Docket W21303
Order W92-1

IN THE MATTER of the establishment of an interim Tariff for communal water services provided in the Northgate Subdivision by the Cornwall Sewage Collection and Water Distribution Corporation.

BEFORE THE COMMISSION

Thursday, the 27th day of February, 1992

Linda Webber, Chairman
John L. Blakney, Vice-Chairman

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Order

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WHEREAS by Permit No W92/4 approved on Thursday, February the 13th, 1992, and issued on Thursday, February the 20th, 1992, The Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission ("Commission") authorized the acquisition by the Cornwall Sewage Collection and Water Distribution Corporation ("Cornwall") of the public utility assets of Northgate Waterworks Inc. ("Northgate"), the public utility providing communal water services to residents of the Northgate subdivision in the Community of Cornwall;

AND WHEREAS the operation of the public utility assets located in the Northgate subdivision has, effective on the date of acquisition, been transferred to Cornwall;

AND WHEREAS the Commission deems it necessary to establish, on an interim basis, a Tariff for the provision of communal water services in the said subdivision by Cornwall;

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT

1. the existing Tariffs of Cornwall approved by the Public Utilities Commission under Order S870625 and Order W91-5 are revoked and the Tariff appended to, and forming part of, this Order is substituted therefor;

2. the water rates contained in the appended Tariff that apply to customers in the Northgate subdivision are approved effective January 1, 1992 on an interim basis, pending further Order of the Commission;

3. revenues collected by Cornwall from customers in the Northgate subdivision for water services provided during the period January 1, 1992 to the date of acquisition shall be transferred to Northgate within sixty days from the date of acquisition;

4. the Tariff of Northgate approved by the Public Utilities Commission under Order W890906 is revoked effective January 1, 1992;

5. the rates applicable to all water customers of the Cornwall Water Utility including those in the said Northgate subdivision shall, at a date to be later determined by the Commission, be brought to a uniform level; and

6. a copy of this Order and the Permit authorizing the acquisition are to be distributed by Commission staff to water customers in the Northgate subdivision.

DATED at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, this 27th day of February, 1992.

BY THE COMMISSION

Linda Webber, Chairman

John L. Blakney,Vice-Chairman

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