PSC-25-16-00018-P Proposed Community Choice Aggregation Data Security Agreement

6/22/16 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-25-16-00018-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-25-16-00018-P

Proposed Community Choice Aggregation Data Security Agreement

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 proposed Data Security Agreement filed by the Joint Utilities on June 6, 2016 for use in Community Choice Aggregation programs.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, sections 5(1)-(2), 53, 65 and 66

Subject:

Proposed Community Choice Aggregation Data Security Agreement.

Purpose:

To ensure appropriate consumer protections in Community Choice Aggregation programs.

Substance of proposed rule:

The Public Service Commission (Commission) is considering a proposed Data Security Agreement (Agreement) for Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) programs filed by Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc., Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation, National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation, The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a National Grid NY, KeySpan Gas East Corporation d/b/a National Grid, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid, New York State Electric & Gas Corporation, and Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation (collectively, the Joint Utilities) on June 6, 2016. The Joint Utilities filed the Agreement in compliance with the Commission’s April 21, 2016 Order Authorizing Framework for Community Choice Aggregation Opt-out Program in Case 14-M-0224. The Commission may adopt, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the proposed Agreement and may resolve 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, [phone], email: [e-mail]

Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:

Kathleen H. Burgess, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, [phone], email: [e-mail]

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-M-0224SP4)