Docket: UW09306
Order: UW02-02

IN THE MATTER of an application by the Tignish Sewerage Collection and Water Distribution Corporation for an increase to its schedule of rates and charges for sanitary sewer services.

BEFORE THE COMMISSION

on Thursday, the 7th day of February, 2002.

Ginger Breedon, Chair
Maurice Rodgerson, Vice-Chair
James Carragher, Commissioner

Order

WHEREAS the Tignish Sewage Collection and Water Distribution Corporation (the "Utility"), by application filed on July 12, 2001, applied to the Commission for an increase in its Tariff of rates and charges for sanitary sewerage services, effective January 1, 2002;

AND WHEREAS, following receipt of the said application, the Commission published a Notice of Application in the local newspapers inviting written comments on the Utility's proposal;

AND WHEREAS, the Commission subsequently received no written submissions in response to its public Notice;

AND WHEREAS the Commission has, based on a thorough analysis of the application, concluded that the proposed rates, effective with service provided on and after January 1, 2002 are necessary and equitable;

NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to the Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission Act and the Water and Sewerage Act;

IT IS ORDERED THAT

1.   the existing Tariff for sanitary sewerage services of the Community of Tignish Sewage Collection and Water Distribution Corporation is revoked and the Tariff appended to, and forming part of, this Order is substituted therefore; and

2.   the appended Tariff is approved and declared effective on January 1, 2002 and shall remain in effect until otherwise ordered by the Commission.

DATED at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, this 7th day of February, 2002.

BY THE COMMISSION:

Ginger Breedon, Chair
Maurice Rodgerson, Vice-Chair
James Carragher, Commissioner

NOTICE

Section 12 of the Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission Act reads as follows:

12. The Commission may, in its absolute discretion, review, rescind or vary any order or decision made by it or rehear any application before deciding it.

Parties to this proceeding seeking a review of the Commission's decision or order in this matter may do so by filing with the Commission, at the earliest date, a written Request for Review, which clearly states the reasons for the review and the nature of the relief sought.

Sections 13.(1) and 13(2) of the Act provide as follows:

13.(1) An appeal lies from a decision or order of the Commission to the Appeal Division of the Supreme Court upon a question of law or jurisdiction.

(2) The appeal shall be made by filing a notice of appeal in the Supreme Court within twenty days after the decision or order appealed from and the Civil Procedure Rules respecting appeals apply with the necessary changes.

Approved:   Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission
Effective:    January 1, 2002 
Order Authorizing Tariff: IRAC/UW09306/UW02-02

 

 

 

Tignish Sewage Collection

and

Water Distribution Corporation

 

SEWER TARIFF

 

THIS TARIFF SPECIFIES THE RATES AND CHARGES
APPLICABLE TO SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE
TIGNISH SEWAGE COLLECTION AND WATER
DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION


RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE TYPES
OF SERVICES AND MANNER IN WHICH SUCH
SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ARE CONTAINED IN THE
 PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND MUNICIPAL SEWERAGE
UTILITIES GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS

 

EFFECTIVE: JANUARY 1, 2002

 

Sanitary Sewage Surcharge

Application:

The following rates and charges apply to sanitary sewerage services provided to premises served or capable of being served by the Tignish Sewage Collection and Water Distribution Corporation.

Rates:

$148.00 per unit per annum in accordance with the appended Proportionate Sewerage Charges.

Frontage Charge:

A frontage charge of nineteen cents ($0.19) per lineal foot per annum applies to all land adjacent to streets, roads or highways on which there are no buildings or structures or where sanitary disposal service is not required but which land is capable of being served by the existing facilities of the Utility. In the case of premises billed under the Proportionate Sewerage Charges, an exemption of ten (10) feet frontage for each one-tenth of a unit will be allowed. In the case of corner lots with sewerage facilities on both sides, the frontage charge applies to the full frontage on the longest side, and the full frontage less one hundred (100) feet on the other side (less allowable exemption, if any).

Proportionate Sewerage Charges
 

TYPE OF CUSTOMER

 UNIT VALUE ANNUAL SEWERAGE CHARGE  

TYPE OF CUSTOMER

 UNIT VALUE ANNUAL SEWERAGE CHARGE
             

SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING

 1.00 $148.00   DOCTORS' & DENTISTS' OFFICES AND BEAUTY & BARBER SHOPS
     With Separate Service		    
  1.00 $148.00
INDIVIDUAL APARTMENT 0.80 $118.40        Combined With Other Service 0.50 $74.00
             
MOBILE HOME 0.70 $103.60   LAUNDROMAT WITH MACHINES USING OVER 30 GALLONS PER WASH
     For First Machine		    
        3.00 $444.00
SENIOR CITIZENS HOME, Per Unit 0.60 $88.80        For Second Machine 2.00 $296.00
             For Each Additional Machine 1.00 $148.00
CONVENT, INSTITUTIONAL DORMITORY, ROOMING OR BOARDING HOUSE
     For Up to Five Persons     		           
1.00 $148.00 LAUNDROMAT WITH MACHINES USING 30 OR FEWER GALLONS PER WASH
     For First Machine		  
     For Each Additional Person 0.20 $29.60   2.00 $296.00
             For Second Machine 1.50 $222.00
MOTELS AND TOURIST COTTAGES
     With Housekeeping Facilities,
     Each Unit		            For Each Additional Machine 0.75 $111.00
0.50 $74.00        
     With Bathroom Facilities Only,
     Each Unit		       SERVICE STATION
     Without Carwash		 1.00 $148.00
0.30 $44.40        With Carwash 2.00 $296.00
              
TOURIST HOME
     For First Bathroom		 1.00 $148.00   RESTAURANTS AND SNACK BARS 1.00 $148.00
     For Each Additional Bathroom or
     Washroom		 0.30 $44.40        For Each Ten Seats, an Additional
     Amount of		 0.25 $37.00
             
HOSPITAL
     Without Laundry Facilities,
     Per Bed		       PREMISES LICENSED BY THE P.E.I.
LIQUOR CONTROL COMMISSION:
     Restaurant, Lounge, Dining Room
     or Club		    
0.50 $74.00      
     With Laundry Facilities,
     Per Bed		 0.75 $111.00   1.00 $148.00
             SEAT CHARGE:  Calculate 75% of
     Fire Marshal's rating or actual seat
     count, then charge for each five
     seats an additional amount of		    
SCHOOLS, Per Classroom 1.00 $148.00   0.25 $37.00
                
STORES, BANKS, CLUBS, CHURCHES, HALLS, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND PLACES OF BUSINESS
     For First Washroom Facility		   DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT OR THEATRE
     With Canteen		 1.00 $148.00
           For First Washroom and Toilet Facility 1.00 $148.00
1.00 $148.00  

     For Each Additional Washroom and
     Toilet Facility

 0.50 $74.00
     For Each Additional Toilet or Urinal 0.50 $74.00