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State of Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission and Division of Public Utilities and Carriers

Docket No. 3761 - 1) The George Wiley Center's Petition to institute a summer moratorium on the termination of residential utility service and

2) Rulemaking to Amend Rules and Regulations Governing the Termination of Residential Electric, Gas and Water Utility Service

Status of docket: Closed.

George Wiley's - Petition to institute a summer moratorium (filed on 7/31/06)
Letter from Commissioner Bray (speaking for herself) requesting Narragansett Electric not to shut off any protected customer on days when the temperatures goes above 90 degrees for remainder of summer (7/31/06)
Narragansett Electric Co. - Reply to Commissioner Bray's request (7/31/06)
Narragansett Electric Co. - Letter concerning a Summer Moratorium and request for additional time to provide a complete response to the Wiley's petition (8/2/06)
Division of Public Utilities - Letter in response to Wiley's petition to institute a summer moratorium (8/2/06)
Block Island Power Co. - Notification that BIPCO will voluntarily institute a policy that it will not shut off any residential customer when temperature is 90 degrees or above on Block Island for the remainder of 2006 (8/2/06)
Office of Lieutenant Governor - Comments in response to George Wiley's petition (8/3/06)
PUC - Memo to electric, gas and water utilities establishing a docket to consider the George Wiley petition (8/4/06)
Narragansett Electric Co. - Letter notifying that for the remainder of 2006, the Company will not terminate service of any residential customer whenever the day-ahead forecast of temperate in metropolitan Providence is 90 degrees or greater (8/7/06)
Narragansett Electric - Comments in response to the George Wiley's Petition (8/17/06)
New England Gas - Comments in response to the George Wiley's Petition (8/17/06)
Providence Water Supply Board - Comments in response to George Wiley's Petition (8/17/06)
Woonsocket Water Division - Comments in response to the George Wiley's Petition (8/17/06)
Kent County Water Authority - Comments in response to the George Wiley's Petition (8/17/06)
Newport Water Division - Comments in response to the George Wiley's Petition (8/21/06)
Pawtucket Water Supply Board - Comments in response to the George Wiley's Petition (8/24/06)
PUC issues Notice of Hearing - hearing to be held on September 14, 2006 @ 9:30 A.M. at the PUC office (9/1/06)
At open meeting held September 28, 2006, the PUC initiated a rulemaking proceeding to amend the current Rules and Regulations Governing the Termination of Residential Electric, Gas and Water Utility Service and proposed a rule to institute a summer moratorium provision.
PUC issues Notice of Rulemaking and Hearing to be held November 27, 2006 @ 9:30 at the PUC office (10/25/06)

Redacted proposed regulations governing the termination of residential utility service (the amendments are to add Section IX. - Summer Moratorium on page 41 and to the Index, page 57)

Current regulations governing the termination of residential utility service (adopted on May 1, 2002)
AARP - Comments on proposed summer moratorium (11/27/06)
Kent County Water Authority - Supplemental comments on rulemaking (11/29/06)
National Grid - Response to comments of AARP (12/1/06)
Providence Water Supply Board - Response to comments of AARP (12/1/06)
PUC adopts revised Rules and Regulations Governing the Termination of Residential Electric, Gas and Water Utility Service for effect February 1, 2007. The rules incorporate new Section IX. Summer Moratorium (on page 41). A written Order will follow on the comments received and the rationale for amending the rules.
PUC issues Order No. 18887 on comments and rationale for amending the rules governing the termination of residential utility service to add a summer moratorium (3/5/07)