PSC-04-14-00006-P Whether Hamilton Should be Permitted to Construct and Operate a Municipal Gas Utility

1/29/14 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-04-14-00006-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXVI, ISSUE 4

January 29, 2014

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-04-14-00006-P

Whether Hamilton Should be Permitted to Construct and Operate a Municipal Gas Utility

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 whether to grant, modify or deny, in whole or in part, the petition of Village of Hamilton Municipal Utilities Commission (Hamilton) to construction and operate a municipal gas distribution system.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, sections 68 and 65

Subject:

Whether Hamilton should be permitted to construct and operate a municipal gas utility.

Purpose:

To decide whether to approve Hamilton's request to construct and operate a municipal gas utility.

Substance of proposed rule:

The Commission is considering whether to approve, modify, or reject, in whole or in part, the petition made by the Village of Hamilton Municipal Utilities Commission (Hamilton) seeking approval to construct and operate a municipal gas distribution Company under section 68 of the Public Service Law (PSL). The gas distribution system’s footprint lies in the Village of Hamilton, Town of Eaton, Town of Madison, and Town of Hamilton, Madison County, New York. The petition also requests a waiver, at least for the first five years, of part 230 of the Commissions’ Regulations regarding extensions of mains and services.

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:

Deborah Swatling, 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-0584SP1)