5/16/07 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-20-07-00019-P
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:
Proposed action:
The Public Service Commission is considering whether to approve or reject or modify, in whole or in part, a proposal filed by National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation to make various changes in the rates, charges, rules and regulations contained in its schedule for gas service, P.S.C. No. 8—Gas.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, section 66(12)
Subject:
Major rate filing.
Purpose:
To increase annual gas revenues by approximately $52 million or 6.4 percent (increase delivery rates by approximately 19 percent).
Public hearing(s) will be held at:
1:00 p.m., July 11, 2007* at City Hall, 65 Niagara Sq., Rm. 1417, Buffalo, NY; and 6:30 p.m., July 11, 2007* at Niagara Falls High School, Amphitheater, 4455 Portage Rd., Niagara Falls, NY.
*There could be requests to reschedule the hearings. Notification of any subsequent scheduling changes will be available at the DPS Web Site (
www.dps.state.ny.us) under Case 07-G-0141.
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 proposed rule:
The Commission is considering National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation's request to increase annual gas revenues by approximately $52 million or 6.4%. Rates for bundled residential service would increase approximately 7%, transportation service rates would increase on an average of 18% and general service rates would decrease slightly.
Text of proposed rule may be obtained from:
Elaine Lynch, Public Service Commission, Bldg. 3, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350, (518) 486-2660
Data, views or argument may be submitted to:
Jaclyn A. Brilling, Secretary, Public Service Commission, Bldg. 3, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350, (518) 474-6530
Public comment will be received until:
Five days after the last scheduled public hearing.
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.
