8/17/11 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-33-11-00010-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 the need for restated targets for thirteen electric and four gas Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (EEPS) programs to account for changes in the way energy savings are calculated in the EEPS Technical Manual.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 4(1), 5(2) and 66(1)
Subject:
To provide opportunity to reduce EEPS cumulative targets through 2011 due to implementation of Technical Manual.
Purpose:
To encourage cost-effective electric and gas energy conservation in the State.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Commission is considering whether to adopt, in whole or in part, to reject, or to take any other action with respect to a recommendation by the Staff of the Department of Public Service on the need for restated targets for thirteen electric and four gas Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (EEPS) programs to account for changes in the way energy savings are calculated because of adoption of the consolidated Technical Manual entitled New York Standard Approach for Estimating Energy Savings from Energy Efficiency Programs - Residential, Multi-Family and Commercial/Industrial Measures" dated October 15, 2010. The Program Administrators affected by these proposed restated targets are Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation; Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.; Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc.; New York State Electric & Gas Corporation; Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation; and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, The Brooklyn Union Gas Company and KeySpan Gas East Corporation d/b/a National Grid.
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, (518) 486-2655, email:
leann_ayer@dps.state.ny.usData, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Jaclyn A. Brilling, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 474-6530, email:
Secretary@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.
