Proposed Major Rate Increase in O&R's Electric Delivery Revenues of Approximately $20.3...
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5/16/18 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-20-18-00009-P
NEW YORK STATE REGISTER
VOLUME XL, ISSUE 20
May 16, 2018
RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
PROPOSED RULE MAKING
HEARING(S) SCHEDULED
I.D No. PSC-20-18-00009-P
Proposed Major Rate Increase in O&R's Electric Delivery Revenues of Approximately $20.3 Million (or 2.3 Percent in Total 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 filed by Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O&R) to make various changes in the rates, charges, rules and regulations contained in its Schedule P.S.C. No. 3—Electricity.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 5, 65 and 66
Subject:
Proposed major rate increase in O&R's electric delivery revenues of approximately $20.3 million (or 2.3 percent in total revenues).
Purpose:
To ensure safe and adequate service at just and reasonable rates charged to customers without undue preferences.
Public hearing(s) will be held at:
10:00 a.m., July 16, 2018, and continuing daily as needed (Evidentiary Hearing)* at Department of Public Service, Agency Bldg. Three, 3rd Fl. Hearing Rm., Albany, NY.
*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 18-E-0067.
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:
The Commission is considering a proposal filed by Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O&R or the Company) on January 26, 2018, to increase its electric delivery revenues for the rate year ending December 31, 2019, by approximately $20.3 million (6.7% increase in delivery revenues, or 2.3% increase in total revenues). O&R’s requested electric revenue increase, as well as rate design changes, results in an average residential monthly total bill increase of $6.18 (5.1% increase on the total bill) for a customer using 600 kWh per month. The major cost drivers of this rate filing include: return on infrastructure costs; increased depreciation expense; reduced sales; and, increases to labor expense. The initial suspension period for the proposed filing runs through June 24, 2018. The full text of the filing 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:
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.
(18-E-0067SP1)
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