ML20205K781

Comment on Petition for Rulemaking PRM-50-64 Re Joint & Several Liability of non-operating co-owners of NPPs

ML20205K781
Person / Time
Site:	Nine Mile Point
Issue date:	04/09/1999
From:	Draghi J AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED, NEW YORK STATE ELECTRIC & GAS CORP.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY)
References
FRN-64FR432, RULE-PRM-50-64 64FR432-00016, 64FR432-16, NUDOCS 9904140014
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u Re: Docket No. PRM-50-64 -- Petition for-Rulemaking Regarding Joint and Several~ Liability of NonO Operatinct Co-Owners of Nuclear Power Plants

Dear Mr. Hoyle:

New York State Electric & Gas Corporation ("NYSEG" or

" Company") hereby submits this letter in response to the above-captioned petition for rulemaking.

NYSEG supplies, markets and delivers electricity to 817,000 cust trs and natural gas to 243,000 customers across more than .w.e .hird of New York State. The Company holds an 18 percent it: -reut in the Nine Mile Unit 2 nuclear plant ("NM-Unit }

2"), locateci near Scriba, New York.2 0

2 Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation is the operator and 41 percent co-owner of NM-Unit 2. The other co-owners of NM-Unit 2 are: Long Island Power Authority, with an 18 percent interest; Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation, with a 14 percent interest; and Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corporation, with a 9 percent 9904140014 990409 I PDR PRM 50-64 PDR _ g

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t H UI*,ER LAWRENCE & ABELL April 9, 1999 Page 2 NYSEG agrees with the comments filed herein that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's ("NRC's") Final Policy Statement on the Restructuring and Economic Deregulation of the Electric Utility Industry (" Policy Statement")' has created substantial uncertainty for minority owners because the NRC suggests that it may impose operating or decommissioning costs on co-owners greater their contractual obligations. E.g., Comments of Long Island Power Authority, at pp. 1-2. NYSEG urges the NRC to take this opportunity to clarify the Policy Statement and find that the owners' contractual arrangements will continue to govern each owner's potential liability.

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