PSC-32-09-00009-P Cost Allocation for Consolidated Edison's East River Repowering Project

8/12/09 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-32-09-00009-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXI, ISSUE 32

August 12, 2009

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-32-09-00009-P

Cost Allocation for Consolidated Edison's East River Repowering Project

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 analysis under Case 09-S-0029 related to allocation of costs of Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.'s (Consolidated Edison) East River Repowering Project.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, sections 65, 66, 79, 80 and 81

Subject:

Cost allocation for Consolidated Edison's East River Repowering Project.

Purpose:

To determine whether any changes are warranted in the cost allocation of Consolidated Edison's East River Repowering Project.

Public hearing(s) will be held at:

10:30 a.m., Sept. 23 and 24, 2009 at Boardroom, 90 Church St., New York, NY; There could be requests to reschedule the hearings. Notification of any subsequent scheduling changes will be available at the DPS website (www.dps.state.ny.us) under Case No. 09-S-0029SP4.

Interpreter Service:

Interpreter services will be made available to hearing impaired persons, at no charge, upon written request submitted within reasonable time prior to the scheduled public hearing. The written request must be addressed to the agency representative designated in the paragraph below.

Accessibility:

All public hearings have been scheduled at places reasonably accessible to persons with a mobility impairment.

Substance of proposed rule:

The Commission has initiated a proceeding – Case 09-S-0029 -- to examine, among other things, the allocation of costs of Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.’s (Consolidate Edison) East River Repowering Project, between electric revenue requirements and steam revenue requirements. On May 7, 2009, Consolidated Edison filed an East River Repowering Project Cost Allocation Study that recommends continuation of the “incremental method” of allocation that is currently in use. The Cost Allocation Study also presents a comparison of results using different fuel cost allocation methods. On June 20, 2009, parties submitted testimony that included additional alternative allocation methods. The proceeding will examine the Cost Allocation study, including the alternative allocation methods presented in the Study as well as other alternative methods presented by parties within the proceeding. Potential actions of the Commission are to continue the current allocation method, or to order the use of a different allocation method, effective not sooner than October 1, 2010. The Commission may also adopt rate mitigation options or other measures related to the issues presented by the Cost Allocation Study.

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-S-0029SP4)