9/5/12 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-36-12-00008-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 May 15, 2012 petition by Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation to remove the 350kW cap in its Mid-Size Commercial Electric program to provide energy efficiency measures to these larger customers.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 4(1), 5(2) and 66(1)
Subject:
Customer eligibility limits in commercial electric energy efficiency programs.
Purpose:
To encourage energy conservation by larger commercial customers.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Commission is considering whether to adopt, modify, or reject, in whole or in part, or to take other action regarding a May 15, 2012 petition submitted by Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation (the company) in response to the Commission’s October 25, 2011 Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard Order in Case 07-M-0548, Ordering Clause 23, which required each electric utility to prepare a filing to explore creation of a block bidding program. Block bidding programs allow energy service companies, performance contractors, management companies, and C&I customers to submit proposals for projects and the Commission required each electric utility to either propose a block bidding program with a recommended source of funding or explain why such an approach would not be effective.
In its petition the company argues that there are fewer than 200 commercial customers in its service territory with annual demand greater than 350 kW, and that it is more appropriate to serve these customers by expanding its existing commercial electric program rather than establishing a block bidding program. Therefore the company is proposing to remove the existing cap of 350 kW in its Mid-Size Commercial Electric Program and to provide energy efficiency measures to these larger customers funded from its existing commercial electric program budget.
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:
Leann Ayer, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 486-2655, email:
leann.ayer@dps.ny.govData, 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.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.
