P.U. 10 (2001-2002)

 

 

 

IN THE MATTER OF the

PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT,

R.S.N.1990, c. P-47, as amended

(“the Act”)                                           

 

        AND

 

IN THE MATTER OF the application

by Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro

(“the Applicant”) for approval of a

contribution in aid of construction (“CIAC”)

for the supply of single-phase electrical

service to eight seasonal residential customers

at Milan Arm, near St. Anthony, Newfoundland,

(the “Customers”), pursuant to Section 41(5)

of the Act.

 

 

 

 

WHEREAS the Applicant is a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, is a public utility within the meaning of the Act, and is also subject to the provisions of the Electrical Power Control Act, 1994; and

 

WHEREAS the Customers are eight seasonal residential customers whose seasonal residences are located at Milan Arm near St. Anthony in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador; and

 

WHEREAS the Customers have requested that the Applicant provide their seasonal residence with single-phase electrical service which, in order to so provide, requires the construction of a single-phase extension of 762 metres (the “Extension”); and

 

WHEREAS the Extension will not be jointly used by the Applicant and Aliant Telecom Inc.; and

 

WHEREAS a CIAC has been calculated in accordance with Clause 5(b) of the distribution line CIAC Policy for residential and seasonal residential customers of the Applicant approved by Order No. P.U. 7 (1997-98) dated the 30th day of September 1997, and as amended from time to time, (the “Policy”); and

 

WHEREAS the CIAC thus calculated is Two thousand, six hundred and twenty-eight dollars and ninety cents ($2,628.90), including HST; and

 

WHEREAS the proposed expenditures on the Extension are necessary for the Applicant to provide service and facilities to the Customers which are reasonably safe and adequate and just and reasonable as required pursuant to s. 37 of the Act; and

 

WHEREAS the proposed CIAC is necessary to ensure that the Applicant’s investment in the extension is compensatory over the useful life of the Extension and will not be to the detriment of the Applicant’s other customers.

 

 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT:

 

Pursuant to Section 41(5) of the Act, the Board approves the CIAC in the amount of Two thousand, six hundred and twenty-eight dollars ($2,628.90), including HST, for the supply of single-phase primary electrical service to eight seasonal residential customers located at Milan Arm, near St. Anthony, Newfoundland.

           

 

            Dated at St. John's, Newfoundland, this 26th day of July 2001.

 

 

                                                                                                                                                           

Robert Noseworthy,

Chair & Chief Executive Officer.

 

 

                                                                 

Darlene Whalen, P.Eng.,

Vice-Chairperson

 

 

                                                                                                                                                           

                                                                                          Raymond A. Pollett,

                                                                                          Commissioner.

 

 

                                                                                                                                                           

                                                                                          G. Fred Saunders,

                                                                                          Commissioner.

 

 

                                                                                                

G. Cheryl Blundon,

Board Secretary.

 

 

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