PSC-49-10-00011-P Eligibility of Customers to Participate in EEPS Programs

12/8/10 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-49-10-00011-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXII, ISSUE 49

December 08, 2010

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-49-10-00011-P

Eligibility of Customers to Participate in EEPS Programs

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 authorize New York State Utilities to modify customer eligibility for previously-approved Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (EEPS) programs.

Statutory authority:

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

Subject:

Eligibility of customers to participate in EEPS programs.

Purpose:

To encourage cost effective electric energy conservation in the state.

Substance of proposed rule:

The Commission is considering whether to adopt, in whole or in part, to reject, or to take any other action with respect to New York State Electric & Gas Corporation and Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation’s petition submitted on November 3, 2010 seeking to modify certain energy efficiency programs previously approved by the Commission as part of the Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (EEPS) proceeding in Cases 07-M-0548 et al. The utilities request authorization to modify their Non-residential Commercial & Industrial (C&I) Custom Rebate Programs (approved in Cases 08-E-1129 and 08-E-1130) to eliminate a requirement that customers have a minimum electricity demand of 100 kilowatts to be eligible to participate. The Commission may make these or related changes to the EEPS program for these utilities and/or for other New York utilities as well.

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.

(07-M-0548SP28)