7/3/07 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-27-07-00009-P
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:
Proposed action:
The Public Service Commission is considering whether to adopt, in whole or in part, proposed changes to Reliability Rules B-R2, B-R3, E-R2 and E-R3 and the associated Measurement B-M1 as well as Reliability Rule B-R5 and the associated Measurement B-M3 of the New York State Reliability Council.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 4(1), 5(2), 65(1), 66(1), (2)
Subject:
Adoption by the Public Service Commission of a proposed change to Reliability Rules B-R2, B-R3, E-R2 and E-R3 and the associated Measurement B-M1 as well as Reliability Rule B-R5 and the associated Measurement B-M3 of the New York State Reliability Council.
Purpose:
To consider adopting in whole or in part Reliability Rules B-R2, B-R3, E-R2 and E-R3 and the associated Measurement B-M1 as well as Reliability Rule B-R5 and the associated Measurement B-M3 of the New York State Reliability Council.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Public Service Commission is considering whether to adopt in whole or in part revisions made by the New York State Reliability Council (NYSRC) to Version 18 of its Reliability Rules, Version 19, which was adopted by the NYSRC Executive Committee on April 13, 2007, contains several changes intended to bring the Reliability Rules in conformance with the criteria of the Northeast Power Coordinating Council (NPCC) and current practice of the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO). One revision involves Transmission Capability - Planning, with specific reference to Emergency Transfer Capability. Directly affected are Reliability Rules B-R2, B-R3, E-R2 and E-R3 and associated Measurement B-M1. Another revision involves restoration. Directly affected is Reliability Rule B-R5 and associated Measurement B-M3.
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.state.ny.us/f96dir.htm. For questions, contact:
Central Operations, Public Service Commission, Bldg. 3, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350, (518) 474-2500
Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Jaclyn A. Brilling, Secretary, Public Service Commission, Bldg. 3, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350, (518) 474-6530
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.