P.U.
18 (2000-2001)
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 (“CIAC”) 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 also subject to the provisions of the Electrical Power Control Act, 1994; and
WHEREAS the
Customers are located at Old Man’s Pond, off the Trans Canada Highway near
Roaches Line and consist of fourteen Seasonal Customers; and
WHEREAS the
Customers have requested that the Applicant provide their residences at
Old Man’s Pond with single phase
electrical service which, in order to so provide, requires the construction of a single phase extension of 1,983 metres
(the “Extension”); and
WHEREAS the
Extension will not be jointly used by the Applicant and NewTel Communications
Inc.; and
WHEREAS a CIAC has been calculated in accordance with
Clause 5(b) and Clause 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 Four thousand one hundred sixty dollars and
thirteen cents ($4,160.13), including HST; and
WHEREAS the
construction cost of the Extension is $60,895 and Clause 12(a) of the Policy
requires 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 requires 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; and
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT:
Pursuant to Section 41(5) of the Act, the Board approves the CIAC in the amount of Four thousand one hundred sixty dollars and thirteen cents ($4,160.13), including HST, as calculated under the Policy.
DATED at St. John’s, Newfoundland this 29th day of August, 2000.
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David A. Vardy,
Chair & Chief Executive Officer.
______________________________
Darlene Whalen, P.Eng.,
Vice-Chairperson.
Raymond
A. Pollett,
Commissioner.
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Barbara Thistle,
Assistant Board Secretary.