P.U. 2 (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
the Canadian Coast Guard (“the
Customer”)
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
Customer will operate a communications tower located on Table Mountain near
Cape Ray; and
WHEREAS the
Customer has requested that the Applicant provide its facility with single
phase electrical service which, in order to so provide, requires the
construction of 6,668 metres of single phase line (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 Extension has been
calculated in accordance with Clause 5(b) of the CIAC Policy: Distribution Line Extensions and Upgrades to
General Service Customers, approved by Order No. P.U. 7 (1997-98) dated the 30th
day of September, 1997 (the “Policy”), which calculation assumes the Extension
will supply service to a communications tower with an estimated peak demand of
15.0 kW, and the CIAC thus calculated is One hundred eighty-two thousand four
hundred three dollars and eighty cents ($182,403.80), including HST; and
WHEREAS the
construction cost of the Extension is $165,032.00 and Clause 11(a) of the
Policy states that all Line Extensions or Upgrades involving CIACs in which the
construction costs are estimated to be greater than $25,000 must be submitted
to the Board for approval; and
WHEREAS the proposed
expenditures on the Extension are necessary for the Applicant to provide
service and facilities to the Customer 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 contribution in aid of construction in the amount of One hundred eighty-two thousand four hundred three dollars and eighty cents ($182,403.80), including HST, as calculated under the Policy, for a line extension to serve the Canadian Coast Guard, for the operation of a communications tower located on Table Mountain near Cape Ray.
DATED at St. John’s, Newfoundland, this 1st day of May, 2001.
___________________
Robert Noseworthy,
Chair & Chief Executive Officer.
___________________
Darlene
Whalen, P.Eng.,
Vice-Chairperson.
__________________________
G. Cheryl Blundon,
Board Secretary.