8/11/10 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-32-10-00011-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 Central Hudson Gas and Elec. Corp.'s petition seeking rehearing of the June 24, 2010 Order in Cases 07-M-0548 and whether the relief sought therein should also apply to other Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard programs.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 4(1), 5(2) and 66(1)
Subject:
Utility-Administered Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard programs.
Purpose:
To encourage cost effective energy conservation in New York.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Public Service Commission is considering whether to adopt, in whole or in part, to reject, or to take other action regarding the petition submitted by Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corporation (Central Hudson) on July 23, 2010 seeking rehearing of the Commission's June 24, 2010 Order Approving Three New Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (EEPS) Programs and Enhancing Funding and Making Other Modifications for Other EEPS Programs (Order). The Commission is also considering whether its resolution of the issues posed by Central Hudson's petition should be applied to other utility-administered EEPS programs.
The Order approved Central Hudson's proposed Home Energy Reporting program, a program that attempts to influence energy usage through communications with utility customers comparing their usage with that of other, similarly situated customers and providing information about steps they can take to reduce their energy consumption. The Commission previously approved a similar program for Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation. The Order also directed the Central Hudson to implement the program in a manner consistent with a June 11, 2009 letter from Office of Energy Efficiency and the Environment Director Floyd Barwig to the EEPS Evaluation Advisory Group. That letter contained guidelines for the handling and non-disclosure of customer usage data by program administrators and program evaluators. Central Hudson's petition seeks relief from the requirement that the Home Energy Reporting program comply with the guidelines contained in the letter.
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.
