Proposed Rate Increase in Annual Revenues
NY-ADR
2/3/21 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-05-21-00009-P
NEW YORK STATE REGISTER
VOLUME XLIII, ISSUE 5
February 03, 2021
RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
PROPOSED RULE MAKING
NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED
I.D No. PSC-05-21-00009-P
Proposed Rate Increase in Annual Revenues
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 by Bethel Water Company, Inc. to increase its annual revenues by about $15,551, or 42%.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 4(1), 5(1)(f), 89-c(1), (3), (10)(a), (b) and (f)
Subject:
Proposed rate increase in annual revenues.
Purpose:
To ensure safe and adequate service at just and reasonable rates charged to customers without undue preferences.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Commission is considering a proposal filed by Bethel Water Company, Inc. (Bethel or the Company) on January 13, 2021 to amend its tariff schedule, P.S.C. No. 1 – Water, to increase its annual revenues by approximately $15,551, or 42%. The Company provides flat rate water service to 176 residential customers, a country club and swimming pool in a development, known as Country Club Estate, in the Town of Bethel, Sullivan County.
The Company states that the revenue increase is necessary due to increases in operating costs since its late rate increase on July 22, 2010 and an increase in year-round customers since that time. To reflect this proposed increase in annual revenues, the Company proposes a new annual rate of $294.94 per residential customer, $222.77 for the country club, and $447.12 for the swimming pool, to be billed on an annual basis. The Company also requests that the Commission authorize moving the Company’s annual billing date from May 1 to June 1 for each year. The proposed amendments have an effective date of June 1, 2021. The Company also requests a waiver of the requirements of newspaper publication of the proposed changes since notification to its customers of the proposed changes will be made individually by mail.
The full text of the proposal and the full record of the proceeding may be reviewed online at the Department of Public Service web page: www.dps.ny.gov. The Commission may adopt, reject or modify, in whole or in part, the action proposed and may resolve related matters.
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:
John Pitucci, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 486-2655, email: [email protected]
Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Michelle L. Phillips, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 474-6530, email: [email protected]
Public comment will be received until:
60 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.
(21-W-0048SP1)
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