5/9/12 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-19-12-00008-P
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:
Proposed Action:
The Commission is considering whether to adopt, in whole or in part, Niagara Mohawk's April 2, 2012 proposal regarding substantial design and budget changes to its EEPS electric small business and commercial and industrial programs.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 4(1), 5(2) and 66(1)
Subject:
EEPS program approvals.
Purpose:
To change the design and budgets to Niagara Mohawk's EEPS Small Business and Commercial and Industrial Programs.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Commission is considering whether to adopt, in whole or in part, to reject, or to take any other action with respect the petition of Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid for Approval of Substantive Modifications to Certain EEPS Electric programs.
Niagara Mohawk proposes to increase funding for its electric Small Business Services program in the amount of $8,002,807 for each of the program years 2012-2015 in order to provide small business customers an incentive of 70% (the project cost which is the approved original program design) instead of 65% of the project costs which is currently the incentive paid. The total revised funding would amount to $32,613,495 for each of the program years 2012-2015.
The company proposes to increase funding for its electric Mid-Size Commercial program in the amount of $4,900,180 for each of the program years 2012-2015 in order to provide commercial customers an incentive of 50% (project costs which is the original approved program design) instead of the 35% or 40% of the project costs which is currently paid. The revised budget is $21,564,865 for the Mid-Size Commercial program for each program years for 2012-2015.
Lastly, Niagara Mohawk requests to consolidate the Mid-Size and Large Industrial Electric programs to increase flexibility in delivering of programs to C/I customers and block bidding customers. As a result, customers who wish to participate in the block bidding program will be able to bid across sectors.
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, Three Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350, (518) 486-2655, email:
leann.ayer@dps.ny.govData, 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:
secretary@dps.ny.govPublic 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.
