PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WISCONSIN
Water Utility Service Rules | 1-AC-233 |
NOTICE OF HEARING
Hearing Date
Thursday, August 10, 2017 – 10:00 a.m.
Hearing Location
Amnicon Falls Hearing Room – 1st Floor
Public Service Commission
610 North Whitney way Madison, Wisconsin
Comments Due:
Thursday, August 24, 2017 – Noon
Address Comments To:
Sandra J. Paske, Secretary to the Commission Public Service Commission
P.O. Box 7854
Madison, WI 53707-7854
The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin proposes an order to repeal PSC 185.11(2), 185.12(2), (3m), (3s), (3u), (10e), (10s), (11m), (15), (17m), (18), 185.17, 185.21(2)(d), 185.30(1), (2)(a), 185.305(1), (2)(a), 185.33(13)(a), (b), 185.34, 185.35(3), (4), (5), (7), 185.36(8), (11), (14), 185.361(6), (12), 185.37(4), (5), (6), 185.37(8)(f), 185.38(4)(d), (6), 185.39(4), (5), 185.47, 185.65(2), (4), 185.74(4), 185.81, 185.82(2), 185.85(1)(f), (g), (3)(b), and; renumber PSC 185.12 (10m) and (20r); renumber and amend PSC 185.12(3), (3e), (16), (17), (19), (20), (20g), 185.33(13)(c), (19)(a), and 185.37(9); amend PSC 185.11(1), (3), (4), (5), (6), 185.12(1), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (12m), (13), (14), (22), 185.15, 185.16(1), (1)(c), (2), 185.18, 185.21(1), (1)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (2), (2)(a), (b), 185.22(1), (2), (4), (5)(b), 185.30 (Title), (2)(b), (3)(g), 185.305(2)(b), 185.31(1), 185.32, 185.33(1), (1)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (1m), (4), (4)(a), (b), (c), (d), (5), (7), (9)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (10)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (14)(b), (16)(a), (b), (d), (e), (f), (g)1., 2., (17), (19)(am)1., 2., 3., (19)(b)1., 2., 3., (19)(c), 185.35(Title), (2), (6), (8), 185.36(1)(b), (c), (3)(a), (b), (4), (5), (7), (9)(a), (10), (12), (13), 185.361(1), (3)(a), (b), (c), (d), (4)(a), (b), (5)(a), (7), (8)(a), (9), (10), (11), 185.37(1), (a), (b), (1m), (2), (a), (am), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (3), (7), (8), (8)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (g), (8m), (10), (11), (12), (13), 185.38(1), (2), (3), (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (4), (a), (b), (c), (8), 185.39(1), (a), (b), (c), (d), (2), (a), (b), (c), (cg), (cr), (d), (3), 185.44(1), 185.52(1), (2), 185.61(1), (2), (3), 185.65(1), (3), (5), 185.73(3), (4), 185.74(1), 185.75(2), 185.76(1), (3), (4), (6), 185.79(Title), (1), (4), 185.83(2), (3), 185.85(Title), (1)(e), (2), (d), (f), (3)(a), 185.86(1), (2), (3), 185.89(1), (2)(a), (3), (d), 185.90(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (5), (6), (7), 185.97(1), (2), (3)(a)2., 6., (3)(b), (4), (5), (6), and (7); repeal and recreate 185.35 (1), 185.36(1)(a), (2), 185.361(2), 185.74(2), (3), 185.82(1), 185.83(1), 185.85(4), and 185.88; and create PSC 185.11(7), 185.12 (10g), (23), 185.14, 185.21(1)(bm), (1)(cm), (1)(dm), (1)(L), 185.22(6), 185.31(3), 185.33(1)(am), (dm), (fm), (i), (j), (k), 185.33(15m), (16)(fm), (19)(a), 185.36 (1) (d), (14), 185.361(3m), 185.37(2)(gm), (14), 185.38(1m), (3m), (9), 185.40, 185.405, 185.46(1)(a)7., (2)(a)4., 185.76(7), 185.85(1)(bm) regarding the water service rules applicable to public utilities.
ANALYSIS PREPARED BY THE
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WISCONSIN
The analysis is set forth as Attachment A.
TEXT OF PROPOSED RULE
The text of the proposed rule is set forth as Attachment B.
INITIAL REGULATORY FLEXIBILITY ANALYSIS
This rule will not affect small businesses. The Wis. Stat. § 227.114(1) definition of “small business” states that to be considered a small business, the business must not be dominant in its field. The vast majority of water and combined water and sewer utilities are publicly owned and are not small businesses. Further, since water utilities and combined water and sewer utilities are monopolies in their service territories, they are dominant in their fields. FISCAL ESTIMATE AND ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS
The Fiscal Estimate and Economic Impact Analysis are included as Attachment C.
NOTICE OF HEARING
NOTICE IS GIVEN that pursuant to s. 227.16(1), Stats., the Commission will hold a public hearing on these proposed rule changes in the Amnicon Falls Hearing Room at the Public Service Commission Building, 610 North Whitney Way, Madison, Wisconsin, on Thursday, August 10, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. This building is accessible to people in wheelchairs through the Whitney Way (lobby) entrance. Handicapped parking is available on the south side of the building. The Commission intends to webcast any hearing sessions held in the Amnicon Falls Hearing Room live on the Commission’s web site at http://psc.wi.gov under the “Live Broadcast” button. DOCUMENTS. All documents in this docket are filed on the Commission’s Electronic Records Filing (ERF) system. To view these documents: (1) go to the Commission’s E-Services Portal at http://apps.psc.wi.gov, (2) enter “1-AC-233” in the box labeled “Quick Single Docket Search,” and (3) select “Documents.” WRITTEN COMMENTS
Any person may submit written comments on these proposed rules. The hearing record will be open for written comments from the public, effective immediately, and until Thursday, August 24, 2017, at noon. All written comments must include a reference on the filing to docket 1-AC-233. File by one mode only.1 1 As an alternative to submitting your comment directly to the Commission, state law allows anyone to file a web comment on the Legislative Rules Clearinghouse website, https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/code/comment. This site forwards the comment to the Commission.
