5/20/09 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-20-09-00017-P
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:
Proposed Action:
The PSC is considering a filing of Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation (CHG&E) as to the recovery of, and accounting for, costs associated with its advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) pilot program.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 4(1) and 66(1)
Subject:
The recovery of, and accounting for, costs associated with CHG&E's AMI pilot program.
Purpose:
To consider a filing of CHG&E as to the recovery of, and accounting for, costs associated with its AMI pilot program.
Substance of proposed rule:
In its filing of April 14, 2009, Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corporation (CHG&E) stated that the cost to establish the Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Pilot program (called for by the Commission order in Case 09-M-0074 and previous orders) for approximately 13,500 endpoints is estimated at $14.9 million. CHG&E proposes and expects to request funding from the competitive grant process of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (EDER) program established by the American Reliability and Recovery Act of 2009, which can provide funding of up to 50 percent of the costs of qualified investments to successful applicants. CHG&E proposes to defer the balance of the AMI electric program costs, including internal labor, not funded by the EDER program grant and recover the balance by charging the net regulatory liability owed to customers that will be available at the conclusion of its pending rate case. In addition, CHG&E proposes that any AMI gas costs be deferred and recovered from customers at a later date. The Commission is considering whether to approve, reject or modify (in whole or in part) CHG&E's filing.
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:
Leann Ayer, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 486-2655, email:
leann_ayer@dps.state.ny.usData, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Jaclyn A. Brilling, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 474-6530, email:
jaclyn_brilling@dps.state.ny.usPublic 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.
