PSC-14-09-00018-A Lightened Regulation of Electric Operations

7/8/09 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-14-09-00018-A

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXI, ISSUE 27

July 08, 2009

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

NOTICE OF ADOPTION

 

I.D No. PSC-14-09-00018-A

Filing Date. Jun. 19, 2009

Effective Date. Jun. 19, 2009

Lightened Regulation of Electric Operations

PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following action:

Action taken:

On 6/18/09, the PSC adopted an order approving Saranac Power Partners, L.P., wholesale electric operations for lightened regulation, and that Saranac will not be a steam corporation after it ceases to operate as a qualifying facility.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, sections 2(13), 2(22), 5(1)(b), 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 69-a, 70, 71, 72, 72-a, 75, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 82-a, 83, 84, 85, 88, 89, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 114-a, 115, 117, 118, 119-b and 119-c

Subject:

Lightened regulation of electric operations.

Purpose:

To approve lightened regulation of electric operations.

Substance of final rule:

The Commission, on June 18, 2009, adopted an order approving Saranac Power Partners, L.P. (Saranac), wholesale electric operations for lightened regulation, and that Saranac will not be a steam corporation after it ceases to operate as a qualifying facility under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the order.

Final rule as compared with last published rule:

No changes.

Text of rule may be obtained from:

Leann Ayer, Public Service Commission, Three Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223, [phone], email: [e-mail] An IRS employer ID no. or social security no. is required from firms or persons to be billed 25 cents per page. Please use tracking number found on last line of notice in requests.

Assessment of Public Comment

An assessment of public comment is not submitted with this notice because the rule is within the definition contained in section 102(2)(a)(ii) of the State Administrative Procedure Act.

(09-M-0251SA1)