PSC-25-16-00012-P Consideration of NYISO's Western New York PPTN Viability and Sufficiency Assessment  

  • 6/22/16 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-25-16-00012-P
    NEW YORK STATE REGISTER
    VOLUME XXXVIII, ISSUE 25
    June 22, 2016
    RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES
    PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
    PROPOSED RULE MAKING
    NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED
     
    I.D No. PSC-25-16-00012-P
    Consideration of NYISO's Western New York PPTN Viability and Sufficiency Assessment
    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 the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) should proceed to evaluate the proposed solutions it submitted on June 1, 2016 to the identified Public Policy Transmission Need (PPTN)/Public Policy Requirements.
    Statutory authority:
    Public Service Law, sections 4(1), 5(1)(b), (2), 65(1), 66(1), (2) and (5)
    Subject:
    Consideration of NYISO's Western New York PPTN Viability and Sufficiency Assessment.
    Purpose:
    To identify whether NYISO should proceed to further evaluate solutions to a Western New York PPTN.
    Substance of proposed rule:
    The Public Service Commission (Commission) is considering whether the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) should proceed to evaluate the proposed solutions the NYISO submitted on June 1, 2016, as part of a Western New York Public Policy Transmission Need (PPTN) Viability and Sufficiency Assessment (Assessment). The PPTN Assessment addresses the proposed solutions the NYISO received upon soliciting responses to the PPTN for Western New York that was initially identified by the Commission in an order issued in this proceeding on July 20, 2015. In accordance with its Policy Statement issued in Case 14-E-0068 on August 15, 2014, the Commission seeks comments on whether the proposed solutions identified in the PPTN Assessment should continue to be analyzed by the NYISO, or whether there is no longer a Public Policy Requirement/PPTN driving the need for a potential transmission solution that warrants further evaluation by the NYISO. The Commission may determine that the PPTN continues to exist for Western New York, or that such a PPTN no longer exists, or that a modified PPTN exists, including, but not limited to, whether a non-transmission solution should be pursued, and may address other related matters.
    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:
    John Pitucci, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 486-2655, email: john.pitucci@dps.ny.gov
    Data, 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.gov
    Public 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.
    (14-E-0454SP2)

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