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 proposal filed by Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid to make various changes in the rates, charges, rules and regulations contained in its Schedule for Gas Service—P.S.C. No. 219.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, section 66(12)
Subject:
Major gas rate filing.
Purpose:
To consider a proposal to increase annual gas revenues by approximately $95.3 million or 10.9% on a total bill basis.
Public hearing(s) will be held at:
12:00 p.m., Oct. 28, 2008* at Syracuse City Hall, Common Council Chambers, 3rd Fl., 333 E. Washington St., Syracuse, NY; 6:00 p.m., Oct. 28, 2008* at Onondaga County Public Library, 447 S. Salina St., Curtain Auditorium, Syracuse, NY; 12:00 p.m., Nov. 5, 2008* at Schenectady County Public Library, 99 Clinton St., McChesney Rm., Schenectady, NY; and 6:00 p.m., Nov. 10, 2008* at Schodack Town Hall, 265 Schuurman Rd., Castleton, NY.
* On occasion there are requests to reschedule or postpone public statement hearing dates. If such a request is granted, notification of any subsequent scheduling changes will be available at the DPS website (www.dps.state.ny.us) under Case 08-G-0609.
Interpreter Service:
Interpreter services will be made available to hearing impaired persons, at no charge, upon written request submitted within reasonable time prior to the scheduled public hearing. The written request must be addressed to the agency representative designated in the paragraph below.
Accessibility:
All public hearings have been scheduled at places reasonably accessible to persons with a mobility impairment.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Commission is considering a proposal filed by Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid (Niagara Mohawk) to increase its annual gas revenues by approximately $95.3 million (the amount includes $11.11 million in System Benefit Charge revenues related to the company's proposed Energy Efficiency Programs) or 10.9% on a total bill basis for the rate year ending March 31, 2010. The proposed increase in delivery rates would be approximately 33.2%. Proposals for energy efficiency programs and the gas System Benefits Charge, which will recover all of the costs associated with the gas energy efficiency programs are included in Niagara Mohawk's proposed filing.
The statutory suspension period for the proposed filing runs through April 20, 2009. The Commission may adopt in whole or in part or reject terms set forth in Niagara Mohawk's proposal.
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.us
Data, 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: jaclyn_brilling@dps.state.ny.us
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.
