PSC-47-12-00011-P Customer Charges

11/21/12 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-47-12-00011-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXIV, ISSUE 47

November 21, 2012

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-47-12-00011-P

Customer Charges

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 tariff filing by Hudson Valley Water Companies, Inc. (HVWC) proposing revisions to the Company's rules and regulations contained in P.S.C. No. 2 — Water.

Statutory authority:

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

Subject:

Customer charges.

Purpose:

To make changes to the rates, charges, rules and regulations in HVWC's tariff to become effective March 1, 2013.

Substance of proposed rule:

The Commission is considering whether to approve, modify or reject, in whole or in part, a tariff filing by Hudson Valley Water Companies Inc. proposing revisions to the Company’s rules and regulations contained in P.S.C. No. 2 — Water. The purpose of this filing is to allow the Company to charge for (1) work the customer requests to be done, and (2) customers that make a payment at the time of the discontinuance of service will be charged the restoration of service charge. The proposed filing has an effective date of March 1, 2013. 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, NY 12223-1350, [phone], email: [e-mail]

Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:

Jaclyn A. Brilling, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 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-0505SP1)