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 proposal filed by United Water Westchester Inc. to make various changes in the rates, charges, rules and regulations contained in its Schedule for Water Service — P.S.C. No. 1.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, section 89-c(1) and (10)
Subject:
Major water rate filing.
Purpose:
To consider a proposal to increase combined annual base rates by about $17.8 million or 30%.
Public hearing(s) will be held at:
10:30 a.m., May 19, 2014 and continuing daily as needed, at Department of Public Service, Three Empire State Plaza, 3rd Fl. Hearing Rm., Albany, NY (Evidentiary Hearing)*.
*On occasion, there are requests to reschedule or postpone evidentiary hearing dates. If such a request is granted, notification of any subsequent scheduling changes will be available at the DPS website (www.dps.ny.gov) under Case 13-W-0564.
Interpreter Service:
Interpreter services will be made available to hearing impaired 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.
Accessibility:
All public hearings have been scheduled at places reasonably accessible to persons with a mobility impairment.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Commission is considering a proposal filed by United Water Westchester Inc. (UWW) and United Water New Rochelle Inc. (UWNR) (together, the “Companies”) which would increase its combined annual bases rates by about $17.80 million or approximately 30%1 for the rate year ending October 31, 2015. In addition, the Companies are proposing to change from quarterly to monthly billing. The statutory suspension period for the proposed filing in Case 13-W-0564, runs through December 4, 2014.
This proceeding is combined with Case 13-W-0539 - United Water New Rochelle Inc.’s rate proceeding and Case 14-W-0006 - Joint Petition of United Water Westchester Inc. and United Water New Rochelle Inc. for Approval, Pursuant to New York State Public Service Law Sections 108 and 89-h, to Merge and Become United Water Westchester Inc.
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1 Taking into account resetting current surcharges at UWW to zero, the net customer impact will be an increase of approximately $14.35 million, or approximately 23%.
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, (518) 486-2659, email: Deborah.Swatling@dps.ny.gov
Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Kathleen H. Burgess, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 474-4535, email: secretary@dps.ny.gov
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.
