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New York PSC Grants Extension For Compliance With Revised UBPs

February 19, 2018

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Reporting by Paul Ring • ring@energychoicematters.com

The Secretary of the New York PSC issued an order extending the deadline for compliance with the newly revised Uniform Business Practices (UBPs).

The compliance deadline had originally been 30 days from the PSC's January 19, 2018 order adopting the revised UBPs, which had resulted in a deadline of February 20, 2018

The Secretary extended the deadline for compliance until April 6, 2018

As previously reported, various parties, including ESCOs and the joint utilities in separate filings, had sought extension, raising the need for additional time for implementation of certain changes, or time to allow for clarification of certain directives in the PSC's order

"The matters that have been raised for clarification will be considered by the Commission. To require ESCOs and the Joint Utilities to comply with the Commission’s order at this time would be an administrative burden on ESCOs and Joint Utilities should the Commission determine that further revisions are necessary, which would necessitate an additional compliance filing. An extension will, therefore, be granted to accommodate the requests for clarification and the requests for additional time to comply with the UBP revisions that are not subject to clarification," the Secretary said

"The entities requesting extensions have argued for varied additional periods of time. It is necessary to consider a reasonable period of time both to permit the Commission to consider the requests for clarification as well as sufficient time to comply with the revisions to the UBP that are not subject to clarification. Based upon the information that has been provided and in considering the justifications underlying the four extension requests, an extension of 45 days, or until April 6, 2018, is granted to ESCOs eligible to operate in New York and to electric and gas distribution utilities that have tariffed provisions providing for retail access to comply with the Commission’s order," the Secretary said

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