Standby Service Rates and Buyback Service Rates
NY-ADR
12/26/18 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-52-18-00006-P
NEW YORK STATE REGISTER
VOLUME XL, ISSUE 52
December 26, 2018
RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
PROPOSED RULE MAKING
NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED
I.D No. PSC-52-18-00006-P
Standby Service Rates and Buyback Service Rates
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 the recommendations modifying and improving Standby Service Rates and Buyback Service Rates described in the December 12, 2018 Staff Whitepaper.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 5(1)(b), (2), 65(1), (2), (3), 66(2) and (5)
Subject:
Standby Service Rates and Buyback Service Rates.
Purpose:
To ensure just and reasonable rates, including compensation, for distributed energy resources.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Public Service Commission is considering the recommendations in the Staff Whitepaper on Standby and Buyback Service Rate Design and Residential Voluntary Demand Rates (the Whitepaper), filed by the Department of Public Service Staff (Staff) on December 12, 2018.
The Whitepaper recommends reforms to Standby and Buyback Rates including: (a) the development of voluntary, opt-in Standby Rates for small customers at all utilities; (b) expansion of eligibility for opt-in Standby Rates to customers without onsite generation; (c) utility performance of Allocated Embedded Cost of Service studies to update Standby Rate elements; (d) increased granularity of As-Used Demand Charges in Standby Rates; (e) modification of the Reliability Credit to avoid double compensation; (f) expansion of the campus multi-party offset tariff option; (g) addition of Customer and Contract Demand Charges to Buyback Rates at utilities that don't currently have them; (h) increased consistency of Buyback Rates across utilities; and (i) adoption of a proposed modification to ConEd's Buyback Contract Demand Charge.
The full text of the Whitepaper and the full record of the proceeding may be reviewed online at the Department of Public Service web page: www.dps.ny.gov. The Commission may adopt, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the action 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:
John Pitucci, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 486-2655, email: [email protected]
Data, 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: [email protected]
Public comment will be received until:
60 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.
(15-E-0751SP18)
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