2/20/13 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-08-13-00012-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 whether to approve, reject, or modify (in whole or in part) proposed application filing requirements for facilities in the Mohawk Valley, Capital Region, and Lower Hudson Valley.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 4(1), 5(2) and 122(1)
Subject:
Filing requirements for certain Article VII electric facilities.
Purpose:
To ensure that applications for certain electric transmission facilities contain pertinent information.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Staff of the Department of Public Service is proposing a rule to specify limited waivers and modifications to the regulations implementing Article VII of the Public Service Law. These proposals will be applied in the review of the applications proposing alternative current (AC) transmission facilities that will increase transfer capacity through the transmission corridor that includes the Central East and UPNY/SENY interfaces and meet the objectives of the Energy Highway Task Force Blueprint, so long as such facilities were described in proposals submitted to the Commission on or before January 25, 2013. The primary goal of this rule is to ensure that any such application contains pertinent information to assist the Commission to decide, in an expeditious manner, whether to grant a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need.
The rule being proposed would streamline the certification process by (1) avoiding the need for future applicants to seek case-specific routine waivers, and (2) clarifying certain information requirements in the existing regulations. A copy of Staff's proposed rule can be accessed on the Department’s Web site at: www.dps.ny.gov, by searching Case 12-T-0502.
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, (518) 486-2659, email:
Deborah.Swatling@dps.ny.govData, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Jeffrey C. Cohen, Acting Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 408-1978, 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.
