2/7/07 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-06-07-00017-P
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following action:
Action taken:
By Order to Show Cause issued Dec. 15, 2006 in Case 06-E-1433, the commission is examining the reasonableness of the electric rates of Orange & Rockland Utilities, Inc. (Orange & Rockland) as well as the utility's practices and terms and conditions of electric service. The commission may order rate changes, make existing rate levels temporary, require changes in Orange & Rockland's accounting practices or implement other relief as appropriate.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 66(5), 72 and 114
Subject:
Rates, practices, terms and conditions of Orange & Rockland electric service.
Purpose:
To ensure just and reasonable rates, practices and terms and conditions for electric service of Orange & Rockland.
Public hearing(s) will be held at:
10:30 a.m., Feb. 28, 2007* at Three Empire State Plaza, 3rd Fl. Hearing Rm., Albany, NY.
*There could be requests to reschedule the hearing. Notification of any subsequent scheduling changes will be available at the DPS Web site (
www.dps.state.ny.us) under Case 06-E-1433.
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 emergency/proposed rule:
By Order to Show Cause issued December 15, 2006 in Case 06-E-1433, the Commission is examining the reasonableness of the electric rates of Orange & Rockland Utilities, Inc. (Orange & Rockland) as well as the utility's practices and terms and conditions of electric service. The Commission may order rate changes, make existing rate levels temporary, require changes in Orange & Rockland's accounting practices or implement other relief as appropriate.
Text of rule may be obtained from:
Elaine Lynch, Public Service Commission, Bldg. 3, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350, (518) 486-2660
Data, views and arguments may be submitted to:
Jaclyn A. Brilling, Secretary, Public Service Commission, Bldg. 3, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350, (518) 474-6530
Regulatory Impact Statement, Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, Rural Area Flexibility Analysis and Job Impact Statement:
Statements and analyses 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.
