P.U.  19 (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 Power Inc. (“the Applicant”)

for approval of a contribution in aid of

construction for a line extension to serve

seasonal customers (“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 subject to the provisions of the Electrical Power Control Act, 1994; and

 

WHEREAS the Customers are located at Little Flings Pond near the Town of Carbonear and consist of three Seasonal Customers; and

 

WHEREAS the Customers have requested that the Applicant provide their residences at Little Flings Pond with single-phase electrical service which, in order to so provide, requires the construction of a single-phase extension of 1,249 metres (the “Extension”); and

 

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

 

WHEREAS a Contribution in Aid of Construction (“CIAC”) of the New Extension has been calculated in accordance with Clauses 5(b) and 5(c) of the CIAC Policy:  Distribution Line Extensions To Residential and Seasonal Residential Customers, approved by Order No. P.U. 7 (1997-98) dated the 30th day of September, 1997 (the “Policy”), and the CIAC thus calculated is Eleven thousand three hundred and twenty-nine dollars and eighty cents ($11,329.80), including HST; and

 

WHEREAS the estimated construction cost of the Extension is $32,076.00 and Clause 12(a) of the Policy states that all Line extensions involving CIACs where the construction costs are estimated to be greater than $25,000 must be submitted to the Board for approval; and

 

WHEREAS Clause 12(c) of the Policy states that all CIACs for Main Line extensions for primarily seasonal residential customers be submitted to the Board for approval; 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; 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.

 

 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT:

 

Pursuant to Section 41(5) of the Act, the Board approves the contribution in aid of construction in the amount of Eleven thousand three hundred twenty-nine dollars and eighty cents ($11,329.80), including HST, as calculated under the Policy, to provide for single-phase service to three Seasonal Customers, located at Little Flings Pond near the Town of Carbonear.

           

                                                                                   

DATED at St. John’s, Newfoundland, this 20th day of September, 2001.

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                               

Robert Noseworthy,

Chair & Chief Executive Officer.

 

                                                                       

Darlene Whalen, P.Eng.,

Vice-Chairperson.

                                                           

                                                                       

 

 

                                                                                          

G. Cheryl Blundon,

Director of Corporate Services

  and Board Secretary.

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