3/23/11 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-12-11-00005-P
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 require Con Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison) to amend its gas tariff for interruptible customers to include the applicable categories of base rates and the eligibility requirements for them.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, section 66(12)
Subject:
Proposal to require Con Edison to include in its gas tariff information about categories of interruptible base rates.
Purpose:
To ensure that categories of interruptible base rates are defined in the tariff.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Commission is considering requiring Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. to amend the provisions of its gas interruptible Service Classification No. 12 (and as needed Service Classification No. 9) regarding interruptible Rate 1 customers, to:
(1) identify in the tariff each current category of interruptible base rates and the criteria (or eligibility requirements) for placing customers in each category;
(2) eliminate provisions permitting the utility, in its sole discretion, to define or alter categories of interruptible base rates and/or eligibility requirements for such categories, solely in statements of the base rates; and
(3) make any other changes needed to effectuate the preceding requirements.
The Commission may adopt, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the amended provisions.
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, (518) 486-2655, email:
leann_ayer@dps.state.ny.usData, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Jaclyn A. Brilling, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 474-6530, email:
Secretary@dps.state.ny.usPublic 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.
