PSC-13-12-00008-P Use of Monies Realized from the Dissolution of the Rural Telephone Bank

3/28/12 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-13-12-00008-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXIV, ISSUE 13

March 28, 2012

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-13-12-00008-P

Use of Monies Realized from the Dissolution of the Rural Telephone Bank

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 request by The Middleburgh Telephone Company to reimburse its treasury from monies it realized as a result of the dissolution of the Rural Telephone Bank for construction costs of upgrading and expanding Broadband services.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, section 94(2)

Subject:

Use of monies realized from the dissolution of the Rural Telephone Bank.

Purpose:

To allow The Middleburgh Telephone Company to reimburse its treasury.

Substance of proposed rule:

The Middleburgh Telephone Company (the company) is requesting permission to reimburse its treasury $200,000 from the intrastate portion ($200,000 total company) of monies it realized as a result of the dissolution of the Rural Telephone Bank (RTB) to continue to upgrade and expand their Central Office Equipment for the purposes of Broadband deployment. The RTB dissolution proceeds were deferred in New York State Public Service Commission Case 06-C-0314. The company's intrastate RTB deferral balance as of December 31, 2011 was $200,000. In order to keep up with its customers' increasing demand for Internet bandwidth the company would like to continue to upgrade and expand their Central Office equipment on their Bandwidth Expansion construction project including additional broadband loop carrier and the expansion of their fiber to the home (FTTH) build-out. The Commission is considering whether to grant, deny or modify, in whole or in part, approval of the company's request. The commission may apply its decision here to 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.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.

(12-C-0102SP1)