PSC-17-13-00012-P Emergency Response Plans Filed 4/1/13 by Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

4/24/13 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-17-13-00012-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXV, ISSUE 17

April 24, 2013

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-17-13-00012-P

Emergency Response Plans Filed 4/1/13 by Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

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 whether to approve, reject, or amend, in whole or in part, the 2013 Emergency Response Plan (ERP), Overhead, and Underground (Heat & Winter Related) ERPs filed 4/1/13 by Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, sections 5 and 66(21)

Subject:

Emergency Response Plans filed 4/1/13 by Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

Purpose:

To consider Emergency Response Plans filed 4/1/13 by Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

Substance of proposed rule:

The Commission is considering whether to approve, reject, or amend, in whole or in part, the 2013 Emergency Response Plan (ERP), Overhead, and Underground (Heat & Winter Related) ERPs filed April 1, 2013 by Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. The Plans are titled, 2013 Emergency Response Plan, Overhead Emergency Response Procedure, Underground Contingency Heat Event Response Procedure, and Winter Related Underground Contingency Procedure. In accordance with Public Service Law (PSL) § 66(21), the Commission is required to review and approve electric emergency response plans, which are required to be submitted annually by electric utilities. At the conclusion of the comment period, the Commission will possibly modify and approve each utility’s emergency response plan, and order the utility to conform with that plan during emergencies.

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:

Jeffrey C. Cohen, Acting 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-E-0025SP2)