6/12/13 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-24-13-00012-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 proposed plans for the distribution to all affected electric ratepayers settlement funds awarded New York State by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Docket No. IN12-7-000.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 65 and 66
Subject:
Distribution proposals of settlement funds to electric ratepayers.
Purpose:
To decide the manner in which to distribute to electric ratepayers settlement funds.
Substance of proposed rule:
On October 18, 2012, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved the Commission’s plan to refund to electric ratepayers $48 million from a FERC settlement with Constellation Energy Group, Inc. in FERC Docket No. IN12-7-000. The Commission is considering the manner in which it will distribute these funds to electric ratepayers. The Commission will order refunds or take other action related to distributing the FERC settlement funds.
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.ny.gov/f96dir.htm. For questions, contact:
Deborah Swatling, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 486-2659, email:
deborah.swatling@dps.ny.govData, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Jeffrey C. Cohen, Acting Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 408-1978, 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.
