PSC-05-14-00008-P Agricultural Consumer Electricity Cost Discount

2/5/14 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-05-14-00008-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXVI, ISSUE 5

February 05, 2014

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-05-14-00008-P

Agricultural Consumer Electricity Cost Discount

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 filing by Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation proposing revisions to the Company's rules and regulations contained in P.S.C. No. 19 Electricity regarding ReCharge NY Residential Consumer Discount Program.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, section 66(12)

Subject:

Agricultural Consumer Electricity Cost Discount.

Purpose:

Tariff revisions to implement the Agricultural Consumer Electricity Cost Discount.

Substance of proposed rule:

Section 1005, subdivision 13-b, of the New York Public Authorities Law requires that the New York Power Authority reserve up to $8 million of the ReCharge New York Residential Consumer Discount Program to divide among Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid, New York State Electric & Gas Corporation and Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation to be used to provide a discount to residential agricultural producers.

On January 8, 2014, Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation (RG&E) filed revisions to its electric tariff schedule, P.S.C. No. 19, implementing the Agricultural Consumer Electricity Cost Discount pursuant to Commission Notice to Submit Proposed Tariff Leaves issued November 27, 2013 in Case 11-E-0176. The Agricultural Consumer Electric Cost Discount will apply to residential agricultural producers. The filing has a proposed effective date of September 1, 2014. The Commission may approve, modify or reject, in whole or in part, RG&E’s proposed filing.

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:

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.

(11-E-0176SP14)