2/14/07 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-07-07-00012-P
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:
Proposed action:
The Public Service Commission is considering whether to approve or reject, in whole or in part, a proposal filed by Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation (Central Hudson) to make various changes in the rates, charges, rules and regulations contained in its schedule for electric service, P.S.C. No. 15, to become effective May 1, 2007.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, section 66(12)
Subject:
Customer charge—advanced metering.
Purpose:
To increase the customer charge for those customers with access to Central Hudson's energy manager advanced metering software.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Commission is considering Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation's (Central Hudson's) request to increase the customer charge provided in Service Classifications (SC) No. 3 - Large Power Primary Service, No. 13 - Large Power Substation and Transmission Service, as well as SC No. 2 - General Service customers with an interval meter, with access to Central Hudson's Energy Manager advanced metering software. The cost of the software was paid for through the competitive metering fund, for a two-year period, as a result of the Joint Proposal in Case 00-E-01273. This contract has been renewed for an additional year. Central Hudson proposes to recover these costs no longer covered by the competitive metering fund by increasing the customer charge for SC Nos. 3 and 13 as well as any SC No. 2 customers who are provided the software. Central Hudson also proposes to clarify metering requirements for customers taking service under SC No. 2 who wish to upgrade to interval metering. Central Hudson's filing has a proposed effective date of May 1, 2007. The Commission may approve, reject or modify, in whole or in part, Central Hudson's request.
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:
Central Operations, Public Service Commission, Bldg. 3, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350, (518) 474-2500
Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Jaclyn A. Brilling, Secretary, Public Service Commission, Bldg. 3, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350, (518) 474-6530
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.
