Establishment of a New RPS Goal

NY-ADR

1/27/10 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-40-08-00016-A
NEW YORK STATE REGISTER
VOLUME XXXII, ISSUE 4
January 27, 2010
RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
NOTICE OF ADOPTION
 
I.D No. PSC-40-08-00016-A
Filing Date. Jan. 08, 2010
Effective Date. Jan. 08, 2010
Establishment of a New RPS Goal
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following action:
Action taken:
On 12/16/09, the PSC adopted an order establishing a new Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) goal and resolving Main Tier issues.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 4(1), 5(2), 66(1) and (2)
Subject:
Establishment of a new RPS goal.
Purpose:
To establish a new RPS goal.
Substance of final rule:
The Commission, on December 16, 2009, adopted an order establishing a new Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) goal and MWh target and resolving several issues related to the RPS program, with a primary focus on the Main Tier. The order also authorizes an additional Main Tier solicitation of $200 million, consistent with the results of a recent solicitation and the MWh trajectory needed to meet the revised goal, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the order.
Final rule as compared with last published rule:
No changes.
Text of rule may be obtained from:
Leann Ayer, Public Service Commission, Three Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223, (518) 486-2655, email: [email protected] An IRS employer ID no. or social security no. is required from firms or persons to be billed 25 cents per page. Please use tracking number found on last line of notice in requests.
Assessment of Public Comment
An assessment of public comment is not submitted with this notice because the rule is within the definition contained in section 102(2)(a)(ii) of the State Administrative Procedure Act.
(03-E-0188SA19)
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