Merger by United Water Owego Inc. and United Water Nichols Inc.
NY-ADR
11/28/07 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-48-07-00013-P
NEW YORK STATE REGISTER
VOLUME XXIX, ISSUE 48
November 28, 2007
RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
PROPOSED RULE MAKING
HEARING(S) SCHEDULED
I.D No. PSC-48-07-00013-P
Merger by United Water Owego Inc. and United Water Nichols 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 action on the joint petition to merge United Water Owego Inc. and United Water Nichols Inc., with United Water Owego-Nichols Inc. as the surviving corporation.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 4(1), 5(1)(f), 89-c&h and 108
Subject:
Merger of United Water Owego Inc. and United Water Nichols Inc.
Purpose:
To consider the merger of United Water Owego Inc. and United Water Nichols Inc. with United Water Owego-Nichols Inc. as the surviving corporation.
Public hearing(s) will be held at:
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Evidentiary Hearing, Dec. 4, 2007 at Public Service Commission, Three Empire State Plaza, 3rd Fl. Hearing Rm., Albany, NY.*
*There could be requests to reschedule the hearing. Notification of any subsequent scheduling changes will be available at the DPS Website (www.dps.state.ny.us) under Case 07-W-0872.
Accessibility:
All public hearings have been scheduled at places reasonably accessible to persons with a mobility impairment.
Interpreter Service:
Interpreter services will be made available to deaf 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.
Substance of proposed rule:
On July 26, 2007, United Water Owego Inc. (UWO) and United Water Nichols Inc. (UWN) filed a joint petition requesting Public Service Commission approval to merge UWO and UWN and to dissolve UWN upon receiving Commission approval. UWO and UWN serve approximately 1,439 and 219 residential, non-residential and fire protection customers, respectively, in the Towns of Owego, Tioga and Nichols, Tioga County. The combined companies would have 1,658 customers. The Commission is considering the petition.
Text of proposed rule may be obtained from:
Elaine Lynch, Public Service Commission, Bldg. 3, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350, (518) 486-2660
Data, views or argument 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.
(07-W-0872SA1)
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