PSC-21-13-00008-P Rates of National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation

5/22/13 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-21-13-00008-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXV, ISSUE 21

May 22, 2013

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-21-13-00008-P

Rates of National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation

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 the rates of National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation should be made temporary, subject to refund, if those rates are higher than necessary for the provision of safe and adequate service.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, sections 66, 72 and 114

Subject:

Rates of National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation.

Purpose:

To make the rates of National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation temporary, subject to refund, if they are found to be excessive.

Public hearing(s) will be held at:

10:00 a.m., May 22, 2013 at Department of Public Service, Three Empire State Plaza, 3rd Fl., Albany, NY.

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:

By Order issued April 19, 2013, the Public Service Commission instituted a proceeding to determine whether the rates of National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation should be made temporary, subject to refund, while the Commission investigates whether those rates are higher than necessary to permit the utility to provide safe and adequate service.

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-G-0136SP1)