PSC-04-16-00007-P Whether Hamilton Municipal Utilities Should be Permitted to Construct and Operate a Municipal Gas Distribution Facility

1/27/16 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-04-16-00007-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXVIII, ISSUE 4

January 27, 2016

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-04-16-00007-P

Whether Hamilton Municipal Utilities Should be Permitted to Construct and Operate a Municipal Gas Distribution Facility

PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:

Proposed Action:

The Public Service Commission is considering a petition filed on December 27, 2013, and supplemented on December 31, 2015, by Hamilton Municipal Utilities regarding approval to create a Municipal Gas Distribution Facility.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, sections 65 and 68

Subject:

Whether Hamilton Municipal Utilities should be permitted to construct and operate a municipal gas distribution facility.

Purpose:

Consideration of the petition by Hamilton Municipal Utilities to construct and operate a municipal gas distribution facility.

Substance of proposed rule:

The Public Service Commission is considering a petition filed on December 27, 2013, and further supplemented on December 31, 2015, by Hamilton Municipal Utilities (Hamilton) regarding approval to create a Municipal Gas Distribution Facility. Buy Order dated April 24, 2014 (April 24, 2014 Order), the Commission granted Hamilton a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity under Public Service Law § 68. As part of its April 24, 2014 Order, the Commission required Hamilton to perform by December 31, 2015, a customer survey and an economic feasibility study for possible extension of mains and services to provide gas delivery service to residents in the neighboring Village of Madison. In compliance, on December 31, 2015, Hamilton submitted plans and proposals addressing the feasibility of bringing natural gas to the neighboring village of Madison. Included in its filing were Hamilton’s Economic Feasibility Study, customer survey, map of the proposed natural gas line, and estimated costs associated with the extension of mains and services to the Village of Madison. Hamilton claims the extension into the Village of Madison is currently not economically feasible. In addition to the foregoing, Hamilton’s December 31, 2015 filing requests to extend, indefinitely, the existing energy efficiency program that was approved on an interim basis in the April 24, 2014 Order. Hamilton proposes to fund the energy efficiency program and recover costs associated with administering the program through the application of $0.01 per Ccf adder through its Gas Adjustment Clause (GAC). The adder was based on 2015 projected sales of one million Ccf and aims to recover $10,000 in total; which would provide approximately 30 rebates of $330 per rebate. The Commission may grant, modify or deny, in whole or in part, Hamilton’s energy efficiency request and may take any action related to the other filed documentation regarding a possible extension of gas service to the Village of Madison, and may consider other related matters.

Text of proposed rule and any required statements and analyses may be obtained by filing a Document Request Form (F-96) located on our website http://www.dps.ny.gov/f96dir.htm. For questions, contact:

John Pitucci, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, [phone], email: [e-mail]

Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:

Kathleen H. Burgess, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, [phone], email: [e-mail]

Public comment will be received until:

45 days after publication of this notice.

Regulatory Impact Statement, Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, Rural Area Flexibility Analysis and Job Impact Statement

Statements and analyses are not submitted with this notice because the proposed rule is within the definition contained in section 102(2)(a)(ii) of the State Administrative Procedure Act.

(13-G-0584SP3)