PSC-02-13-00014-P Use of an Existing Surcharge Balance and Extend Its Collection Period for an Additional 16 Quarters

1/9/13 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-02-13-00014-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXV, ISSUE 2

January 09, 2013

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-02-13-00014-P

Use of an Existing Surcharge Balance and Extend Its Collection Period for an Additional 16 Quarters

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

Proposed Action:

The Commission is considering a petition filed by Rainbow Water Company, Inc., requesting approval to use an existing surcharge established to fund a well capacity expansion, to cover costs associated with damage that occurred due to Hurricane Sandy.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, sections 4(1), 5(1)(f), 89-c(1) and (10)

Subject:

Use of an existing surcharge balance and extend its collection period for an additional 16 quarters.

Purpose:

Immediately pay off the incurred cost and avoid additional interest charges.

Substance of proposed rule:

The Commission is considering whether to approve, modify or reject, in whole or in part, a petition filed by Rainbow Water Company, Inc. requesting approval to use an existing surcharge for a well capacity expansion project to cover the cost of $63,384 in damages incurred due to Hurricane Sandy from October 29, 2012 to November 10, 2012. The purpose of this filing is to allow the Company to (1) immediately pay off the incurred cost and avoid interest charges of $370 per month (2) extend the surcharge collection period from 24 quarters to 40 quarters to enable the accumulation of the $103,680 in the original order (3) avoid an increase on the quarterly bills and maintain the surcharge of $30 per quarter per customer. The Commission may resolve related matters and may take this action for other utilities.

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:

Jeffrey C. Cohen, Acting 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.

(12-W-0559SP1)