2/27/08 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-09-08-00006-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, reject or modify, in whole or in part, a proposal filed by National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation (the company) to incorporate by reference standards for door-to-door marketing practices of Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) in its schedule for gas service—P.S.C. No. 8 to become effective April 25, 2008.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 2(11), 5, 64 and 66(12)
Subject:
Standards governing door-to-door sales practices by ESCOs operating in the company's service territory.
Purpose:
To consider the addition of a section to the company's tariff requiring ESCOs to comply with standards governing door-to-door sales of natural gas.
Substance of proposed rule:
On January 28, 2008, National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation (National Fuel or the company) filed a proposed tariff amendment to its S.C. No. 19—Supplier Transportation, Balancing and Aggregation Service. The proposed revision would add a section to National Fuel's gas tariff schedule requiring Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) doing business in the company's service territory to comply with Standards Governing Door-to-Door Sales. The “Standards” would be set forth in the company's Gas Transportation Operations Procedure Manual. The Commission may approve, reject or modify, in whole or in part, National Fuel's proposed tariff revision.
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.
