6/19/13 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-25-13-00009-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 a proposal by Staff of the Department of Public Service regarding clarification of regulation 16 NYCRR section 230.2.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 5(1), (2), 30 and 31
Subject:
Provision by utilities of natural gas main and service lines.
Purpose:
To help ensure efficient and economic expansion of the natural gas system as appropriate.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Commission is considering whether to adopt, modify, or reject, in whole or in part, a proposal by the New York State Department of Public Service Staff (Staff) to clarify 16 NYCRR 230.2. If adopted, Staff’s proposal would require the natural gas utilities to file tariff amendments that would clarify that (i) 100 feet of main is the minimum entitlement for each new natural gas customer and § 230 has language that allows the LDC to provide more footage at no cost to each customer if it is cost-justified and (ii) if two or more applicants are located beyond 100 feet from an existing main but the applicants are less than 100 feet from each other, (e.g. Applicant A is 150 feet from an existing main and Applicant B is 200 feet from an existing main but only 50 feet from Applicant B), 16 NYCRR 230.2 requires the utility to provide main extensions to each applicant that requests service concurrently at no cost to the applicants to the extent that the total required main extension is not greater than the total number of customers multiplied by 100 feet. In addition, Staff is requesting that parties respond to a series of questions on this subject.
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.
