PSC-01-07-00028-P Major Rate Filing by KeySpan Gas East Corporation d/b/a Key-Span Energy Delivery Long Island

1/3/07 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-01-07-00028-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXIX, ISSUE 1

January 03, 2007

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-01-07-00028-P

Major Rate Filing by KeySpan Gas East Corporation d/b/a Key-Span Energy Delivery Long Island

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 approve or reject or modify, in whole or in part, a proposal filed by KeySpan Gas East Corporation d/b/a KeySpan Energy Delivery Long Island to make various changes in the rates, charges, rules and regulations contained in its schedule for gas service—P.S.C. No. 1—Gas.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, 66(12)

Subject:

Major rate filing.

Purpose:

To increase annual gas revenues by approximately $159 million or 10.9 percent (increase delivery rates by approximately 34 percent).

Public hearing(s) will be held at:

1:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Jan. 9, 2007 at The Evans K. Griffing Bldg., 300 Center Dr., The Riverhead County Center Auditorium, Riverhead, NY; 1:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Jan. 10, 2007 at The William H. Rogers Legislative Bldg., 725 Veterans Memorial Hwy., Smithtown, NY; and 1:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Jan. 11, 2007 at Ralph G. Caso Executive & Legislative Bldg., Legislative Chambers, 5th Fl., One West St., Mineola, 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-1186.

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 KeySpan Gas East Corporation, d/b/a KeySpan Energy Delivery Long Island's request to increase annual gas revenues by approximately $159 million or 10.9%. The proposed increase in base rates would be $145 million and the projected increase in non-gas margin revenues would be $14 million which would be recovered through the Gas Adjustment Clause and/or the Transportation Adjustment Clause. The proposed delivery rate increase equates to 34%.

The rate filing under consideration in Case 06-G-1186 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, [phone]

Data, views or argument may be submitted to:

Jaclyn A. Brilling, Secretary, Public Service Commission, Bldg. 3, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350, [phone]

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.

(06-G-1186SA1)