PSC-32-09-00018-P Capacity Release Service

8/12/09 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-32-09-00018-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXI, ISSUE 32

August 12, 2009

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-32-09-00018-P

Capacity Release Service

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 proposed filing by Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O&R) to make various changes in the rates, charges, rules and regulations contained in its Schedule for Gas Service - P.S.C. No. 4—Gas.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, section 66(12)

Subject:

Capacity Release Service.

Purpose:

To modify O&R's capacity release service available to Capacity Release Sellers serving firm transportation customers.

Substance of proposed rule:

The Commission is considering whether to approve, modify or reject, in whole or in part, a proposed filing by Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (the company) to change the terms under which the company will release interstate pipeline capacity to Sellers and to revise its Capacity Release Service Adjustment (a mechanism currently used to credit or surcharge customers for the difference between the average cost of capacity release to Sellers and the company's weighted average cost of transportation). The proposed filing has an effective date of November 1, 2009.

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-G-0567SP1)