9/16/15 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-37-15-00009-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 a proposal filed by Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation (RG&E) to make various changes in the rates, charges, rules and regulations contained in its Schedules P.S.C. Nos. 18 and 19—Electricity.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 5, 65 and 66
Subject:
Major electric rate filing.
Purpose:
To consider an increase in RG&E's electric delivery revenues by approximately $53 million or 12.1%.
Public hearing(s) will be held at:
10:00 a.m., Nov. 4, 2015 and continuing daily as needed at Department of Public Service, Agency Bldg. Three, 19th Fl. Boardroom, Albany, NY (Evidentiary Hearing)*
*On occasion, there are requests to reschedule or postpone evidentiary hearing dates. If such a request is granted, notification of any subsequent scheduling changes will be available at the DPS website (www.dps.ny.gov) under Cases 15-E-0285 and 15-G-0286.
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 Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation (RG&E) to increase RG&E’s electric delivery revenues for the rate year ending March 31, 2017 by approximately $53 million (or 12.1 percent). RG&E proposes to offset this increase with customer credits of $63 million for a decrease in electric delivery revenues of approximately $10 million (or -2.3 percent). The initial suspension period for the proposed filing runs through October 16, 2015. The Commission may adopt, reject or modify, in whole or in part, the relief proposed and may resolve 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.
