5/27/09 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-21-09-00005-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 whether to approve, reject or modify a proposal of New York State Electric & Gas Corporation to revise the procedures it uses for estimating gas or electric usage when actual meter readings are not available.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 5(1)(b), 65(1), 66(1), (3), (5) and (12)
Subject:
Procedures for estimation of customer bills.
Purpose:
To consider revised estimation procedures used for rendering bills to utility customers.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Public Service Commission is considering whether to approve, reject or modify a proposal of New York State Electric & Gas Corporation to revise certain procedures used for rendering bills to utility customers. The proposed procedures would be used to estimate a customer's gas or electric usage during a billing period when an actual meter reading of usage is not available. If approved, the proposed procedures would replace existing procedures for estimating customer usage for billing purposes.
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.
