P.U.  2(2000-2001)

 

 

 

IN THE MATTER OF THE PUBLIC                     

UTILITIES ACT, R.S.N. 1990,

CHAPTER P-47 ("THE ACT")

 

AND

 

IN THE MATTER OF BOARD ORDER

NOS.  P.U. 4 (1997-98) AND P.U. 7 (1997-98)

 

            AND

 

IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION BY

NEWFOUNDLAND POWER INC. (ANEWFOUNDLAND

POWER@) FOR APPROVAL OF:

 

 

(i)         REVISED DISTRIBUTION LINE COST PER

METRE FOR CIAC=S;

(ii)        REVISED DISTRIBUTION PLANT UPGRADE

COST FOR CIAC=S; AND

(iii)       REVISED CONTRIBUTION IN AID OF

CONSTRUCTION (ACIAC@) COST FACTORS

 

 

            WHEREAS Board Order No.  P.U. 4 (1997-98) issued by the Board on the 4th day of August, 1997 required amongst other things that,

Newfoundland Power file annually, together with an affidavit, a schedule of current costs, and the effective CIAC Policy Appendices entitled, Distribution Plant Upgrade Cost for CIAC's, and both Residential and General Service Distribution Line Cost per Metre for CIAC's,

and

            WHEREAS Board Order No.  P.U. 7 (1997-98) issued by the Board on September 30, 1997, approved the revised CIAC Policy of Newfoundland Power, effective October 1, 1997, and

 

            WHEREAS on February 23, 2000, Newfoundland Power submitted for the Board=s review, Schedule A, Distribution Line Cost Per Metre for Residential and Seasonal Residential CIAC=s (Appendix A, Page 11 of 11 to the Residential Policy), and Schedule B, Distribution Line Cost Per Metre for General Service CIAC=s (Appendix A, Page 12 of 15 to the General Service Policy), Schedule C, Distribution Plant Support Table for General Service CIAC=s (Appendix B, Page 13 of 15 to the General Service Policy), Schedule D, Distribution Plant Upgrade Cost for General Service CIAC=s (Appendix C, Page 14 of 15 to the General Service Policy) and Schedule E, Unit Cost Factors for General Service Customers (Appendix D, Page 15 of 15 to the General Service Policy), and

 

            WHEREAS Board staff have reviewed the Schedules submitted by Newfoundland Power, as well as the supporting information received with respect to these Schedules, and

 

            WHEREAS Board staff recommended that the Board approve the revised CIAC Appendices.

 

 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT:

 

 

1.         (a)       Appendix A, Schedule AA@, Page 11 of 11 Revised, of the Contribution in Aid of Construction Policy: Distribution Line Extensions to Residential and Seasonal Residential Customers, January 1999, approved by Order No. P.U. 39 (1998-99) be and it is hereby rescinded and replaced by Appendix A, Schedule AA@, Page 11 of 11 Revised April 4, 2000, appended to this Order.

 

(b)        Appendix A, Schedule AB@, Page 12 of 15 Revised,

Appendix B, Schedule AB@, Page 13 of 15 Revised, and

Appendix C, Schedule AB@, Page 14 of 15 Revised

 

of the Contribution in Aid of Construction Policy: Distribution Line Extensions and Upgrades to General Service Customers, January  1999, approved by Order No.  P.U. 39 (1998-99) be and they are hereby rescinded and replaced by the following Appendices dated April 4, 2000, and appended to this Order:

 

Appendix A, Schedule AB@, Page 12 of 15 Revised April 4, 2000,

Appendix B, Schedule AC@, Page 13 of 15 Revised April 4, 2000, and

Appendix C, Schedule AD@, Page 14 of 15 Revised April 4, 2000.

 

(c)                Appendix D, Schedule “E”, Page 15 of 15, Original

 

of the Contribution In Aid of Construction Policy, CIAC Cost Factors to General Service customers, January 1999, approved by Order No. 39 (1998-99) be and they are hereby revised and replaced by the following appendix dated April 4, 2000, and appended to this Order

 

Appendix D, Schedule “E”, Page 15 of 15, Revised April 4, 2000.

 

2.         The revised cost factors submitted with the application dated February 23, 2000, and approved above, are to be used in the calculation of all CIAC=s with effect from April 10, 2000, and, where advantageous to customers of the Newfoundland Power, on all CIAC=s quoted but unpaid as of April 10, 2000.

 

3.          Newfoundland Power submit a revised CIAC Policy in its entirety incorporating the revisions approved herein, in addition to the changes approved in Board Order No. P.U. 1 (2000-2001).

 

DATED at St. John's, Newfoundland, this 4th  day of  April 2000.

 

 

                                                                                    ________________________

                                                                                    David A. Vardy,

                                                                                    Chairperson.

 

                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                    John William Finn, Q.C.,

                                                                                    Commissioner.

 

                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                    G. Fred Saunders

                                                                                    Commissioner.

 

                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                    Darlene Whalen, M.A.Sc., P.Eng.,

                                                                                    Commissioner.

 

 

_____________________

G. Cheryl Blundon,

Director of Corporate Services

and Board Secretary.

 

 

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