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 request from Arrow Park, Inc. to increase its annual revenue by $10,052 or 144%, implement a surcharge of $46.60 per customer and increase its restoration of service charges.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 4(1), 5(1)(f), 89-c(1) and (10)
Subject:
Water rates and charges.
Purpose:
For approval to increase annual revenue by about $10,052 or 144%, and establish a surcharge of $46.60 per customer.
Substance of proposed rule:
On July 22, 2011, Arrow Park, Inc. (Arrow Park or the company) filed several amendments to its tariff PSC No. 3- Water. The company is proposing that Leaf No. 10 Revision 1, which contains increases in its restoration of service charges, and Surcharge Statement No. 1, which would implement a surcharge for recent extraordinary expenditures, become effective November 1, 2011, and that Leaf No. 12 Revision 1, which contains its rate increase request, become effective July 1, 2012.
The company is requesting to be allowed to increase its annual service charge from $175.29 to $489, and to increase the usage rate from $1.55 per thousand gallons to $2.50 per thousand gallons for all usage. The company estimates that the new rates would produce an increase in annual revenues of $10,052 or 144%.
Arrow Park is also requesting to be allowed to establish a customer surcharge to recover recent extraordinary expenses which total $10,438 related to leak repairs and a well pump replacement. To recover this amount the customers would be billed eight payments of $46.60 per customer. The first payment would be due November 1, 2011, the second payment would be due January 1, 2012, and the surcharge would continue quarterly thereafter until the full amount of $10,438 is collected.
In addition, Arrow Park requests to be allowed to increase its restoration of service charge from $10 at all times to $50 during normal business hours, $75 outside of normal business hours, and $100 during weekends and holidays.
Arrow Park provides metered water service to 28 residential customers in the Hamlet of Arrow Park, Town of Monroe, Orange County. Fire protection service is not provided.
The company's tariff and the pending rate increase request will be available online on the Commission's web site on the World Wide Web (www.dps.state.ny.us) located under Commission ( Document-Tariffs). The Commission may approve or reject, in whole or in part, or modify the company's requests.
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, NY 12223-1350, (518) 486-2655, email: leann_ayer@dps.state.ny.us
Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Jaclyn A. Brilling, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350, (518) 474-6530, email: secretary@dps.state.ny.us
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.
