Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Power - New York Power ...

Speakers included representatives from the Neighboring States, MEUA, and
NYAPP. The Authority had invited parties to submit written comments at the
Public Forum. The only such comment received was the Preliminary Written
Statement of the Neighboring State Preference Customers (“Preliminary NS
Comments”).
In light of the comments delivered at the Public Forum, on March 26 th the
Authority’s representatives informed all affected customers that the deadline for
submitting written comments would be extended to April 9, 2007.
The written comments that were subsequently submitted are listed below:
• Statement of the Municipal Electric Utilities Association, April 3, 2007
(“MEUA Statement”);
• Final Comments of Neighboring States Preference Customers, April 9,
2007 (“NS Comments”); 2
• Statement of New York Association of Public Power (“NYAPP
Statement”) and Direct Testimony and Supporting Exhibits of Whitfield
A. Russell (“Russell”), both dated April 9, 2007.
All of the public comments received were evaluated by Authority staff. A detailed
description of the issues raised and the proposed disposition of each are
contained in Part II of this Staff Analysis.
C. Summary of Proposed Final Rates
Based on the information received from the parties through in-person meetings,
teleconferences, the Public Forum and the filed written comments, the Authority
staff proposes the following rates. They are modified downward from those
contained in the initially proposed Rate Modification Plan.
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The Neighboring States state that their April 9 th Comments supersede the Preliminary NS
Comments. (NS Comments, first unnumbered page). For this reason, the Authority staff will not
address the Preliminary NS Comments, though they are included in the record of these
proceedings.
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