8/13/08 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-18-08-00006-A
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following action:
Action taken:
On July 16, 2008, the Public Service Commission adopted an order approving, with a minor modification, the joint proposal of Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. and the parties, resolving the prudence investigation of the 2006 Long Island City network outage.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 4(1), 65(1), 66(1) and (12)
Subject:
Resolution of the prudence proceeding in the connection with the 2006 Long Island City Network Outages.
Purpose:
To adopt the terms & conditions of a joint proposal resolving the investigation of the 2006 Long Island City network outage.
Substance of final rule:
The Commission, on July 16, 2008, adopted an order approving the terms and conditions of a joint proposal of Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (the Company), Staff of the Department of Public Service, the New York State Consumer Protection Board, Western Queens Power for the People, New York Assemblyman Richard L. Brodsky, the City of New York, and the Public Utility Law Project (the parties), with one minor exception regarding the form and format of the Company’s apology to its customers, and resolving the prudence investigation of the 2006 Long Island City network outage, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the order.
Final rule as compared with last published rule:
No changes.
Text of rule may be obtained from:
Leann Ayer, Public Service Commission, Three Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223, (518) 486-2655, email:
leann_ayer@dps.state.ny.us. An IRS employer ID no. or social security no. is required from firms or persons to be billed 25 cents per page. Please use tracking number found on last line of notice in requests.
Assessment of Public Comment
An assessment of public comment is not submitted with this notice because the rule is within the definition contained in section 102(2)(a)(ii) of the State Administrative Procedure Act.
