8/12/15 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-32-15-00016-P
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:
Proposed Action:
The Public Service Commission is considering whether to approve, reject or modify, in whole or in part, National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation's proposal to establish a gas Energy Efficiency Tracker contained in P.S.C. No. 8—Gas.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 5(2), 65 and 66
Subject:
Establishing a gas Energy Efficiency Tracker (EE Tracker) program.
Purpose:
To approve the establishment of a gas EE Tracker program.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Public Service Commission is considering whether to approve, modify or reject, in whole or in part, a tariff filing submitted on July 17, 2015 by National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation (National Fuel) to establish a gas Energy Efficiency Tracker contained in P.S.C. No. 8 – Gas. National Fuel proposes to establish a collection mechanism, an Energy Efficiency Tracker, to recover costs of energy efficiency programs that are not recovered in base rates pursuant to the Commission’s Order Authorizing Utility-Administered Electric Energy Efficiency Portfolios, issued June 19, 2015, in Case 15-M-0252. The amendments have an effective date of January 1, 2016. The Commission may also consider other related matters.
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:
Elaine Agresta, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 486-2660, email:
elaine.agresta@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.
