PSC-08-13-00010-P Customer-Sited Tier of the RPS Program

2/20/13 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-08-13-00010-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXV, ISSUE 8

February 20, 2013

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-08-13-00010-P

Customer-Sited Tier of the RPS Program

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 requesting reallocation of program funds in the Customer-Sited Tier of the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) Program.

Statutory authority:

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

Subject:

Customer-Sited Tier of the RPS Program.

Purpose:

To reallocate unencumbered 2012 Customer-Sited Tier funds.

Substance of proposed rule:

The Commission is considering whether to adopt, modify, or reject, in whole or in part, the January 30, 2013 request of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to reallocate unencumbered funds previously approved for the 2012 Customer-Sited Tier (CST) of the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS). Specifically, NYSERDA requests that: (i) the entire balance of unencumbered 2012 Anaerobic Digester Gas to Electricity (ADG) program funds be allocated to the 2013 ADG program; (ii) a portion of the unencumbered 2012 funds for the Fuel Cell and On-Site Wind programs be reallocated to those technologies for 2013; and (iii) the remaining unencumbered funds be allocated to the Solar Photovoltaic program.

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:

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

Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:

Jeffrey C. Cohen, Acting 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.

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