5/15/13 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-20-13-00007-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 a petition by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority requesting modification of the implementation rules governing the Renewable Portfolio Standard, Customer—Sited Tier Standard Offer PV Program.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 4(1), 5(2) and 66(1)
Subject:
Customer-Sited Tier of the Renewable Portfolio Standard.
Purpose:
To enhance the 2013 NY-Sun Program.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Commission is considering whether to adopt, modify, or reject in whole or in part, the request of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), seeking to modify the implementation rules of the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS), Customer-Sited Tier (CST) Standard Offer and Competitive PV Programs. Specifically, NYSERDA proposes modifications to: (1) create a second tier for commercial Standard Offer PV systems larger than 50kW up to a maximum size cap of 200kW; (2) increase the threshold for the CST Competitive PV program to systems larger than 200kW; (3) create a separate, short-term, incentive opportunity for capacity additions up to the new 200kW maximum size cap for previously completed commercial systems; and (4) raise the residential Standard Offer PV system size cap from the current 7kW to 25kW.
The Commission is considering NYSERDA’s “Petition for Modification of NY-SUN Solar PV Programs” dated April 25, 2013, in addition to any related issues.
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.
