Complaint for Review of Rates Charged for Water Service to Commercial and Residential Customers...
NY-ADR
10/18/17 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-42-17-00005-P
NEW YORK STATE REGISTER
VOLUME XXXIX, ISSUE 42
October 18, 2017
RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
PROPOSED RULE MAKING
HEARING(S) SCHEDULED
I.D No. PSC-42-17-00005-P
Complaint for Review of Rates Charged for Water Service to Commercial and Residential Customers of Water Works Corporation
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 complaint by customers of Bristol Water Works Corporation (Bristol) requesting review of the rates charged by Bristol for water service to commercial and residential customers.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 5, 89-c, 89-i and 89-j
Subject:
Complaint for review of rates charged for water service to commercial and residential customers of water works corporation.
Purpose:
To consider the complaint filed on January 3, 2017 by Bristol customers.
Public hearing(s) will be held at:
10:30 a.m., December 6, 2017 and daily on succeeding business days as needed at Department of Public Service, Agency Bldg. 3, 3rd Fl. Hearing Rm., Albany, NY. (Evidentiary Hearing)*
*On occasion, there are requests to reschedule or postpone evidentiary hearing dates. If such a request is granted, notification of any subsequent scheduling changes will be available at the DPS website (www.dps.ny.gov) under Case 17-W-0049.
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:
On January 3, 2017, the Bristol Harbour Village Association (Association) filed a petition, signed by more than 25 ratepayers, requesting that the Public Service Commission (PSC) determine whether the rates of Bristol Water Works Corporation (Bristol) are fair and equitable to residential and commercial customers.
Under Public Service Law § 89-I, when a complaint regarding the rates, charges or classifications of service is filed by 25 or more ratepayers of a water utility, the Commission may undertake an investigation of the water utility’s plant and books to determine if the water utility is providing safe and adequate service at just and reasonable rates.
Pursuant to the Association’s complaint, the Commission is instituting an investigation into the rates and service of Bristol and may take any action it determines is necessary to ensure just and reasonable rates any may resolve related matters. The full text of the filing may be reviewed online at the Department of Public Service web page: www.dps.ny.gov.
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:
Kathleen H. Burgess, 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:
Five days after the last scheduled public hearing.
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.
(17-W-0049SP1)
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