5/1/13 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-18-13-00008-P
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 delegate authority to Staff to approve reallocations of previously authorized funds between EEPS technical service contracts supporting services, protocol development and database development related to evaluation.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 4(1), 5(2) and 66(1)
Subject:
Allocation of previously authorized funds between three Commission ordered EEPS technical activities.
Purpose:
Provide flexibility to reallocate funds among three Commission ordered EEPS activities to address evolving needs and priorities.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Public Service Commission is considering whether to delegate authority to the Director of the Office of Energy Efficiency and the Environment (OEEE) to approve reallocations of funds previously authorized between three Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (EEPS) activities: (1) independent consulting evaluation services; (2) Statewide Evaluation Protocol Development; and (3) Statewide Database Development which are administered by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) under Department of Public Service (DPS) Staff direction. Per previous Commission Orders, all three activities are funded through System Benefit Charge (SBC) or EEPS interest earnings, or NYSERDA’s evaluation budget.
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, (518) 486-2659, email:
Deborah.Swatling@dps.ny.govData, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Jeffrey C. Cohen, Acting Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 408-1978, email:
secretary@dps.ny.govPublic 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.
