P.U.  27 (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 near Loon Pond, off Deer Park Road, Salmonier Line and consist of four (4) Seasonal Customers; and

 

WHEREAS the Customers have requested that the Applicant provide their residences near Loon Pond with single-phase electrical service which, in order to so provide, requires the construction of a single-phase extension of 383 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 September 30, 1997 (the “Policy”), and the CIAC thus calculated is Two thousand seven hundred and eighty-one dollars and fifty-six cents ($2,781.56), including HST per customer; 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 contribution in aid of construction of Two thousand seven hundred eighty-one dollars and fifty-six cents ($2,781.56), including HST, per customer as calculated under the Policy is hereby approved.

                                                                                   

DATED at St. John’s, Newfoundland this 31st day of October, 2000.

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                ______________________________

                                                                                                Darlene Whalen, P.Eng.,

                                                                                                Vice-Chairperson.

 

 

                                                                                                                                                           

                                                                                                William B. Crosbie, P.Eng.

                                                                                                Commissioner.

 

_________________________

G. Cheryl Blundon,

Board Secretary.

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