1/3/07 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-01-07-00027-P
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following action:
Proposed action:
The Public Service Commission is considering whether to approve or reject or modify, in whole or in part, a proposal filed by Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a KeySpan Energy Delivery New York to make various changes in the rates, charges, rules and regulations contained in its schedule for gas service—P.S.C. No. 12—Gas.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, section 66(12)
Subject:
Major rate filing.
Purpose:
To increase annual gas revenues by approximately $213 million or 9.1 percent (increase delivery rates by approximately 27 percent).
Public hearing(s) will be held at:
1:30 p.m., Jan. 16, 2007 at Kingsborough Community College, Marine and Academic Center, Playhouse Theatre, 2001 Oriental Blvd., Brooklyn, NY; 3:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., Jan. 17, 2007 at Brooklyn Borough Hall, Court Rm., 2nd Fl., 209 Joralemon St., Brooklyn, NY; and 7:00 p.m., Jan. 18, 2007 at Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens, NY.
There could be requests to reschedule the hearings. Notification of any subsequent scheduling changes will be available at the DPS web site (
www.dps.state.ny.us) under Case 06-G-1185.
Accessibility:
All public hearings have been scheduled at places reasonably accessible to persons with a mobility impairment.
Interpreter Service:
Interpreter services will be made available to deaf persons, at no charge, upon written request submitted within reasonable time prior to the scheduled public hearing. The written request must be addressed to the agency representative designated in the paragraph below.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Commission is considering The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a KeySpan Energy Delivery New York's request to increase annual gas revenues by approximately $213 million or 9.1%. The proposed increase in base rates would be $180 million and the projected increase in non-gas margin revenues would be $33 million which would be recovered through the Gas Adjustment Clause and/or the Transportation Adjustment Clause. The proposed delivery rate increase equates to 27%.
The rate filing under consideration in Case 06-G-1185 is an alternative to a multi-year rate gas plan proposed in connection with a proposed merger of National Grid and KeySpan Corporation. The proposed merger and multi-year rate plan are both under consideration in Public Service Commission Case 06-M-0878.
Text of proposed rule may be obtained from:
Elaine Lynch, Public Service Commission, Bldg. 3, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350, (518) 486-2660
Data, views or argument may be submitted to:
Jaclyn A. Brilling, Secretary, Public Service Commission, Bldg. 3, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350, (518) 474-6530
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.
