12/16/15 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-50-15-00008-P
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 a petition filed by Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. for the transfer of 1,064 utility poles to Frontier Communications Corporation.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 65, 66 and 70
Subject:
Transfer of 1,064 utility poles.
Purpose:
To consider the transfer of 1,064 utility poles from Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. to Frontier Communications Corp.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Public Service Commission (Commission) is considering the petition filed by Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O&R) on November 20, 2015. In that petition, the Company seeks the Commission’s approval to transfer ownership of 1,064 utility poles to Frontier Communications Corporation (Frontier). The utility poles are joint use poles, used by both companies in the provision of service. According to the petition, the transfer will ensure that each company and/or its customers will bear its fair share of the cost required to install and maintain the join use poles. The Commission may adopt, reject or modify, in whole or in part, the relief proposed and may resolve related matters.
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:
John Pitucci, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 486-2655, email:
john.pitucci@dps.ny.govData, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Kathleen H. Burgess, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 474-6530, email:
secretary@dps.ny.govPublic 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.
