7/22/15 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-29-15-00018-P
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 ratemaking aspects of a petition filed by St. Lawrence Gas Company, Inc. (SLG) to amend a certificate of public convenience and necessity.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, section 66(12)
Subject:
Approval of ratemaking related to amendment of a certificate of public convenience and necessity.
Purpose:
To approve or reject the ratemaking aspects of SLG's petition to amend its certificate of public convenience and necessity.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Public Service Commission is considering whether to approve, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, a petition by St. Lawrence Gas Company, Inc. (SLG) seeking authorization to amend a certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN). An Order issued by the Commission on February 17, 2011 authorized SLG to construct a 48-mile natural gas transmission line through Franklin and St. Lawrence Counties and granted a CPCN approving the exercise of gas franchises and the construction of about 50 miles of associated distribution lines and service lines to deliver gas in the communities of Winthrop, Brasher Falls, and North Lawrence, in St. Lawrence County, and Moira, North Bangor, Brushton, Malone, Burke, and Chateaugay, in Franklin County. As a result of unforeseen circumstances occurring during construction, construction costs substantially exceed the costs assumed in the original feasibility analysis. While a CPCN amendment is a license, the change in rates and charges is a rule. The Commission is considering a revised economic feasibility analysis, so as to increase and prolong the new customers’ five-year temporary surcharge authorized in the February 2011 CPCN (as amended in July 2012) to a development period of seven years. In addition, the Commission is considering a contribution in aid of construction surcharge to be applied during the seven-year development period. The Commission will also consider all other related matters.
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:
Elaine Agresta, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 486-2660, email:
Elaine.Agresta@dps.ny.govData, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Kathleen H. Burgess, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 474-6530, email:
secretary@dps.ny.govPublic 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.
