PSC-17-16-00006-P Proposal to Revise General Rule 20 Standby Service

4/27/16 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-17-16-00006-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXVIII, ISSUE 17

April 27, 2016

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-17-16-00006-P

Proposal to Revise General Rule 20 Standby Service

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 revise General Rule 20 Standby Service contained in its electric tariff schedules, P.S.C. Nos. 10 and 12.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, section 66(12)

Subject:

Proposal to revise General Rule 20 Standby Service.

Purpose:

To consider proposed tariff revisions related to standby service multi-party offset under General Rule 20.

Substance of proposed rule:

The Public Service Commission (Commission) is considering proposed tariff revisions filed on April 4, 2016 by Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison) to its electric tariff schedules, P.S.C. Nos. 10 and 12 (PASNY), regarding standby service. Con Edison proposes to revise General Rule 20 Standby Service to establish Multi-Party Offset provisions to allow a customer that owns or operates a private generating facility, sized over 2MW and connected to the high-tension distribution system, to use the output of the generating facility to offset usage on its own account(s) and one or more other customers’ accounts located in the same building. Con Edison proposes changes applicable to both the Single Party Offset and Multi-Party Offset to include: (1) that service must be taken under Service Classification No. 11 if the export of the generating facility exceeds the aggregate registered kWh usage on the Standby Service account; (2) that the Standby Service accounts supplied by the output of the generating facility shall have no other source of generation located on the premises except as permitted under General Rule 8.2 and shall not participate under Rider R– Net Metering for Customer Generators; and (3) the addition of tariff language to clarify that the Output Meter must be Commission-approved and if provided by Con Edison, the cost will be recovered as part of the Interconnection Charge. Con Edison proposes to revise Form G, its application for Standby Service to include the Multi-Party Offset option. Under its PASNY tariff, Con Edison proposes the same requirements established for Single Party Offset for Multi-Party Offset along with: (1) the responsibility for coordinating the interconnection and operation of the generating facility will be with New York Power Authority (NYPA); (2) the Output Meter must be furnished and installed at NYPA’s expense; (3) NYPA must arrange and maintain the communications service; and, (4) Con Edison will provide kW credits for the generator’s output but not kWh credits. The proposed amendments have an effective date of July 21, 2016. The Commission may adopt, modify, or reject, in whole or in part, the relief proposed and may resolve related matters.

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:

John Pitucci, 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.

(16-E-0196SP1)