Proposal for AMI Business Plan

NY-ADR

12/9/20 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-01-19-00004-A
NEW YORK STATE REGISTER
VOLUME XLII, ISSUE 49
December 09, 2020
RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
NOTICE OF ADOPTION
 
I.D No. PSC-01-19-00004-A
Filing Date. Nov. 20, 2020
Effective Date. Nov. 20, 2020
Proposal for AMI Business Plan
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following action:
Action taken:
On 11/19/20, the PSC adopted an order approving, with modifications, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid's (National Grid) Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Business Plan.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 5, 65 and 66
Subject:
Proposal for AMI Business Plan.
Purpose:
To approve National Grid's AMI Business Plan.
Substance of final rule:
The Commission, on November 19, 2020, adopted an order approving, with modifications, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid's (National Grid) Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Business Plan. The recoverable capital expenditures for National Grid’s implementation of AMI for the work set forth in National Grid’s planned six-year AMI deployment period are capped at $475.2 million. National Grid is authorized to defer up to $3.335 million of the revenue requirement impact of AMI deployment until its base delivery rates are next reset. National Grid is directed to submit testimony in the pending electric and gas rate proceedings, Cases 20-E-0380 and 20-G-0381, no later than December 16, 2020, regarding the topics identified and consistent with the discussion in the body of the order. National Grid shall file with the Secretary, within 60 days of the issuance of the order, an AMI Benefits Implementation Plan. National Grid shall file with the Secretary, semiannually, a report identifying the progress made toward achieving the goals set forth in the AMI Benefits Implementation Plan. National Grid shall file with the Secretary, within 120 days of the order, a meter testing plan for its AMI meter population. National Grid shall file with the Secretary, within six months of the issuance of the order, a revised Customer Engagement Plan. National Grid shall file with the Secretary, by May 31 of each year, a report detailing the status of the capital expenditures related to AMI during the fiscal year concluding on March 31 of that calendar year, and for the AMI project from inception to completion of AMI implementation, 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:
John Pitucci, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (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.
(17-E-0238SA6)
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