PSC-10-15-00008-P Whether to Waive Policy on Test Periods in Major Rate Proceedings and Provide Authority to File Tariff Changes

3/11/15 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-10-15-00008-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXVII, ISSUE 10

March 11, 2015

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-10-15-00008-P

Whether to Waive Policy on Test Periods in Major Rate Proceedings and Provide Authority to File Tariff Changes

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 grant, deny or modify, in whole or in part Consolidated Edison's request for waiver of Policy on Test Periods in Major Rate Proceedings and for authority to file tariff changes pursuant to 16 NYCRR Part 61.10.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, sections 4(1), 65(1) and 66(1), (12)(a), (b) and (e)

Subject:

Whether to waive Policy on Test Periods in Major Rate Proceedings and provide authority to file tariff changes.

Purpose:

Whether to waive Policy on Test Periods in Major Rate Proceedings and provide authority to file tariff changes.

Substance of proposed rule:

The Commission is considering whether to grant, deny or modify, in whole or in part, the request of Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison) seeking waiver of the Statement of Policy on Test Periods in Major Rate Proceedings (Case 26821, issued November 23, 1977) and for authority to file tariff changes pursuant to 16 NYCRR Part 61.10. The Company proposed an additional one month be added to the suspension period for the tariff amendments filed in Case 15-E-0050 so that the parties in Case 13-E-0030 may explore an extension of the current electric rate plan established in that proceeding. Should an additional month of negotiations be needed, Con Edison requests that the Commission provide appropriate waiver of the Statement of Policy on Test Periods in Major Rate Proceedings regarding the test period and other related issues so that Con Edison may file for new electric rates in 2016 to be effective January 1, 2017. In addition, the Company requests that the Commission provide it authority pursuant to 16 NYCRR Part 61.10 to allow it to file new tariff amendments during the pendency of the suspended tariff filings in Case 15-E-0050, so to allow such tariff filing(s) to become effective January 1, 2017. Con Edison also seeks to be “made whole” should there be any delay in the Commission rendering a decision on the proposed tariff amendments filed in Case 15-E-0050.

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:

Elaine Agresta, 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.

(15-E-0050SP1)