Hey @bobwyman. I wondered if you could help me with something. I recall some public service law that restricts nat gas utilities from ratebasing geothermal infrstr. That true? Know the citation?
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NY Transportation Corporations Law §11.1 defines the "powers" of a gas corporation as doing stuff with gas, but nothing else. Such a limitation makes sense, of course, when one is establishing a monopoly. One must ensure that the monopoly doesn't enter competitive markets...
See: page 12 (lines 10 to 15) of "Staff Efficiency and Sustainability Panel Rebuttal Testimony" in case 19-G-0309 & 19-G-0310, where they say that "Staff Counsel has advised us that there are legal issues which prohibit gas corporations from transitioning to thermal companies.
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Thanks! The next question I have is: If that's the case, why would the PSC allow the GSHP pilots (e.g. ConEd, Natl Grid)? Seems counterintuitive. Aren't the cost of those pilots ratebased?
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Pilots are special? But, more seriously: Spending which addresses a gas system issue is "spending on gas" even if not "gas." For instance, they can pay for demand response, even though that isn't "gas." So, some GHP spending is ok. Still, they can't fund GHP for non-gas users.
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