In the petition, Con Edison notes that, since the initial 2018/2019 Winter Season, the Company has gained valuable insight into customer engagement and third-party participation, program incentive levels and measures to streamline event dispatch. The Company notes, however, that it has encountered some challenges in gathering sufficient data due to mild winters that have limited the number of events and the usefulness of the data. Therefore, Con Edison is requesting that the Commission approve a one-year extension of the Pilot Program to allow the Company to continue testing to gather data needed to achieve the Pilot Program’s overall goals, including, among other things, collecting information on successful customer gas use reduction strategies, informing the process of setting program incentive levels and testing customer engagement. The Company also requests that the Commission authorize the Secretary to grant any future requests to extend the term of the Pilot Program.

The full text of the petition and the full record of the proceeding may be reviewed online at the Department of Public Service web page: www.dps.ny.gov. The Commission may adopt, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the action proposed, and may resolve other related matters.

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.

(17-G-0606SP8)