PSC-13-11-00010-P Remedying Miscalculations That Resulted in Misallocated Costs Between the Company's Sales and Transportation Customers

3/30/11 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-13-11-00010-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXIII, ISSUE 13

March 30, 2011

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-13-11-00010-P

Remedying Miscalculations That Resulted in Misallocated Costs Between the Company's Sales and Transportation Customers

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 proposal by New York State Electric & Gas Corporation (Company) to remedy miscalculations associated with its stranded capacity cost calculations for January 2006 through February 2011.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, sections 4(1), 65 and 66(1)

Subject:

Remedying miscalculations that resulted in misallocated costs between the Company's sales and transportation customers.

Purpose:

Consideration of a remedy for miscalculations that resulted in misallocated costs between the Company's sales and transportation.

Substance of proposed rule:

By filing dated February 21, 2011, New York State Electric & Gas Corporation (Company) informed the Commission of the results of its investigation into the Company’s miscalculation of its gas stranded capacity costs for January 2006 through February 2011, and its related misallocation of such costs charged to its transportation and sales customers. In its February 21, 2011 filing, the Company proposed a remedy to correct the previous misallocation. The Commission is considering whether to grant, deny or modify, in whole or in part, approval of the Company’s proposed remedy.

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.

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