P.U.
19 (2001-2002)
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 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 subject to the provisions of the Electrical Power Control Act, 1994; and
WHEREAS the
Customers are located at Little Flings Pond near the Town of Carbonear and
consist of three Seasonal Customers; and
WHEREAS the
Customers have requested that the Applicant provide their residences at Little
Flings Pond with single-phase electrical service which, in order to so provide,
requires the construction of a single-phase extension of 1,249 metres (the
“Extension”); and
WHEREAS the
Extension will not be jointly used by the Applicant and Aliant Telecom Inc.;
and
WHEREAS a
Contribution in Aid of Construction (“CIAC”) of the New Extension has been
calculated in accordance with Clauses 5(b) and 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 Eleven thousand three hundred and twenty-nine dollars and
eighty cents ($11,329.80), including HST; and
WHEREAS the estimated construction cost of the
Extension is $32,076.00 and Clause 12(a) of the Policy states that 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 states 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.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT:
Pursuant to Section 41(5) of the Act, the Board approves the contribution in aid of construction in the amount of Eleven thousand three hundred twenty-nine dollars and eighty cents ($11,329.80), including HST, as calculated under the Policy, to provide for single-phase service to three Seasonal Customers, located at Little Flings Pond near the Town of Carbonear.
DATED at St. John’s, Newfoundland, this 20th day of September, 2001.
Robert Noseworthy,
Chair & Chief
Executive Officer.
Darlene Whalen, P.Eng.,
Vice-Chairperson.
G. Cheryl Blundon,
Director of
Corporate Services
and Board Secretary.