2/15/12 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-07-12-00014-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 a petition by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) requesting the allocation of unencumbered Renewable Portfolio (RPS) funds and other modifications.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 4(1), 5(2) and 66(1)
Subject:
Allocation of Customer-Sited Tier funds; funding and capacity caps.
Purpose:
To encourage electric energy generation for the State's consumers from renewable resources.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Commission is considering whether to adopt, modify, or reject, in whole or in part, potential modifications to the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) program related to the use of unencumbered funds in the Customer-Sited Tier program from year 2011 budgets by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) as administrator of the RPS program. In particular, the Commission is considering the "Petition for Modification Proposal Regarding Unallocated CST Funds" dated January 30, 2012 wherein NYSERDA requests (a) the allocation of unencumbered Customer-Sited Tier program funds from year 2011 budgets into those for 2012; (b) authorization for the Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Program to use funds reallocated into the incentive budget in months when demand exceeds the $2 million per month schedule; and (c) authorization to revise the PV program categories to residential and non-residential.
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.ny.govData, 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.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.
