4/29/09 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-17-09-00014-P
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 whether to approve, reject or modify a benefit-cost framework for evaluating advance metering infrastructure (AMI) programs prepared by the Staff of the Department of Public Service (DPS Staff).
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 4(1) and 66(1)
Subject:
Benefit-cost framework for evaluating AMI programs prepared by the DPS Staff.
Purpose:
To consider a benefit-cost framework for evaluating AMI programs prepared by the DPS Staff.
Substance of proposed rule:
To address the need for greater consistency in the benefit-cost analysis used by New York utilities, the Commission found in its Order in Case 09-M-0074, issued February 13, 2009, that a process is needed to examine the key aspects of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) benefit-cost analysis, culminating in guidance to the utilities on the methodology to be used to calculate benefits and costs. Therefore, the Commission directed Staff to begin such a process by developing a generic approach to the AMI benefit-cost analysis. The generic approach to such analysis developed by Staff will assist the Commission in making a determination on how to proceed with utility plans for AMI. The generic benefit-cost framework defines common terms and the methodology to be used by the utilities in filings of AMI proposals; and provides listings of the costs and benefits that must be addressed in a benefit-cost analysis of AMI, several deployment scenarios that must be analyzed, certain assumptions to be used for the values of avoided energy and capacity costs and discount rate, and certain issues that need further examination.
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:
jaclyn_brilling@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.
