NY PSC Approves Territory-Wide Deployment Of Smart Meters At ConEd; Directs Utility To Work With ESCOs on Data Access
New York’s utility ConEd was ordered by their public service commission (PSC) to deploy smart meters throughout its service area. By doing so, the NY PSC follows Illinois in a wide area deployment. However, that is where the similarities end.
In Illinois, ComEd lobbied the legislators and received authority to install meters throughout their territory.
In New York, their utility commission received and approved a ConEd proposal that substantiated the benefits and the costs for installing the meters.
In New York, costs overrun will be borne by the utility not the rate payer like in Illinois.
In New York, if the customer doesn’t get the promised benefits and cost savings the utility commission can deny the cost recovery (price increase to the customer) not so in Illinois.
A public utility commission is vital where a monopoly exists to oversee that expenditures result in benefits to customers. In Illinois, utility lobbyist were able to skirt this protection.
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