PSC-25-14-00015-P Surcharges Related to the System Benefits Charge, Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard, Retail Renewable Portfolio Standard  

  • 6/25/14 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-25-14-00015-P
    NEW YORK STATE REGISTER
    VOLUME XXXVI, ISSUE 25
    June 25, 2014
    RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES
    PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
    PROPOSED RULE MAKING
    NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED
     
    I.D No. PSC-25-14-00015-P
    Surcharges Related to the System Benefits Charge, Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard, Retail Renewable Portfolio Standard
    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 to adopt, modify, or reject, in whole or in part, Multiple Intervenors' (MI) June 2, 2014 petition for expeditious relief from existing public benefit surcharges.
    Statutory authority:
    Public Service Law, sections 4(1), 5(2) and 66(1)
    Subject:
    Surcharges related to the System Benefits Charge, Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard, Retail Renewable Portfolio Standard.
    Purpose:
    To reduce the public benefit surcharge applicable to large industrial, commercial and institutional energy consumers.
    Substance of proposed rule:
    The Public Service Commission is considering Multiple Intervenors’ (MI) June 2, 2014 petition seeking expeditious relief from the System Benefits Charge (SBC), the Energy Efficiency Portfolio Charge (EEPS) and the Renewable Portfolio Standard surcharge (RPS) for its large industrial, commercial and institutional customers. MI alleges that collecting the surcharge on a per kilowatt hour (kWh) places a disproportionate and inequitable burden on large, high-load-factor customers. MI believes that the Commission may provide the requested relief by: 1) materially reducing the overall level of surcharges; 2) modifying the current surcharge recovery method (per kWh) to reduce MI customers’ share of the surcharges; 3) implementing an upper limit on the amount of surcharge imposed on a single customer or 4) some combination of these approaches. The Commission may adopt, reject or modify, in whole or in part, the relief proposed 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:
    Deborah Swatling, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 486-2659, email: Deborah.Swatling@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.
    (07-M-0548SP80)

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