8/13/08 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-33-08-00009-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 whether, and to what extent, it should approve the Joint Petition of Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., and Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. to enter into a lease for transmission tower space.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 5(1)(b), 65(1), 66(1) and 70
Subject:
Joint Petition to enter into a lease for transmission tower space.
Purpose:
To consider the Joint Petition to enter into a lease for transmission tower space.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Commission is considering whether, and to what extent, it should approve the Joint Petition of Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., (Con Edison) and Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O & R) to enter into a lease for transmission tower space. Specifically, Con Edison requests authorization to transfer to O& R a leasehold interest that will allow O & R to construct, install, operate and maintain a second circuit (Transmission Line 28) in the open position on certain Con Edison transmission towers located between the Ramapo 345kV electric substation and the Rock Tavern 345kV electric substation, and to run Transmission Line 28 along the northwest edge of the Ramapo 345 kV substation. The Commission may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the Joint Petition or any proposals that may be developed there from, and it may also consider 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.state.ny.us/f96dir.htm. For questions, contact:
Leann Ayer, Public Service Commission, Three Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 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, Three Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350, (518) 474-6530, email:
jaclyn_brilling@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.
