9/30/15 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-39-15-00010-P
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 a proposal filed by St. Lawrence Gas Company, Inc. to make various changes in the rates, charges, rules and regulations contained in its Schedule for Gas Service, P.S.C. No. 3 — Gas.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 5, 65 and 66
Subject:
Major gas revenue increase.
Purpose:
To consider an increase to its annual gas revenues by approximately $1,228,000 or 2.96%.
Public hearing(s) will be held at:
10:30 a.m., Dec. 8, 2015 and continuing daily as needed at Department of Public Service, Agency Bldg. 3 – 3rd Fl. Hearing Rm., Albany, NY (Evidentiary Hearing)*
*Notification of the time and location of the hearing will be available at the DPS website (www.dps.ny.gov) under Case 15-G-0382.
Interpreter Service:
Interpreter services will be made available to hearing impaired 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.
Accessibility:
All public hearings have been scheduled at places reasonably accessible to persons with a mobility impairment.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Commission is considering a proposal filed by St. Lawrence Gas Company, Inc. (St. Lawrence) to increase gas revenues for the rate year ending May 31, 2017 by approximately $1,228,000, which is a 2.96% increase in delivery revenues or about a $48.55 or 3.32%, for residential customers using 1156 therms per month. St. Lawrence states the main drivers for the rate filing are increased costs incurred in the rate year, and receiving a reasonable rate of return on assets. The statutory suspension period for the proposed filing runs through November 25, 2015. The Commission may adopt, in whole or in part, modify or reject terms set forth in St. Lawrence’s proposal or other negotiated proposals.
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:
Elaine Agresta, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 486-2660, email:
elaine.agresta@dps.ny.govData, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Kathleen H. Burgess, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 474-6530, email:
secretary@dps.ny.govPublic 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.
