7/11/07 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-14-07-00007-A
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following action:
Action taken:
The commission, on June 20, 2007, adopted an order approving Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation's request to make various changes in the rates, charges, rules and regulations contained in its schedule for electric service P.S.C. No. 207.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, section 66(12)
Subject:
Rule 32.2—charges for municipal undergrounding.
Purpose:
To establish provisions regarding the relocation of facilities at the request of a municipality.
Substance of final rule:
The Public Service Commission adopted an order approving Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation's tariff amendments to implement a municipality-specific surcharge to recover costs of undergrounding all or a portion of existing distribution and/or transmission overhead facilities within the municipality's jurisdiction upon request of a municipality.
Final rule compared with proposed rule:
No changes.
Text of rule may be obtained from:
Central Operations, Public Service Commission, Bldg. 3, 14th Fl., Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350, by fax to (518) 474-9842, by calling (518) 474-2500. An IRS employer ID no. or social security no. is required from firms or persons to be billed 25 cents per page. Please use tracking number found on last line of notice in requests.
Assessment of Public Comment
An assessment of public comment is not submitted with this notice because the rule is within the definition contained in section 102(2)(a)(ii) of the State Administrative Procedure Act.
