8/11/10 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-32-10-00010-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 proposals from St. Lawrence Gas Company, Inc.'s (St. Lawrence) and Corning Natural Gas Corp. (Corning) for utility-administered small commercial Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard programs.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 4(1), 5(2) and 66(1)
Subject:
St. Lawrence's and Corning's small commercial Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard program proposals.
Purpose:
To consider St. Lawrence's and Corning's small commercial Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard program proposals.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Commission is considering whether to adopt, modify, or reject, in whole or in part, proposals set forth in separate petitions by St. Lawrence Gas Company, Inc. (St. Lawrence) and Corning Natural Gas Corporation (Corning). St. Lawrence submitted its original proposal entitled "St. Lawrence Gas Commercial Energy Efficiency Program Proposal" on July 20, 2010 and updated the proposal on July 21, 2010. Corning submitted its proposal entitled "Proposal for Commercial and Industrial Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (EEPS) Program" on July 26, 2010. Both companies propose implementation of their own Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard small commercial heating, ventilation and air conditioning rebate program. In evaluating the proposals from Corning and St. Lawrence, the Commission could make decisions that impact other utilities' EEPS programs.
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, (518) 486-2655, email:
leann_ayer@dps.state.ny.usData, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Jaclyn A. Brilling, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 474-6530, email:
Secretary@dps.state.ny.usPublic 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.