P.U.  34 (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 the Town

of Pouch Cove (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 Customer will operate a water chlorination plant located on Cameron Place in Pouch Cove; and

 

WHEREAS the Customer has requested that the Applicant provide its facility with single-phase electrical service which, in order to so provide, requires the construction of 1,351 meters of single-phase line (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”) of the Extension has been calculated in accordance with Clause 5(b) of the CIAC Policy: Distribution Line Extensions and Upgrades To General Service Customers, approved by Order No. P.U. 7 (1997-98) dated September 30, 1997 (the “Policy”), which calculation assumes the Extension will supply service to a water chlorination plant with an estimated peak demand of 23.1 kW, and the CIAC thus calculated is Thirty-four thousand eight hundred eighty-six dollars and sixty-nine cents ($34,886.69), including HST; and

 

WHEREAS the construction cost of the Extension is $38,775.00 and Clause 11(a) of the Policy states that all Line Extensions or Upgrades involving CIACs in which the construction costs are estimated to be greater than $25,000 must be submitted to the Board for approval; and

 

WHEREAS the proposed expenditures on the Extension are necessary for the Applicant to provide service and facilities to the Customer which are reasonably safe and adequate and just and reasonable as required pursuant to s. 37 of the Act; 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.

 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT:

 

      Pursuant to Section 41(5) of the Act, the contribution in aid of construction of Thirty-four thousand eight hundred eighty-six dollars and sixty-nine cents ($34,886.69), including HST, as calculated under the Policy is hereby approved.

                                                                                   

DATED at St. John’s, Newfoundland this 12th day of January, 2001.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                      

                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                David A. Vardy,

Chairperson.

 

 

                                                                                                                                                           

                                                                                                Darlene Whalen, P.Eng.,

                                                                                                Vice-Chairperson.

 

                                                                                               

 

 

__________________________

Barbara Thistle,

Assistant Board Secretary.

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