Charges for Municipal Undergrounding by Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc.
NY-ADR
1/17/07 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-03-07-00008-P
NEW YORK STATE REGISTER
VOLUME XXIX, ISSUE 3
January 17, 2007
RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
PROPOSED RULE MAKING
NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED
I.D No. PSC-03-07-00008-P
Charges for Municipal Undergrounding by Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc.
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 whether to approve or reject, in whole or in part, a proposal filed by Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O&R) to make various changes in the rates, charges, rules and regulations contained in its schedule for electronic service, P.S.C. No. 2, to become effective April 1, 2007.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, section 66(12)
Subject:
Charges for municipal undergrounding.
Purpose:
To revise tariff provisions for municipal undergrounding to allow O&R greater flexibility in the determination of and timing of the surcharge used to recover the costs of undergrounding.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Commission is considering Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc.'s (O&R) request to modify General Information Section 18A - Charges for Municipal Undergrounding contained in its electric tariff, P.S.C. No. 2. This section addresses municipal requests or requirements for O&R to relocate underground all or a portion of its existing overhead distribution or transmission facilities within the municipality. General information Section 18A provides a framework for addressing such requests through the implementation of municipality-specific surcharges to recover the costs of undergrounding from those customers located in the municipality making the request. The proposed changes provide O&R with greater flexibility in the determination of the surcharge and in the timing of its implementation. The changes will permit O&R, upon written agreement of O&R and the municipality, to (a) defer implementation of the surcharge; and (b) defer collection of a portion of the surcharge. O&R's filing has a proposed effective date of April 1, 2007. The Commission may approve, reject or modify, in whole or in part, O&R's request.
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:
Central Operations, Public Service Commission, Bldg. 3, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350, (518) 474-2500
Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Jaclyn A. Brilling, Secretary, Public Service Commission, Bldg. 3, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350, (518) 474-6530
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.
(06-E-1571SA1)
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