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Request For Proposal To Assess New York’s Gas Utilities’ Long-Term Plans
Re: Proceeding on Motion of the Commission for Gas Planning Procedures
The New York State Department of Public Service (Department), at the direction of the New York State Public Service Commission (Commission), is seeking an independent consulting firm to assess the long-term gas plans of National Grid (The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a National Grid NY (KEDNY); KeySpan Gas East Corporation d/b/a National Grid (KEDLI); and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid (NMPC)), Corning Natural Gas Corp. (Corning), and Liberty Utilities (St. Lawrence Gas) Corp. (St. Lawrence). The National Grid Companies will file a single joint plan by May 31, 2024. Corning will file its plan by September 30, 2024. St Lawrence will file its plan by January31, 2024. Consulting firms should indicate in their proposals if they wish to be considered for assessing only the plan submitted by National Grid, only the plan submitted by Corning, only the plan submitted by St. Lawrence, or any combination of the three. The Department may select one consulting firm to review all plans or may choose separate consulting firms.
The anticipated schedule for this project is set forth below.
Target Date Task
March 8, 2024, Pre-Bid Conference
March 22, 2024, Proposals Due
April 8-12, 2024, Finalist Interviews
April 19, 2024, Consulting Firm(s) Selected
May 1, 2020 (approx.) National Grid Pre-filing Stakeholder Meeting
May 31, 2024, National Grid Filing
August 30, 2024 (approx.) Corning Pre-filing Stakeholder Meeting
September 30, 2024, Corning Filing
December 15, 2024 (approx.) St. Lawrence Pre-Filing Stakeholder Meeting
January 31, 2025, St. Lawrence Filing
The NYPSC opened this proceeding to consider broad issues related to planning by the natural gas utilities. The proceeding is a result of the supply constraints recently identified by several utilities in the state, which set off controversial attempts by the utilities to institute moratoria on connecting new natural gas customers to the distribution system.
Request For Proposal (02/02/2024)
20-G-0131 (Opened on 03/19/2020)
