PSC-11-11-00002-P Allocation of Customer-Sited Tier, Administration, Outreach, and NYS Cost Recovery; Funding Caps and Capacity Caps

3/16/11 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-11-11-00002-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXIII, ISSUE 11

March 16, 2011

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-11-11-00002-P

Allocation of Customer-Sited Tier, Administration, Outreach, and NYS Cost Recovery; Funding Caps and Capacity Caps

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 petition by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) requesting the allocation of unencumbered Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) funds and other modifications.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, sections 4(1), 5(2) and 66(1)

Subject:

Allocation of Customer-Sited Tier, administration, outreach, and NYS Cost recovery; funding caps and capacity caps.

Purpose:

To encourage electric energy generation for the State's consumers from renewable resources.

Substance of proposed rule:

The Commission is considering whether to adopt, modify, or reject, in whole or in part, potential modifications to the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) program related to the use of unencumbered Customer-Sited Tier program funding and unencumbered Customer-Sited Tier and Main Tier administrative funding from year 2010 budgets by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) as administrator of the RPS program. In particular, the Commission is considering the "Petition for Modification, Proposal Regarding Unallocated CST Funds" dated January 31, 2011 wherein NYSERDA requests (a) the allocation of unencumbered Customer-Sited Tier program funding and unencumbered Customer-Sited Tier and Main Tier administrative funding from year 2010 budgets into those for 2011; (b) authorization for the Solar Photovoltaic Program to use funds reallocated into the incentive budget in months when demand exceeds the $2 million per month schedule; (c) clarification or modification of the maximum size cap rule for on-site wind installations; (d) approval to use $900,000 of Solar Thermal incentive funds for Solar Thermal Awareness and Outreach efforts; (e) approval to use surplus program administration funds and a reallocation of certain Customer-Sited Tier program funds for quality assurance and quality control activities in 2011 and 2012; and (f) an increase in the budget for payment of the New York State Cost Recovery Fee, and authorization to apply accumulated interest earned on RPS funds and a reallocation of Main Tier and Customer-Sited Tier program funds for that purpose.

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:

Leann Ayer, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, [phone], email: [e-mail]

Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:

Jaclyn A. Brilling, 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.

(03-E-0188SP27)