Waiver of Commission Regulations Governing Termination of Service
NY-ADR
4/23/14 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-16-14-00016-P
NEW YORK STATE REGISTER
VOLUME XXXVI, ISSUE 16
April 23, 2014
RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
PROPOSED RULE MAKING
NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED
I.D No. PSC-16-14-00016-P
Waiver of Commission Regulations Governing Termination of Service
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 United Water New York Inc. for a waiver of the Commission's regulations (16 NYCRR) to allow it to terminate customer service in circumstances in addition to those provided for in 16 NYCRR 14.17.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 4(1), 5(1)(f), 89-b(1) and 89-c(1)
Subject:
Waiver of Commission regulations governing termination of service.
Purpose:
Consider United Water New York Inc.'s proposal to expand termination of service provisions.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Public Service Commission is considering the request of United Water New York, Inc. (UWNY) for a waiver of the Commission’s regulations (16 NYCRR Part 14) to allow it to terminate water service to a customer where a customer 1) has more than three consecutive meter estimates and the customer has not responded to UWNY “no access” notifications, or 2) despite UWNY written notification, has not provided it with access to its equipment for R/F meter change outs due to testing regulations, faulty equipment or suspected tampering. The Commission may accept, reject or modify UWNY’s proposal in whole or part.
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:
Deborah Swatling, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 486-2659, 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:
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.
(13-W-0295SP2)
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