PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following action:

On 3/9/17, the PSC adopted an order directing the Utilities to comply with the directives and guidance regarding a subset of matters raised about the Supplemental Distributed System Implementation Plans.

Supplemental Distributed System Implementation Plans.

To provide for standard procedure in the development of transmission and distribution project justifications.

The Commission, on March 9, 2017, adopted an order addressing a subset of matters raised regarding the Initial and Supplemental Distributed System Implementation Plans (DSIP) filed by Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corporation, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., New York State Electric and Gas Corporation, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid, Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. and Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation (the Utilities). In the Order, the Commission provided guidance with respect to: 1) hosting capacity, 2) interconnection portals, 3) non-wire alternatives, 4) aggregated customer data privacy, and, 5) energy storage. The Commission also directed the Utilities to complete the hosting capacity analysis for all circuits at and above 12kV by October 1, 2017; to dedicate adequate resources to this effort in order to ensure that Phase 1 is fully implemented by no later than October 1, 2017; and to file within 60 days of the issuance of the Order additional information and revised matrices clearly describing the Non-Wires Alternatives (NWA) Suitability Criteria, how it will be applied as a standard procedure in the development of transmission and distribution project justifications, and identifying all projects in their five year capital plans that meet the criteria and when a NWA solicitation will likely be issued for those projects, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the order.

No changes.

John Pitucci, Public Service Commission, Three Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223, (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.