6/18/14 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-24-14-00005-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 examining the New York State natural gas local distribution companies' (LDCs) performance and performance measures.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 65 and 66
Subject:
To examine LDC's performance and performance measures.
Purpose:
To improve gas safety performance.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Public Service Commission initiated Case 14-G-0176 to examine the New York State natural gas local distribution companies' (LDCs) performance in three areas pertaining to safety: damage prevention, emergency response, and leak management, and require LDCs to identify and outline incremental efforts to improve gas safety performance in the future.
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:
Kathleen H. Burgess, 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.
