5/15/13 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-20-13-00011-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 grant, modify or deny a tariff filing by Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. proposing revisions to Interruptible Service Options contained in its gas tariff schedule, P.S.C. No. 9 — Gas.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 65 and 66(12)
Subject:
Interruptible Service Options.
Purpose:
To grant, modify or deny a tariff filing proposing revisions to Interruptible Service Options.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Public Service Commission is considering whether to approve, modify or reject, in whole or in part, a tariff filing by Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (the Company) to revise it Interruptible Service Options contained in its gas tariff schedule, P.S.C. No. 8 – Gas. The modifications would eliminate the Temperature Control Option. The Company states that this modification will provide customers benefits such as (1) more certainty as to the start and end of interruptions; (2) more advance notice of interruptions; (3) likely minimize customer alternate fuel costs and environmental impacts of burning alternate fuel; (4) enable all interruptible customers to participate in seasonally planned interruptions to test alternate fuel capability; (5) enable al interruptible customers to participate in pre-season communications tests; and (6) enable area-specific interruptions for all dual fuel customers when necessary to maintain service to firm gas customers. The amendments have an effective date of August 1, 2013. The Commission may apply its decision here to other utilities.
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.
