Prohibitions or Restrictions Regarding the DSPPs Ownership of DER Will be Created
NY-ADR
7/2/14 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-26-14-00019-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-26-14-00019-P
Prohibitions or Restrictions Regarding the DSPPs Ownership of DER 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 the extent that the Distributed System Platform Provider(s) should be directly engaged in Distributed Energy Resources through ownership, financing, operation or contracting.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 4(1) and 66(1)
Subject:
Prohibitions or restrictions regarding the DSPPs ownership of DER will be created.
Purpose:
To protect against abuses associated with imbalances in market power.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Commission is considering whether to adopt, modify, or reject, in whole or in part, potential modifications to regulation of 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 entities that own or operate the Distributed System Platform Provider(s) should play in enabling system wide efficiency and market-based deployment of distributed energy resources and load management, and in particular, the extent to which the DSPPs should be directly engaged in Distributed Energy Resources, such as ownership, financing, operation, contracting, etc. (see Staff Report pp. 26-28).
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-0101SP5)
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