PSC-17-12-00011-P Rehearing Petition of the Willows Homeowners Association and Record Keeping Requirements for Small Water Companies

4/25/12 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-17-12-00011-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXIV, ISSUE 17

April 25, 2012

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-17-12-00011-P

Rehearing Petition of the Willows Homeowners Association and Record Keeping Requirements for Small Water Companies

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 whether to grant, deny or modify the petition for rehearing of the Willows Homeowners Association regarding the rates charged by Aqua New York, Inc. and waiver of some record keeping requirements for small water companies.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, sections 22, 89-c(3) and 89-i

Subject:

Rehearing petition of the Willows Homeowners Association and record keeping requirements for small water companies.

Purpose:

Ruling on the rehearing petition and waiving some record keeping requirements for small water companies.

Substance of proposed rule:

The Public Service Commission will accept, reject or modify a petition for rehearing filed by the Willows Homeowners Association (Willows Association) regarding the rates charged by Aqua New York, Inc. (Aqua NY) to ratepayers of its Dykeer water system. The Willows Association filed a petition under Public Service Law § 89-i challenging the rates of Aqua NY. The Commission rejected that petition, but ordered a prospective reduction in Aqua NY’s rates to correct an error in calculating the company’s rate base. The Willows Association filed a petition for rehearing on December 20, 2011 alleging errors in law and fact in the Commission’s rejection of its petition and refusal to grant a refund for payments based on the inflated rate base.

The Commission will also consider whether to waive record keeping requirements related to documentation of plant (16 NYCRR § 733.10) for small water 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-W-0652SP2)