4/21/10 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-16-10-00020-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 St. Lawrence Gas Company Inc.'s petition dated March 29, 2010 seeking rehearing of four orders approving various New York State Energy Research and Development Authority Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (EEPS) programs.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 4(1), 5(2) and 66(1)
Subject:
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority's statewide EEPS programs.
Purpose:
To encourage cost effective energy conservation in the State.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Public Service Commission is considering whether to adopt, in whole or in part, to reject, or to take any other action regarding the relief requested by St. Lawrence Gas Company, Inc. (St. Lawrence) in a Petition dated March 29, 2010 regarding statewide Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (EEPS) programs administered by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). St. Lawrence seeks reconsideration of various EEPS orders that require the utility to collect and transfer to NYSERDA certain System Benefit Charge funds for NYSERDA-administered EEPS programs. Specifically, St. Lawrence seeks to eliminate its funding obligation to NYSERDA and to expand or extend its own EEPS “Fast Track” Utility-Administered Gas Energy Efficiency Program. The orders from which St. Lawrence seeks rehearing are Case 08-E-1127, et al., Order Approving Multifamily Energy Efficiency Programs with Modifications, issued July 27, 2009; Case 08-E-1133, et al., Order Approving Certain Large Industrial Customer Energy Efficiency Programs with Modifications and Rejecting Others, issued August 24, 2009; Case 08-E-1127 et al., Order Approving Certain Commercial and Industrial Customer Energy Efficiency Programs with Modifications, issued October 23, 2009; and Case 08-E-1127, et al., Order Approving Certain Commercial and Industrial; Residential; and Low-Income Residential Customer Energy Efficiency Programs with Modifications, issued January 4, 2010.
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.
