P.U.
22 (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
“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 also subject to the provisions of the Electrical Power Control Act, 1994; and
WHEREAS the
Customers are located at Goulds Big Pond, off the Trans Canada Highway near
Roaches Line and consist of four Seasonal Customers; and
WHEREAS the
Customers have requested that the Applicant provide their residences at Goulds
Big Pond with single-phase electrical service which, in order to so provide,
requires the construction of a single-phase
extension of 1,281 metres (the “Extension”); and
WHEREAS the
Extension will not be jointly used by the Applicant and NewTel Communications
Inc.; and
WHEREAS a contribution in aid of construction (“CIAC”)
has been calculated in accordance with Clauses 5 (b), 5 (c), 5 (d) and 5 (e) of
the CIAC Policy: Distribution Line Extension To Residential and Seasonal
Residential Customers approved by Order No. P.U. 7 (1997-98) dated September
30, 1997 (the “Policy”) and the CIAC thus calculated is Nine thousand four
hundred sixty-five dollars and ninety-four cents ($9,465.94), including HST;
and
WHEREAS the construction cost of the Extension is
$35,425 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 to
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
(a) the CIAC in the amount of Nine thousand four hundred sixty-five dollars and ninety-four cents ($9,465.94), including HST, as calculated under the Policy.
DATED at St. John’s, Newfoundland this 27th day of September, 2000.
________________________________
D.A. Vardy,
Chair & Chief Executive Officer.
______________________________
Darlene
Whalen, P.Eng.,
Vice-Chairperson.
__________________________
G. Cheryl Blundon,
Board Secretary.