7/9/08 N.Y. St. Reg. LPA-28-08-00008-P
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:
Proposed action:
The authority is considering a proposal to adopt revisions to its tariff for electric service to amend and add to certain sections of the tariff with regard to a visual benefits assessment with respect to certain customers in the Town of Southampton.
Statutory authority:
Public Authorities Law, sections 1020-f(u) and (z)
Subject:
Southampton visual benefits assessment charge.
Purpose:
To add and amend LIPA's tariff for electric services with regard to a VBA charge with respect to Southampton customers.
Public hearing(s) will be held at:
10:00 a.m., September 17, 2008 at H. Lee Denison Bldg., 100 Veterans Memorial Hwy., Hauppauge, NY; and 3:00 p.m., September 17, 2008 at Long Island Power Authority, 333 Earle Ovington Blvd., Uniondale, NY.
Accessibility:
All public hearings have been scheduled at places reasonably accessible to persons with a mobility impairment.
Interpreter Service:
Interpreter services will be made available to deaf 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.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Long Island Power Authority (“Authority”) is considering a proposal to its Tariff for Electric Service to create a Visual Benefits Assessment (“VBA”) affecting certain LIPA customers that recovers LIPA's incremental costs for burying approximately forty-five percent of the Southampton to Bridgehampton transmission line in connection with a stipulated Settlement with the Town of Southampton. The incremental costs will be recovered on an annual basis from customers in selected areas of the municipality, as designated by the Town of Southampton. The Authority may approve, modify, or reject, in whole or part, the proposal.
Text of proposed rule and any required statements and analyses may be obtained from:
Andrew McCabe, Long Island Power Authority, 333 Earle Ovington Blvd., Suite 403, Uniondale, NY 11553, (516) 222-7700, e-mail:
amccabe@lipower.orgData, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Kevin Law, President and CEO, Long Island Power Authority, 333 Earle Ovington Blvd., Suite 403, Uniondale, NY 11553, (516) 222-7700
Public comment will be received until:
Five days after the last scheduled public hearing required by statute.
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.
