N.Y. Adopts Revised EDI Standards

The New York PSC has adopted revised EDI standards resulting from its February 2014 retail market order.

The revised EDI Standards include the provision of a reason code when a utility rejects an ESCO's request to enroll a customer

The revised EDI Standards also allow the utility to provide the following information to an ESCO (upon customer authorization) prior to or at the time of enrollment of a customer:

1) A specific prospective customer's Installed Capacity (ICAP) tag, which indicates the customer's peak electricity demand;

2) Customer's number of meters and meter identifiers;

3) Whether the customer's account is settled with the ISO utilizing actual 'hourly' or a 'class shape' methodology;

4) Whether the customer receives any special delivery or commodity "first through the meter" incentives or incentives from the New York Power Authority;

5) Whether the utility identifies the customer as tax exempt;

6) The customer's Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code; and,

7) Whether the customer is currently served by the utility.

Once the system updates related to the revised standards are completed, a two-month period for testing among the utilities and each ESCO is anticipated. A report from a working group charged with developing the standards suggests that in some cases the testing can be streamlined by working with EDI service providers on behalf of a group of ESCOs, rather than with each individual ESCO.

In adopting the standards and implementation timeline, the PSC encouraged utilities and ESCOs to streamline the implementation process to the extent possible. Further, the EDI working group was directed to consider ways to streamline the EDI development, implementation and testing process.

Case 98-M-0667 et. al.