5/2/07 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-18-07-00016-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, modify or reject, in whole or in part, the advanced metering plan filed by National Grid in response to the order relating to electric and gas metering services, issued on Aug. 1, 2006.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 5(b), 65, and 66(1)
Subject:
Utility plan pertaining to advanced metering.
Purpose:
To consider the advanced metering plan filed by National Grid.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Public Service Commission (the Commission) is considering whether to approve, modify or reject, in whole or in part, an advanced metering plan filed on February 1, 2007 by National Grid in connection with three on-going proceedings, Cases 02-M-0514, 00-E-0165 and 94-E-0952. In an order issued on August 1, 2006 in these cases, the Commission directed electric utilities to file comprehensive plans for development and deployment, to the extent feasible and cost effective, of advanced metering systems for the benefit of all customers. Gas utilities were directed to assess the feasibility of developing, offering, and installing advanced metering systems for large volume gas customers.
National Grid proposes to continue to deploy advanced meters for large commercial and industrial electric customers as mandatory hourly pricing is progressively expanded, and to other customers requiring interval data recording meters. It would continue to offer virtually all customers the option of advanced metering via the company's tariffed offerings, and assess the viability of new time-differential, retail access, commodity-based pricing for small customers through customer focus group market research, and perhaps pilot programs.
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:
Central Operations, Public Service Commission, Bldg. 3, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350, (518) 474-2500
Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Jaclyn A. Brilling, Secretary, Public Service Commission, Bldg. 3, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350, (518) 474-6530
Public 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.
