2/27/08 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-09-08-00004-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 Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid to make various changes in the rates, charges, rules and regulations contained in its schedule for electric service, P.S.C. No. 207—Electricity, to become effective April 28, 2008.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, section 66(12)
Subject:
25 and 60 hertz service.
Purpose:
To eliminate service classification No. 5—combined 25 and 60 hertz service, and rule No. 31—additional rules and regulations—25 hertz service, and to modify rule No. 43—transmission revenue adjustment.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Commission is considering Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid's (Niagara Mohawk) request to eliminate tariff provisions that are no longer applicable to its customers. Niagara Mohawk proposes to (1) cancel Service Classification (SC) No. 5—Combined 25 and 60 Hertz Service; (2) cancel Rule No. 31—Additional Rules and Regulations—25 Hertz Service; and (3) modify Rule No. 43—Transmission Revenue Adjustment (Rule No. 43); and (4) remove applicable references to SC No. 5 contained in its tariff. Niagara Mohawk proposes to cancel SC No. 5 because there are no customers currently taking this service and no new customers can be enrolled in this service classification. Niagara Mohawk also proposes to modify Rule No. 43 so that the portion of the transmission revenue adjustment, previously allocated to SC No. 5 customers, be equally divided between SC No. 3—Primary and SC No. 3A—Subtransmission where the majority of the former SC No. 5 load was transferred. The proposed filing has an effective date of April 28, 2008. The Commission may approve, reject or modify, in whole or in part, Niagara Mohawk'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.
