Use Funding for Certain Pipeline Safety Programs
NY-ADR
2/26/20 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-08-20-00005-P
NEW YORK STATE REGISTER
VOLUME XLII, ISSUE 8
February 26, 2020
RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
PROPOSED RULE MAKING
NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED
I.D No. PSC-08-20-00005-P
Use Funding for Certain Pipeline Safety Programs
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 a proposal filed by Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid regarding the use of monies reserved for use on gas safety programs.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 5, 65 and 66
Subject:
Use funding for certain pipeline safety programs.
Purpose:
To ensure appropriate use of funds reserved for gas safety programs.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Public Service Commission is considering a petition filed by Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid (National Grid) on January 14, 2020. In the petition, National Grid proposes to use $6.351 million in funds identified and reserved for future use on gas safety programs in the Commission’s March 15, 2018 Order Adopting Terms of Joint Proposal and Establishing Electric and Gas Rate Plans (Rate Order) in Cases 17-E-0238 and 17-G-0239.
The Rate Order required national Grid to reserve $5 million from certain deferral credits (the “Rate Plan Settlement Credits”) and $1.351 million of negative revenue adjustments resulting from National Grid’s performance in a calendar year 2015 metric. The Rate Order further required National Grid to propose how to use these funds to implement incremental gas safety and compliance improvement programs. National Grid’s petition proposes to use the funds for the following programs: (1) Damage Prevention – Locator Assurance Technology; (2) Damage Prevention – Training Simulator; (3) Depth of Cover Survey Remediation; (4) Distribution of Additional Residential Methane Detectors; (5) Remote Methane Leak Detection Equipment to Aid First Responders; (6) Excess Flow Valves/Relocating Meters from Inside Buildings to Outside; (7) Develop Site Specific Procedures; (8) Damage Prevention – Ticket Risk Assessment Algorithm.
The full text of the petition 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:
Michelle L. Phillips, 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.
(17-G-0239SP3)
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