5/23/07 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-21-07-00008-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 filing made by Corning Natural Gas Corporation (Corning) requesting clarification or, in the alternative, amendment of the commission's May 22, 2006 order in Cases 05-G-1359, 05-G-1268, and 04-G-1032. The requested amendment would permit Corning to retain incremental revenues from interconnection and transportation of local gas production and also any savings produced by the purchase of local production for service to the company's sales customers.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 65(1) and 66(12)
Subject:
Clarification or, in the alternative, amendment, of the Public Service Commission order issued May 22, 2006 in Cases 05-G-1359, 05-G-1268, and 04-G-1032 involving the rates, charges, rules and regulations of Corning.
Purpose:
To permit Corning to retain incremental revenues from interconnection and transportation of local gas production and any savings produced by the purchase of local production for service to the company's sales customers.
Substance of proposed rule:
In the May 22, 2006 Rate Order adopted by the Public Service Commission in Cases 05-G-1359, 05-G-1268, and 04-G-1032, the Commission adopted a Joint Proposal which included a provision that required Corning Natural Gas Corporation (Corning) to credit customers for any revenues generated from the receipt of local production gas during the rate year ended September 30, 2007. Corning requests that the Commission clarify or, in the alternative, amend that provision to permit the Company to retain any revenues generated from the receipt of local production gas during the rate year.
Corning also requests that the Commission permit the Company to also retain any savings generated by the purchase of local production gas for supply to the Company's customers. These savings, absent the requested Commission permission, would otherwise inure to the benefit of the Company's sales service customers through the operation of the Gas Adjustment Clause.
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.
