PSC-37-13-00008-P Establish a Temporary Surcharge to Recover Costs

9/11/13 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-37-13-00008-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXV, ISSUE 37

September 11, 2013

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-37-13-00008-P

Establish a Temporary Surcharge to Recover Costs

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 or reject in whole or in part, a petition filed by Rainbow Water Company Inc., and Sunrise Ridge Water Company, to establish a temporary surcharge to recover costs incurred due to a well collapse.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, sections 4(1) and 89-c(1)

Subject:

Establish a temporary surcharge to recover costs.

Purpose:

To allow Rainbow Water Company Inc., and Sunrise Ridge Water Company to establish a temporary surcharge to recover costs.

Substance of proposed rule:

On August 20, 2013, Rainbow Water Company Inc., and Sunrise Ridge Water Company filed a petition requesting the Public Service Commission’s approval to surcharge their customers $29.38 per quarter for 8 quarters to recover costs incurred ($30,119.95) due to a collapsed well that needed to be repaired. In order to pay contractors who performed the work, the Companies’ owners loaned the funds to the Companies. Proposed recovery includes interest from August 20, 2013 at the rate of 8%. The Companies provide metered water service to144 residential customers in the Towns of Carmel and Yorktown in Putnam and Westchester Counties. The Commission may approve or reject, in whole or in part, or modify the petition.

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:

Kathleen Burgess, 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-W-0374SP1)