UTILITIES
DIVISION AGENDA
FOR
ADMINISTRATIVE
SESSION
TUESDAY,
JULY 16, 2019
9:30
A.M.
Proposed Consent Agenda
Note: The total civil penalties assessed for Item C-1
below are $19,200. Of these assessed
penalties, $12,000 can be mitigated with attendance at Commission approved
damage prevention training, leaving a remainder of $7,200 in assessed civil
penalties payable to the Commission for ultimate remittance to the State
Treasury.
C-1. Consideration of Commission Approval of Signed Consent Agreements in resolution
of the following GUFPA violations:
(a) DOCKET NO. 41095: Sharp
Creek Hauling & Grading, L.L.C.;
GUFPA
Case No. 18-10028; O.C.G.A. §§ 25-9-8(a), 25-9-8(b);
$5,000/$4,000
(b) DOCKET NO. 42443: City of Covington; GUFPA Case No. 19-
15210;
O.C.G.A. § 25-9-7(a); $ 2,375/$0.00
(c) DOCKET NO. 42444: City of Calhoun Electric; GUFPA Case No.
19-15211;
O.C.G.A. § 25-9-7(a); $1,475/$0.00
(d) DOCKET NO. 42448: City of Perry; GUFPA Case No. 19-15215;
O.C.G.A.
§ 25-9-7(a); $350/$0.00
(e) DOCKET NO. 42536: Upgrade Landscaping, Inc.; GUFPA Case
Nos.
17-08210 and 17-08211; O.C.G.A. §§ 25-9-8(a), 25-9-8(b);
$10,000/$8,000
(Maritza Rivera, Yolanda Clay)
C-2. Consideration of Staff’s
Recommendation to issue a Rule NISI
for failing to address a Commission
Order in the following GUFPA cases:
(a) DOCKET NO. 40488: Rodney Morales a/k/a Paige Plumbing;
GUFPA
Case Nos. 15-03940 and 16-0045; O.C.G.A. §§ 25-9-
8(a),
25-9-8(b), 25-9-8 (e); Order Issued 04/16/2019;
$16,000/$12,000
(b) DOCKET
NO. 40757: Addison Underground
Utilities, LLC;
GUFPA
Case Nos. 16-00780, 16-00781 and 17-04283; O.C.G.A.
§§
25-9-8(a), 25-9-8(b); Order Issued 04/16/2019;
$16,000/$12,000
(c) DOCKET NO. 40768: Richard Blount Construction, L.L.C.;
GUFPA
Case No. 16-00927; O.C.G.A. §§ 25-9-6(a), 25-9-8(e);
Order
Issued 04/16/2019; $11,000/$8,000
(d) DOCKET NO. 40982: All Pro Irrigation, Inc.; GUFPA Case No.
16-01626;
O.C.G.A. §§ 25-9-6(a), 25-9-8(e); Order Issued
04/16/2019;
$11,000/$8,000
(e) DOCKET NO 41216: Black Water Management, L.L.C.; GUFPA
Case
No. 17-05357; O.C.G.A. §§ 25-9-6(a), 25-9-8(b), 25-9-8(e);
Order Issued 01/03/2019;
$11,000/$8,000
(f) DOCKET NO. 41246: Jordan Antley d/b/a Alpine Plumbing;
GUFPA
Case No. 17-05446; O.C.G.A. §§ 25-9-6(a), 25-9-8(e);
Order
Issued 01/03/2019; $16,000/$12,000
(g) DOCKET NO. 41247: AFC Concrete, LLC; GUFPA Case No. 17-
05436;
O.C.G.A. §§ 25-9-6(a), 25-9-8(e); Order Issued
01/03/2019;
$13,500/$10,000
(h) DOCKET NO. 41293: Victory Landscaping, Inc.; GUFPA Case
No.
16-04079; O.C.G.A. §§ 25-9-6(a), 25-9-8(e); Order Issued
01/03/2019;
$8,500/$6,000
(i) DOCKET NO.
41371: Master Scapes
Inc.; GUFPA Case No. 16-
03985;
O.C.G.A. §§ 25-9-6(a), 25-9-8(e); Order Issued
01/03/2019;
$11,000/$8,000
(j) DOCKET NO. 41548: Pro-Yard Scapes Landscaping, Inc.;
GUFPA
Case No. 16-02273; O.C.G.A. §§ 25-9-8(a), 25-9-8(b),
25-9-8(e);
Order Issued 04/16/2019; $11,000/$8,000
(k) DOCKET NO. 41586: We Bore, LLC; GUFPA Case No. 17-04602;
O.C.G.A.
§§ 25-9-8(a), 25-9-8(b); Order Issued 01/15/2019;
$6,000/$4,000
(l) DOCKET NO. 41675: D & L Contractors, LLC; GUFPA Case Nos.
17-05382
and 17-06038; O.C.G.A. §§ 25-9-8(a), 25-9-8(b);
Order
Issued 01/15/2019; $11,000/$8,000
(m) DOCKET
NO. 41790: KS Engineering, L.L.C.;
GUFPA Case Nos.
18-09185
and 18-0954; O.C.G.A. §§ 25-9-6(a), 25-9-6(c), 25-9-
8(e);
Order Issued 04/16/2019; $13,500$10,000
(n) DOCKET NO. 41792: Southern Pines Construction Group, L.L.C.;
GUFPA
Case No. 18-09790; O.C.G.A. §§ 25-9-6(a), 25-9-8(e);
Order
Issued 04/16/2019; $8,500/$6,000
(o) DOCKET NO. 41805: Aneeq Enterprises Limited, LLC; GUFPA
Case
No. 17-05790; O.C.G.A. 25-9-8(a), 25-9-8(b); Order Issued
04/16/2019;
$6,000/$4,000
(p) DOCKET NO. 41932: Reel Vision Utilities, Inc.; GUFPA Case Nos.
17-05927,
17-05930, 17-05933 thru 17-05936, 17-05939 thru 17-
05941;
O.C.G.A. §§ 25-9-8(a), 25-9-8(b), 25-9-8(e); Order
Issued
04/16/2019; $51,000/$40,000
(q) DOCKET NO. 41965: Inter Cable Com, LLC; GUFPA Case No.
17-05728;
O.C.G.A. §§ 25-9-8(a), 25-9-8(b), Order Issued
04/16/2019;
$6,000/$4,000
(Maritza Rivera, Yolanda Clay)
C-3. Consideration for Adoption of the Hearing Officer’s Recommendation in the
following GUFPA matters:
(a) DOCKET NO. 40730: Clavel Construction, LLC; GUFPA Case
No.
16-00850; O.C.G.A. §§ 25-9-6(a), 25-9-8(e); $26,000/$8,000
(b) DOCKET NO. 40919: Affordable Enterprises, Inc.; GUFPA Case
No.
16-00803; O.C.G.A. §§ 25-9-6(a), 25-9-8(e); $11,000/$8,000
(c) DOCKET NO. 40983: AM/PM Plumbing LLC; GUFPA Case No.
16-01630;
O.C.G.A. §§ 25-9-6(a), 25-9-8(e); $26,000/$8,000
(d) DOCKET NO. 41389: Mauro Marquez (Individually); GUFPA
Case
No. 17-05364; O.C.G.A. §§ 25-9-8(a), 25-9-8(b);
$6,000/$4,000
(e) DOCKET NO. 41504: Strickland Pipeline & Construction, Inc.;
GUFPA
Case No. 17-05714; O.C.G.A. §§ 25-9-6(a), 25-9-8(e);
$11,000/$8,000
(f) DOCKET NO. 41005: Techrhon Aerial; GUFPA Case No.
16-00594;
O.C.G.A. §§ 25-9-6(a), 25-9-8(e); $26,000/$8,000
(g) DOCKET
NO. 41071: Extreme Landscaping, Inc.;
GUFPA Case
No.
16-00570; O.C.G.A. §§ 25-9-6(a), 25-9-8(e); $26,000/$8,000
(h) DOCKET NO. 41167: Buckhaven Construction Services - South
Carolina,
LLC; GUFPA Case No. 16-01695; O.C.G.A. §§ 25-9-
6(c),
25-9-8(e); $21,000/$3,000
(i) DOCKET NO.
41189: Nick Mitchell Contractors, L.L.C.;
GUFPA
Case
No. 16-00607; O.C.G.A. §§ 25-9-8(a), 25-9-8(b);
$21,000/$4,000
(j) DOCKET NO. 42009: Building and More, Inc.; GUFPA Case No.
18-09979;
O.C.G.A. §§ 25-9-8(a), 25-9-8(b); $6,000/$4,000
(k) DOCKET NO. 42021: C&L Trucking, Inc.; GUFPA Case No. 18-
09965;
O.C.G.A. §§ 25-9-6(a), 25-9-8(e); $11,000/$8,000
(Maritza Rivera, Yolanda Clay)
C-4. Consideration of request from Access Point, Inc. to Cancel Certificates of Authority to Provide
Telecommunications Services for the following:
(a) DOCKET
NO. 9310: Competitive Local
Exchange
Services
(L-090)
(b) DOCKET NO. 6768: Resell Interexchange
Telecommunication
Services (R-0378)
(Erica Wilson)
C-5. DOCKET NO. 42524: Consideration of the Application of Onepath Systems, LLC for a Certificate of
Authority to Provide Facilities-Based and Resold Competitive Local Exchange
Service to Business Customers in the Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc. d/b/a
AT&T Georgia, Windstream, and Tier 2 exchanges. (Tonika Starks)
C-6. Consideration of request for Transfer of Retail
Electric Service by the following customers:
(a) DOCKET NO. 42539: 8880 Old Federal Road, Ball Ground
Land
Lots 3, 3rd District, 1st Section
Forsyth
County
from
Amicalola EMC to Sawnee
EMC
(b) DOCKET NO. 42551: 312 Northridge Road - 3seven2
Subdivision,
Ball Ground
Lots
19 to 25
Cherokee
County
from
Amicalola EMC to GPC
(c) DOCKET NO. 42552: River Mist Circle – River Mist
Plantation
Unit 4, Jefferson
Lots
66 to 77, 104, 105, and 275 to 287
Jackson
County
from
Jackson EMC to GPC
(d) DOCKET NO. 42553: 5970 Neal Drive, Harlem
Columbia
County
from
Jefferson EMC to GPC
(e) DOCKET NO. 42554: Burkhalter Road – Burkhalter
Plantation
Phase 2, Statesboro
Lots
143 to 171, 179 to 181, 186 to
195,
206, and the well site
from
Excelsior EMC to GPC
(Blair Fink, Ann McCullough)
C-7. Consideration of Applications
for Financing Authority for the following companies.
(a) DOCKET NO. 42556: Grady EMC
(b) DOCKET
NO. 42557: Tri-County EMC
(c) DOCKET NO. 42560: Blue
Ridge Mountain EMC
(George Brown)
Proposed Regular Agenda
R-1. DOCKET NO. 12897: Universal Service Fund Grant
Program to Assist Low-Income Senior Citizens and Other Low-Income Citizens:
Consideration of the Joint Petition for Emergency Heating Assistance Years 2020
– 2024. (Tony Wackerly)
R-2. Docket No. 42310: Georgia Power Company’s 2019
Integrated Resource Plan and Application For Certification of Capacity from
Plant Scherer Unit 3 and Plant Goat Rock Units 9-12, Application for
Decertification of Plant Hammond Units 1-4, Plant Mcintosh
Unit 1, Plant Estatoah Unit 1, Plant Langdale Units 5-6, and
Plant Riverview Units 1-2, and
Docket No. 42311: Georgia
Power Company’s 2019 Application for the Certification, Decertification, and
Amended Demand Side Management Plan: Consideration of Stipulation and Commissioner
Advisory Staff’s Recommendation. (Allison Morris, Nancy Gibson)
R-3. DOCKET NO. 24849: Stream
Georgia Gas SPE, LLC’s Application for Natural Gas Marketer Certificate of
Authority: Consideration of Staff’s Recommendation on Change in Ownership.
(Dhwani Chheda, Tony Wackerly)
R-4. DOCKET NO. 42509: Georgia
Power Company v. Walton Electric Membership Corporation: Status-Update
regarding the Parties’ progress on a Stipulated Proposed Procedural and
Scheduling Order.
(Nancy Gibson, Hearing Officer)
ADMINISTRATIVE SESSION
JULY 16, 2019
Administrative Affairs
ITEM 1 FACILITIES
PROTECTION
A.
Request
approval for out-of-state travel for one Pipeline Safety staff
member to attend the Inspector Training & Qualifications (TQ) Division’s
Safety Evaluation of Gas Pipeline Systems Course (PHMSA PL-1250) in Oklahoma
City, OK. This is a mandatory course for Pipeline Safety’s enhanced
training and is necessary to maintain federal funding. The total
estimated cost for this trip is $2,265.50. The “Federal Per Diem
Rate” of $61 is used in the cost estimate for meals for subject trip as
prescribed in the State Travel Policy and is found at http://www.gsa.gov/perdiem. This trip will be principally
federally funded through the Pipeline Safety reimbursement (to be
charged to Unit 6). Dates of travel: July 21 through July 26, 2019.
(page 1)
B.
Request
approval for out-of-state travel for one Pipeline Safety staff
member to attend the Inspector Training & Qualifications (TQ) Division’s
Safety Evaluation of Distribution Integrity Management Programs (DIMP) Course
(PHMSA PL-1245) in Oklahoma City, OK. This is a mandatory course for
Pipeline Safety’s enhanced training and is necessary to maintain federal
funding. The total estimated cost for this trip is $1,873.50. The “Federal Per Diem Rate” of $61 is
used in the cost estimate for meals for subject trip as prescribed in the State
Travel Policy and is found at http://www.gsa.gov/perdiem.
This trip will be principally federally funded through the
Pipeline Safety reimbursement (to be charged to Unit 6). Dates of
travel: August 12 through August 15, 2019. (page 2)
C.
Request
approval for out-of-state travel for four Pipeline Safety staff members to
attend the 2019 NAPSR Annual Board of Directors Meeting and National Meeting in
South Portland, Maine. The purpose of this meeting: NAPSR-PHMSA
Roundtable Discussion, PHMSA HQ Updates, Gas Technology Institute Updates,
PHMSA Drug & Alcohol Rules Updates, PHMSA State Damage Prevention Program
Review, PHMSA Accident Investigation Division Incident Review, Review
Underground Storage Incident, and Plastic Pipe Rule Discussion. The total
estimated cost for travelers’ trip is $10,162. The “Federal Per
Diem Rate” of $61 is used in the cost estimate for meals for subject
trip as prescribed in the State Travel Policy and is
found at http://www.gsa.gov/perdiem. This
travel will be principally federally funded through the Pipeline
Safety reimbursement (to be charged to Unit 6). Dates of travel:
September 8 through 13, 2019. (page 3)
ITEM 2 UTILITIES
REGULATION
A.
No items.
ITEM 3 ADMINISTRATION
A.
Request
approval of the minutes from the July 2, 2019, Administrative Session.