Rules Regarding Ownership and/or Operation of the DSPPs Will be Created

NY-ADR

7/2/14 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-26-14-00018-P
NEW YORK STATE REGISTER
VOLUME XXXVI, ISSUE 26
July 02, 2014
RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
PROPOSED RULE MAKING
NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED
 
I.D No. PSC-26-14-00018-P
Rules Regarding Ownership and/or Operation of the DSPPs Will be Created
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:
Proposed Action:
In the context of Reforming the Energy Vision, the Commission is considering whether incumbent electric distribution utilities should serve as the Distributed System Platform Provider(s).
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 4(1) and 66(1)
Subject:
Rules regarding ownership and/or operation of the DSPPs will be created.
Purpose:
To best enable system-wide efficiency and market-based deployment of distributed energy resources and load management.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Commission is considering whether to adopt, modify, or reject, in whole or in part, potential modifications to the electric industry as set forth in the April 4, 2014 NYS Department of Public Service Staff Report and Proposal entitled "Reforming the Energy Vision" filed in Case 14-M-0101. Specifically, the Commission is considering what role the State's electric distribution utilities should play in enabling system-wide efficiency and market-based deployment of distributed energy resources and load management, and in particular, whether the incumbent electric distribution utilities should serve as the Distributed System Platform Providers (see Staff Report pp. 24-26).
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:
Deborah Swatling, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 486-2659, 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:
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.
(14-M-0101SP4)
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