PSC-25-13-00013-P Partial Payments, Directory Distribution, Suspension or Termination of Service, Service Quality Reporting Requirements

6/19/13 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-25-13-00013-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXV, ISSUE 25

June 19, 2013

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-25-13-00013-P

Partial Payments, Directory Distribution, Suspension or Termination of Service, Service Quality Reporting Requirements

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 petition of Time Warner Cable Information Systems (New York), LLC for waivers of certain Commission regulations under 16 NYCRR.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, sections 91(1), 94(2), 98

Subject:

Partial payments, directory distribution, suspension or termination of service, service quality reporting requirements.

Purpose:

To waive certain sections of 16 NYCRR sections 602, 603, 606, 609.

Substance of proposed rule:

The PSC is considering whether to approve, in whole or in part, a petition by the Time Warner Cable Information Systems (NY) LLC the waiver of certain sections of 16 NYCRR:

16 NYCRR 602.10(b): to waive the Commission’s rules requiring it to distribute telephone directories.

19 NYCRR section 609(4)(d): to waive the Commission’s rules pertaining to the company’s ability to suspend to terminate service to residential customers for nonpayment of bills between certain weekday or Saturday hours.

NYCRR Section 606.5: to modify billing categories and the application of partial payments.

NYCRR Sections 603.3 and 603.4: for the revision of Service Quality Improvement Plan reporting requirements.

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-C-0193SP1)