7/13/16 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-28-16-00016-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 petition requesting reconsideration of the June 20, 2016 Order Adopting a Ratemaking and Utility Revenue Model Policy Framework in Case 14-M-0101 filed by the Joint Utilities on June 20, 2016.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 5(1)(b), (2), 22, 65(1), (2), (3), 66(2) and (5)
Subject:
Petition for reconsideration of the Order Adopting a Ratemaking and Utility Revenue Model Policy Framework.
Purpose:
To determine appropriate rules for and calculation of the distributed generation reliability credit.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Public Service Commission is considering a petition requesting reconsideration of the June 20, 2016 Order Adopting a Ratemaking and Utility Revenue Model Policy Framework in Case 14-M-0101 filed by Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., New York State Electric & Gas Corporation, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid, Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. and Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation (collectively, the Joint Utilities) on June 20, 2016. The petition seeks reconsideration regarding the calculation of a reliability credit for distributed generation (DG Reliability Credit) based on reductions in contract demand in two consecutive summers. Upon conducting its evaluation of the petition, the Commission may reaffirm its initial decision or adhere to it with additional rationale in denying the petition, modify or reverse the decision in granting the petition in whole or in part, or take such other or further action as it deems necessary with respect to the petition. However, the Commission will limit its review to the issues raised by the above-referenced petition.
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.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.
