7/17/13 N.Y. St. Reg. LPA-29-13-00022-P
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:
Proposed Action:
The Long Island Power Authority is considering a proposal to modify its Tariff for Electric Service ("Tariff"), Service Classification No. 11—Buyback Service, to purchase 100 MW of solar photovoltaic renewable resources.
Statutory authority:
Public Authorities Law, section 1020-f(z) and (u)
Subject:
Service Classification No. 11—Buyback Service of the Authority's Tariff.
Purpose:
To modify the Tariff, Service Classification No. 11—Buyback Service.
Public hearing(s) will be held at:
10:00 a.m., Sept. 3, 2013 at H. Lee Dennison Bldg., 100 Veterans Memorial Hwy., Hauppauge, NY; 2:00 p.m., Sept. 3, 2013 at 333 Earle Ovington Blvd., 4th Fl., Uniondale, NY.
Interpreter Service:
Interpreter services will be made available to hearing impaired persons, at no charge, upon written request submitted within reasonable time prior to the scheduled public hearing. The written request must be addressed to the agency representative designated in the paragraph below.
Accessibility:
All public hearings have been scheduled at places reasonably accessible to persons with a mobility impairment.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Long Island Power Authority (“Authority”) is considering a proposal to modify its Tariff for Electric Service (“Tariff”) to authorize the purchase 100 MW of solar photovoltaic renewable resources under Service Classification No. 11 – Buyback Service, including all environmental attributes from customers for a fixed term of 20 years at a fixed price (¢ per kWh) for the entire term to be determined through a competitive auction process. In addition, a size limit of 2 MW for eligible projects and a premium price for projects located within the proximity of specific substations within the LIPA system east of the Canal Substation on the South Fork, as well as a modified Feed-in Tariff Solar Power Purchase Agreement that reflects the program modifications, are proposed. The Authority may approve, modify, or reject, in whole or part, the proposal.
Text of proposed rule and any required statements and analyses may be obtained from:
Andrew McCabe, Long Island Power Authority, 333 Earle Ovington Blvd., Suite 403, Uniondale, NY 11553, (516) 222-7700, email:
amccabe@lipower.orgData, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Same as above.
Public comment will be received until:
Five days after the last scheduled public hearing.
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.
