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Revision of Reliability Rules by the New York State Reliability Council

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1/30/08 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-05-08-00025-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXX, ISSUE 5

January 30, 2008

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

I.D No. PSC-05-08-00025-P

Revision of Reliability Rules by the New York State Reliability Council

PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:

Proposed action:

The Public Service Commission is considering whether to adopt in whole or in part proposed changes to Reliability Rules I-R3 and I-R5 and the associated measurements I-M2, I-M4, and I-M6; Reliability Rule B-R4; Reliability Rules D-R3, I-R2 and the glossary and the associated measurement D-M1; Reliability Rule E-R10 and the associated measurement E-M9; and modification to measurements G-M1.2 and G-M1.10 of the New York State Reliability Council.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, sections 4(1), 5(2), 65(1), 66(1), (2)

Subject:

Adoption by the Public Service Commission of a proposed change to Reliability Rules I-R3 and I-R5 and the associated measurements I-M2, I-M4, and I-M6; Reliability Rule B-R4; Reliability Rules D-R3, I-R2 and the glossary and the associated measurement D-M1; Reliability Rule E-R10 and the associated measurement E-M9; and modification to measurements G-M1.2 and G-M1.10 of the New York State Reliability Council.

Purpose:

To consider adopting in whole or in part Reliability Rules I-R3 and I-R5 and the associated measurements I-M2, I-M4, and I-M6; Reliability Rule B-R4; Reliability Rules D-R3, I-R2 and the glossary and the associated measurement D-M1; Reliablity Rule E-R10 and the associated measurement E-M9; and modification to measurements G-M1.2 and G-M1.10 of the New York State Reliability Council.

Substance of proposed rule:

The Public Service Commission is considering whether to adopt in whole or in part revisions made by the New York State Reliability Council (NYSRC) to Version 21 of it reliability rules. Version 20, which was adopted by the NYSRC Executive committee on July 13, 2007, and Version 21, which was adopted by the NYSRC on December 14, 2007, contain several changes intended to bring the Reliability Rules in conformance with the criteria of the Northeast Power Coordinating Council (NPCC) and current practice of the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO). The revisions involve: 1) loss of gas generator gas supply, which directly affect rules I-R3 and I-R5 and the associated measurements I-M2, I-M4, and I-M6; 2) Extreme Contingency Assessment, which would align the reliability rule with NPCC-18 “Procedure for testing and analysis of Extreme Contingencies and directly affects rule B-R4; 3) resources eligible for Operating Reserves, which would align the Reliability Rules with NPCC A-6 and directly affects rule D-M1; 4) system restoration rules, which relate to system changes and review of those changes on restoration and directly relate to rule G-M1.2 and G-M1.10; and 5) exceptions to the reliability rules, which would require the NYISO to perform a yearly review of the exception list and directly relates to rule E-R10 and measurement E-M9.

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:

Central Operations, Public Service Commission, Bldg. 3, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350, (518) 474-2500

Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:

Jaclyn A. Brilling, Secretary, Public Service Commission, Bldg. 3, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350, (518) 474-6530

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.

(05-E-1180SA7)

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