PSC-34-11-00008-P Application for New Gas Service to Broad Channel, Queens, New York, and Waiver of Obligation to Serve Due to Cost

8/24/11 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-34-11-00008-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXIII, ISSUE 34

August 24, 2011

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-34-11-00008-P

Application for New Gas Service to Broad Channel, Queens, New York, and Waiver of Obligation to Serve Due to Cost

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

Proposed Action:

The PSC is considering whether to grant a July 8, 2011 application and petition of The Brooklyn Union Gas Company (National Grid, KEDNY), for review of a gas service extension request and a waiver of Public Service Law Section 31's obligation to serve.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, art. 2, section 31(4)

Subject:

Application for new gas service to Broad Channel, Queens, New York, and waiver of obligation to serve due to cost.

Purpose:

To grant or deny application for gas service petition and waiver of obligation to serve under 16 NYCRR Section 230.2.

Substance of proposed rule:

The Commission is considering whether to approve or reject (1) an application for service, filed by The Brooklyn Union Gas Company, d/b/a National Grid (KEDNY) on behalf of the residents Broad Channel, an island community located in Jamaica Bay, New York (Broad Channel); and (2) a petition, which seeks relief from KEDNY’s Public Service Law § 31(4) obligation to extend natural gas service to Broad Channel. KEDNY submitted the application as a courtesy to Board Channel residents and also seeks to waive its obligation to grant that application because the cost to extend such service is greater than two times KEDNY’s corporate average cost per foot to install gas service lines. See 16 NYCRR § 230.2. KEDNY seeks either a full waiver of its obligation to serve or a contribution from Broad Channel residents to cover the cost differential of installing the facilities necessary to provide gas service. The Commission shall consider all related matters contained in the filing.

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-G-0358SP1)