4/11/07 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-15-07-00011-P
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:
Proposed action:
The Public Service Commission is considering whether and how to modify the tariffs of local distribution companies and/or change the requirements for natural gas pipeline capacity intended to serve the customers of marketers and energy service companies (ESCOs).
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 2, 5, 65 and 66
Subject:
Utility tariffs and interruptible customer fuel inventory requirements.
Purpose:
To determine whether to change the requirements for natural gas pipeline capacity intended to serve the customers of marketers and ESCOs.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Public Service Commission is considering whether and how to modify the tariffs of local distribution companies and/or change the requirements for natural gas pipeline capacity intended to serve the customers of marketers and energy service companies (ESCOs). Staff of the Department of Public Service reviewed options for capacity planning and developed a white paper, which contains a Straw Proposal. The Straw Proposal calls for all New York State local distribution companies to adopt mandatory capacity assignment with modifications to allow for grandfathering of existing levels of marketer capacity used to serve core customers. The white paper can be obtained from the website of the Department of Public Service at
www.dps.state.ny.us, Commission Documents and searching for Case 07-G-0299.
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:
Central Operations, Public Service Commission, Bldg. 3, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350, (518) 474-2500
Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Jaclyn A. Brilling, Secretary, Public Service Commission, Bldg. 3, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350, (518) 474-6530
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.
