PSC-07-16-00017-P To Modify the Retail Access Program Under SC No. 8 — Seller Services

2/17/16 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-07-16-00017-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXVIII, ISSUE 7

February 17, 2016

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-07-16-00017-P

To Modify the Retail Access Program Under SC No. 8 — Seller Services

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 proposal filed by KeySpan Gas East Corp. dba Brooklyn Union of L.I. to make various changes to the rates, charges, rules and regulations contained in its Schedule for Gas Services, P.S.C. No. 1 — Gas.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, sections 65 and 66

Subject:

To modify the retail access program under SC No. 8 — Seller Services.

Purpose:

To consider changes to the retail access program to implement Tier 2A — Storage Capacity Release and other tariff revisions.

Substance of proposed rule:

The Public Service Commission is considering whether to approve, modify or reject, in whole or in part, a tariff filing by KeySpan Gas East Corp. dba Brooklyn Union of L.I. (the Company) made in compliance with Commission Order issued October 23, 2014 in Case 14-G-0330, et al. The Company proposes to further amend the tariff provisions of its retail access program under Service Classification No. 8 – Seller Service to implement changes to core monthly balanced transportation. The tariff revisions will implement Tier 2A – Storage Capacity Release, in which storage capacity assets and related storage transportation assets are to be released to Sellers starting May 1, 2016. In conjunction with the storage capacity release, the tariff revisions provide that the Company will transfer gas inventory that remains in storage as of May 1, 2016 to Sellers at the Company’s weighted average storage inventory price. The existing retail access storage service which bundles storage capacity with inventory will be renamed Tier 2B – Retail Access Storage and will continue to be provided to Sellers in lieu of a physical capacity release of storage assets that are not releasable. The tariff revisions will also effectuate a weather true-up adjustment each day to account for any difference between actual and forecasted weather on each Seller’s daily delivery quantity. The weather true-up adjustment will be applied to each Seller’s available Tier 2B – Retail Access Storage inventory balance. The proposed amendments have an effective date of May 1, 2016. The Commission may adopt, reject or modify, in whole or in part, the relief proposed and may resolve related matters.

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.ny.gov/f96dir.htm. For questions, contact:

John Pitucci, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, [phone], email: [e-mail]

Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:

Kathleen H. Burgess, 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.

(14-G-0330SP3)