PSC-12-13-00007-P Protecting Company Water Mains

3/20/13 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-12-13-00007-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXV, ISSUE 12

March 20, 2013

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-12-13-00007-P

Protecting Company Water Mains

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 Beekman Water Company, Inc. to require certain of its customers to change the electrical grounding system at their homes to prevent corrosion of company water mains caused by improper grounding.

Statutory authority:

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

Subject:

Protecting company water mains.

Purpose:

To allow the company to require certain customers to make changes to the electrical grounding system at their homes.

Substance of proposed rule:

The Commission is considering whether to approve, modify or reject, in whole or in part, a petition filed by Beekman Water Company, Inc. (Company) to require certain of its customers to change the electrical grounding system at their homes in order to prevent corrosion of Company water mains caused by improper grounding. The purpose of this filing is to allow the Company to charge certain of its customers a set rate for the Company to change the electrical grounding system at customer homes, or to require those same customers to have their own contractor change the electrical grounding system at their homes to the Company’s satisfaction. 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.

(13-W-0075SP1)