Since mid-March, the New York Public Service Commission (“PSC”) has had only two Commissioners, leaving it without a Chair and two additional Commissioners. This has caused many to question whether or not the PSC can act with only two Commissioners,
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Phillips Lytle’s PSC Report from the Capital (Part 2)
Public Service Commission Proposes Revisions to Uniform Business Practices
(See Part 1: NY PSC Pushes Storage as Critical Component to Utility Planning Process)
The New York Public Service Commission (“PSC” or “Commission”) issued a Notice Seeking Comments on Revisions…
Phillips Lytle’s PSC Report from the Capital (Part 1)
NY PSC Pushes Storage as Critical Component to Utility Planning Process:
Utilities Must Deploy Energy Storage Projects Before 2019
(See Part 2: Public Service Commission Proposes Revisions to Uniform Business Practices)
As Public Service Commission (“PSC”) Chair Audrey Zibelman…
Tom Congdon Named Deputy Chair of N.Y. Public Service Commission
It has been reported that Tom Congdon, Chief of Staff of the N.Y. Department of Public Service, has just been named Deputy Chair of the State’s Public Service Commission (“PSC”) by outgoing Chair Audrey Zibelman.
Congdon, who was Governor Cuomo’s…
New York Public Service Commission Evidentiary Hearing Update: DPS Staff Expected To Seek Discovery From All ESCOs, Regardless of Party Status
On January 26, 2017, the New York Public Service Commission held the first procedural conference concerning the Track I evidentiary process described in the Notice of Evidentiary and Collaborative Tracks and Deadline for Initial Testimony and Exhibits that was issued…
Deadline Looms for ESCO Petitions Seeking Waiver of Low-Income Customer Prohibition
New York’s Energy Service Companies (“ESCOs”) will face significant challenges in the first quarter of 2017. The Public Service Commission’s December 16, 2016 Order Adopting a Prohibition on Service to Low-Income Customers by Energy Service Companies (“Low-Income Order”) gives each…
New York PSC Modifies Clean Energy Standard Order
On December 15, 2016, the New York Public Service Commission (“Commission” or “PSC”) issued an Order on Petitions for Rehearing (“Rehearing Order”) which modifies certain aspects of the Clean Energy Standard Order issued August 1, 2016, and requires PSC Staff…
New York PSC Prohibits ESCOs from Serving Low-Income Customers
The New York Public Service Commission (“Commission” or “PSC”) continues to push for major restructuring of New York’s retail energy market. On December 16, 2016, the PSC issued an Order Adopting a Prohibition on Service to Low-Income Customers by Energy…
New York PSC Begins Phase Two in Value of DER Proceeding
The New York Public Service Commission (“PSC”) is wasting no time when it comes to determining the method for valuing and compensating Distributed Energy Resources (“DERs”). Less than one month after the PSC released its groundbreaking Staff Report and Recommendations…
New York PSC Opens Evidentiary Hearing on ESCO Markets
Considers Full-scale Regulation, Tariffs and Voiding Existing Contracts
On December 2, 2016, the New York Public Service Commission issued a Notice of Evidentiary and Collaborative Tracks and Deadline for Initial Testimony and Exhibits, which initiates a new round in…