7/8/15 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-27-15-00011-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 whether to adopt, modify, or reject, in whole or in part, the proposals filed by Cayuga Operating Company LLC, and New York State Electric & Gas Corporation on February 6, 2015.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 4(1), 5(1)(b), (2), 65(1), 66(1), (2), (4), (5), (9) and (12)
Subject:
Repowering options for the Cayuga Generating Facility located in Lansing, New York, and other alternatives.
Purpose:
To establish whether utility plans should include repowering the Cayuga Generating Facility, or other alternatives.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Public Service Commission (Commission) is considering the Revised Repowering Proposal filed by Cayuga Operating Company LLC (Cayuga) on February 6, 2015, concerning the repowering of the Cayuga Generating Facility located in Lansing, New York. The Commission is also considering the recommendations filed on February 6, 2015, by New York State Electric & Gas Corporation (NYSEG) concerning the repowering of the Cayuga Generating Facility and NYSEG’s transmission reinforcement projects. The Commission is considering whether to adopt, modify, or reject, in whole or in part, the proposals filed by Cayuga and NYSEG on February 6, 2015, and may address other related matters, including, but not limited to, the Joint Proposal filed on June 22, 2015 in Case 13-T-0235, concerning planned transmission projects.
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.