On-Bill Recovery Program Reporting Requirements
NY-ADR
1/25/12 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-04-12-00007-P
NEW YORK STATE REGISTER
VOLUME XXXIV, ISSUE 4
January 25, 2012
RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
PROPOSED RULE MAKING
NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED
I.D No. PSC-04-12-00007-P
On-Bill Recovery Program Reporting Requirements
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 a proposal by Staff of the Department of Public Service regarding reporting requirements for the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and various utilities relating to the On-Bill Recovery program.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 5(2) and 66-m
Subject:
On-Bill Recovery program reporting requirements.
Purpose:
To establish reporting requirements related to the On Bill Recovery program.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Commission is considering whether to adopt, modify, or reject, in whole or in part, or to take other action regarding a proposal by the Department of Public Service Staff (Staff) made in compliance with the Commission's December 15, 2011 order in Case 11-E-0450 et al. and concerning reporting requirements applicable to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and various utilities regarding the On-Bill Recovery program. The applicable utilities are Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation; Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.; New York State Electric & Gas Corporation; Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid; Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc.; and Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation.
Chapter 7 of the Laws of 2010, which became effective on August 4, 2011, amended a number of sections of the Public Service Law (PSL) regarding the establishment of an On-Bill Recovery program. The amendments provide for the billing and collection of charges through a customer's utility bill in payment of obligations to the NYSERDA Green Jobs-Green New York revolving loan fund established pursuant to Title 9-A of Article VIII of the Public Authorities Law. The statute also provides for the Commission's monitoring and possible suspension of the On-Bill Recovery program if, after a hearing, the Commission finds that there is a significant increase in customer arrears or service disconnections related to the On-Bill Recovery program or for other good cause. Similarly, the statute provides for an expansion of the program if NYSERDA petitions for such and the Commission finds that the program has not caused significant harm to the utilities or their ratepayers. The proposed reporting requirements are designed to provide the Commission with the various program statistics necessary to conduct these monitoring duties.
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:
Leann Ayer, 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:
Jaclyn A. Brilling, 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:
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.
(12-M-0007SP1)
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