LPA-20-16-00001-P Proposed Feed-In Tariffs for New Commercial Solar and Fuel Cell Generation

5/18/16 N.Y. St. Reg. LPA-20-16-00001-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXVIII, ISSUE 20

May 18, 2016

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

LONG ISLAND POWER AUTHORITY

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. LPA-20-16-00001-P

Proposed Feed-In Tariffs for New Commercial Solar and Fuel Cell Generation

PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:

Proposed Action:

The Long Island Power Authority ("LIPA") is considering a proposal to modify its Tariff for Electric Service ("Tariff") to establish a Commercial Solar Feed-in Tariff and a Fuel Cell Feed-in Tariff.

Statutory authority:

Public Authorities Law, section 1020-f(z), (u) and (gg)

Subject:

Proposed Feed-in Tariffs for new commercial solar and fuel cell generation.

Purpose:

To authorize development of up to 20MW of new solar generation and 40MW of new fuel cell generation through feed-in tariffs.

Public hearing(s) will be held at:

10:00 a.m., July 5, 2016 at H. Lee Dennison Bldg., 100 Veterans Memorial Hwy., Hauppauge, NY; 2:00 p.m., July 5, 2016 at 333 Earle Ovington Blvd., 4th Fl., Uniondale, NY.

Interpreter Service:

Interpreter services will be made available to hearing impaired persons, at no charge, upon written request submitted within reasonable time prior to the scheduled public hearing. The written request must be addressed to the agency representative designated in the paragraph below.

Accessibility:

All public hearings have been scheduled at places reasonably accessible to persons with a mobility impairment.

Substance of proposed rule:

The Long Island Power Authority Staff proposes to modify the Tariff for Electric Service, effective August 1, 2016, to authorize an additional Commercial Solar Feed-In Tariff for up to 20 MW and an additional Fuel Cell Feed-In Tariff for up 40 MW, at prices to be set by competitive auctions.

Text of proposed rule and any required statements and analyses may be obtained from:

Justin Bell, Long Island Power Authority, 333 Earle Ovington Blvd., Suite 403, Uniondale, NY 11553, [phone], email: [e-mail]

Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:

Same as above.

Public comment will be received until:

Five days after the last scheduled public hearing.

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.