PSC-51-10-00021-P Modify Billing Categories and the Application of Partial Payments

12/22/10 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-51-10-00021-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXII, ISSUE 51

December 22, 2010

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-51-10-00021-P

Modify Billing Categories and the Application of Partial Payments

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 November 1, 2010 petition of Verizon New York, Inc. pertaining to billing categories and partial payments.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, section 94(2)

Subject:

To modify billing categories and the application of partial payments.

Purpose:

Consideration of petition of Verizon New York, Inc. to modify billing categories and the application of partial payments.

Substance of proposed rule:

The Public Service Commission is considering whether to approve, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, a November 1, 2010 petition of Verizon New York, Inc. (Verizon) to waive certain requirements (in particular Title 16 NYCRR §§ 606.4 and 606.5 as modified by July 1, 1992 Settlement Agreement, as amended, pertaining to Billing Categories and Partial Payments) to reduce the number of payment allocation categories from four to two. Also, Verizon requests a waiver to allow it to apply partial payments to all past due charges before applying any payments to current charges. The Commission may apply its decision to Verizon or other jurisdictional companies.

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.state.ny.us/f96dir.htm. For questions, contact:

Leann Ayer, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 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, 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.

(10-C-0609SP1)