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.

 

 

                                                                                                ________________________________

                                                                                                David A. Vardy,

                                                                                                Chair & Chief Executive Officer.

 

                                                                                                                       

                                                                                                ______________________________

                                                                                                Darlene Whalen, P.Eng.,

                                                                                                Vice-Chairperson.

                                                                       

 

                                                                                                                                                           

                                                                                                Raymond A. Pollett,

                                                                                                Commissioner.

 

 

__________________________

Barbara Thistle,

Assistant Board Secretary.

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