PSC-33-13-00027-P Waive Underground Facility Requirements for New Construction in Residential Subdivisions to Allow for Overhead Electric Lines

8/14/13 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-33-13-00027-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXV, ISSUE 33

August 14, 2013

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-33-13-00027-P

Waive Underground Facility Requirements for New Construction in Residential Subdivisions to Allow for Overhead Electric Lines

PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:

Proposed Action:

The Public Service Commission is considering a petition for a waiver of Orange and Rockland Utility's tariff provisions requiring undergrounding of electric lines in the Chapin Lumberland subdivision in the Town of Lumberland, Sullivan County.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, sections 51, 65(1) and 66(1)

Subject:

Waive underground facility requirements for new construction in residential subdivisions to allow for overhead electric lines.

Purpose:

Determine whether Chapin Lumberland, LLC subdivision will be allowed overhead electric distribution and service lines.

Substance of proposed rule:

The Public Service Commission is considering whether to approve, modify or reject a petition filed by Chapin Lumberland, LLC requesting a waiver, for Chapin Lumberland, of Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc.’s tariff provision requiring undergrounding of electric service. The petition states that rocky conditions in the subdivision will have a prohibitive cost to underground the electric facilities and a waiver would allow for the installation of overhead facilities. The petition notes that New York State Electric and Gas Corporation (NYSEG) had installed overhead electric facilities in the adjacent portion of the Chapin subdivision, located in the Town of Bethel that NYSEG completed and currently serves. The Commission may accept, reject, or modify the waiver request.

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-E-0315SP1)