PSC-16-14-00015-P Whether Central Hudson Should be Permitted to Defer Obligations of the Order Issued on October 18, 2013 in Case 13-G-0336

4/23/14 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-16-14-00015-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXVI, ISSUE 16

April 23, 2014

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-16-14-00015-P

Whether Central Hudson Should be Permitted to Defer Obligations of the Order Issued on October 18, 2013 in Case 13-G-0336

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 a petition filed on December 31, 2013, and supplemented on March 14, 2014, by Central Hudson regarding amendment of compliance filing requirements for the Athens Franchise Expansion Case 13-G-0336 from an Order.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, section 68

Subject:

Whether Central Hudson should be permitted to defer obligations of the Order issued on October 18, 2013 in Case 13-G-0336.

Purpose:

Consideration of the petition by Central Hudson to defer reporting obligations of the October 18, 2013 Order in Case 13-G-0336.

Substance of proposed rule:

The Public Service Commission is considering a petition filed on December 31, 2013, and supplemented on March 14, 2014 by Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corporation (Central Hudson) regarding amendment of compliance filing requirements for the Athens Franchise Expansion case 13-G-0336. Central Hudson is seeking to defer previous obligations specified by the Commission in the October 18, 2013 Order (the Order); which includes the submitting of specific requirements (detailed engineering, permitting, land surveying, coordination with the NYS Natural Heritage Program and the state Historic preservation Office and an Environmental Impact Statement). The petition also requests an extension of the 120-day deadline specified in the Order to include the April 21, 2014 filing, with that filing to address the results of the customer survey and calculations pertaining to the Commission’s gas expansion revenues and Rate of Return criteria.

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.ny.gov/f96dir.htm. For questions, contact:

Deborah Swatling, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, [phone], email: [e-mail]

Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:

Kathleen H. Burgess, 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.

(13-G-0336SP1)