PSC-28-12-00012-P Newspaper Publication Requirement for Authorized Rate Increases

7/11/12 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-28-12-00012-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXIV, ISSUE 28

July 11, 2012

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-28-12-00012-P

Newspaper Publication Requirement for Authorized Rate Increases

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 approve, reject or modify the petition of United Water Owego-Nichols, Inc. to waive the publication requirement for authorized rate increases in 2013 and 2014.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, section 89-c(1) and (10)

Subject:

Newspaper publication requirement for authorized rate increases.

Purpose:

Consideration of a waiver of the publication requirement.

Substance of proposed rule:

On March 21, 2012, the Commission approved a three-year rate plan for United Water Owego-Nichols, Inc. (UWON), which required UWON to publish notice of each year’s rate increase in a local newspaper once a week for four weeks before the increase went into effect. On May 1, 2012, UWON filed a request that the Commission waive the publication requirement in subsequent years because of the cost of such publication and the fact that publication was not required in past rate proceedings. The Commission is considering whether to grant, deny or modify UWON’s petition.

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.

(11-W-0082SP2)