (2010 Electric Rate Order), even if the company's overall rate-year labor expenses are below what was assumed in the 2010 Electric Rate Order.
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, (518) 486-2655, email:
leann_ayer@dps.state.ny.usData, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Jaclyn A. Brilling, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 474-6530, email:
Secretary@dps.state.ny.usPublic 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.
