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 filed by Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. to make various changes in the rates, charges, rules and regulations contained in its Schedule for Gas Service—P.S.C. No. 9.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, section 66(12)
Subject:
Major gas rate filing.
Purpose:
To consider a proposal to increase annual gas delivery revenues by approximately $160.8 million or 22.14%.
Public hearing(s) will be held at:
11:00 a.m. (Evidentiary Hearing)*, June 8, 2010 and continuing from weekday to weekday until completed at Department of Public Service, 90 Church St. - Gas Rates, 4th Fl. Board Rm., New York, NY.
*On occasion, there are requests to reschedule or postpone evidentiary hearing dates. If such a request is granted, notification of any subsequent scheduling changes will be available at the DPS Web Site (www.dps.state.ny.us) under Case 09-G-0795.
Interpreter Service:
Interpreter services will be made available to hearing impaired persons, at no charge, upon written request submitted within reasonable time prior to the scheduled public hearing. The written request must be addressed to the agency representative designated in the paragraph below.
Accessibility:
All public hearings have been scheduled at places reasonably accessible to persons with a mobility impairment.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Commission is considering a proposal filed by Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison) which would increase its annual gas delivery revenues by about $160.8 million or 22.14%. The statutory suspension period for the proposed filing runs through October 4, 2010. However, Con Edison requests that new rates become effective October 1, 2010. Alternatively, Con Edison proposes three gas delivery revenue increases of $115.5 million each, effective October 1, 2010, October 1, 2011, and October 1, 2012. These proposals have been updated and are expected to be further updated.
The Commission may adopt in whole or in part or reject the terms in Con Edison's single and multi-year rate proposals. The Commission may also adopt in whole or in part or reject the terms of any stipulations or joint proposals for single or multi-year rate plans resulting from negotiations among the interested active parties in this case.
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.us
Data, 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.us
Public comment will be received until:
August 2, 2010.
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.
