PSC-27-09-00014-P Billing and Payment for Energy Efficiency Measures Through Utility Bill

7/8/09 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-27-09-00014-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXI, ISSUE 27

July 08, 2009

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-27-09-00014-P

Billing and Payment for Energy Efficiency Measures Through Utility Bill

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 proposal for a pilot on-bill financing program for customers of The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a National Grid New York and KeySpan Gas East Corporation d/b/a National Grid Long Island.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, sections 4(1), 5(2), 66(1) and (12-a)

Subject:

Billing and payment for energy efficiency measures through utility bill.

Purpose:

To promote energy conservation.

Substance of proposed rule:

The Commission is considering whether to adopt, modify, or reject, in whole or in part, a Department of Public Service Staff proposal entitled "Proposal for an On-Bill Financing Gas Pilot," filed June 22, 2009, including attachments comprising a form of landlord approval for renter participation, a form for a utility - renter customer agreement, and a form for a utility - landowner customer agreement, for customers of The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a National Grid New York and KeySpan Gas East Corporation d/b/a National Grid Long Island.

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:

Leann Ayer, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, [phone], email: [e-mail]

Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:

Jaclyn A. Brilling, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, [phone], email: [e-mail]

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.

(09-M-0465SP1)