P UBLIC S ERVICE C OMMISSION OF S OUTH C AROLINA 101 E XECUTIVE C - PDF document

BEFORE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF SOUTH CAROLINA COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA CM #16-16 May 18, 2016 2:00 ~ 2:38 P.M. COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT : Nikiya M. ‘Nikki’ H ALL , Chairman ; Swain E. W HITFIELD , Vice Chairman ; and COMMISSIONERS Elliott F. E LAM , Jr., Comer H. ‘ Randy’ R ANDALL , Elizabeth B. ‘Lib’ F LEMING , and G. O’Neal H AMILTON COMMISSION MEMBERS ABSENT: Commissioner John E. ‘Butch’ H OWARD A DVISOR TO C OMMISSION : Joseph Melchers, Esq. G ENERAL C OUNSEL P RESENTING A GENDA : James Spearman, Ph.D. E XECUTIVE A SSISTANT TO C OMMISSIONERS STAFF PRESENT: F. David Butler, Senior Counsel; B. Randall Dong, Esq., Josh Minges, Esq., and David W. Stark, III, Esq., Legal Staff; Douglas Pratt, Lynn Ballentine, and Tom Ellison, Advisory Staff; Janice Schmieding, Clerk’s Staff; and Jo Elizabeth M. Wheat, CVR -CM/M- GNSC, Court Reporter. TRANSCRIPT / MINUTES OF COMMISSION BUSINESS MEETING P UBLIC S ERVICE C OMMISSION OF S OUTH C AROLINA 101 E XECUTIVE C ENTER D RIVE P OST O FFICE B OX 11649 C OLUMBIA , SC 29210 C OLUMBIA , SC 29211 WWW . PSC . SC . GOV

2 Commission May 18, 2016 Meeting #16-16 I N D E X PAGE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING SET ................................. 3 UTILITIES AGENDA ............................................ 3 TRANSPORTATION AGENDA ...................................... 14 UTILITIES AGENDA ITEM 23: PRESENTATION BY F. DAVID BUTLER REGARDING THE PSC ’ s CPR/AED PROGRAM ................... 19 PRESENTATION BY CHAIRMAN HALL TO F. DAVID BUTLER ........... 26 P UBLIC S ERVICE C OMMISSION OF S OUTH C AROLINA

3 Commission May 18, 2016 Meeting #16-16 P R O C E E D I N G S 1 CHAIRMAN HALL : Thank you. Be seated. Good 2 afternoon, everyone. We'll call this meeting to 3 order and ask that you pause for a brief moment of 4 silence. 5 [Pause] 6 Amen. 7 Dr. Spearman. 8 DR. SPEARMAN : Madam Chairman and other 9 Commissioners, our first order of business would be 10 to set the next Commission Meeting. We are 11 requesting that next week be a chambers week, and 12 that would make the next meeting on Wednesday 13 afternoon at 2 o'clock, on June 1st. 14 CHAIRMAN HALL : All right. Sounds good. 15 Thank you. 16 DR. SPEARMAN : Madam Chairman and other 17 Commissioners, on the Utility Agenda, Item 1, 18 Docket No. 2016-188-C, is a resale agreement. 19 COMMISSIONER HAMILTON: Madam Chair. 20 CHAIRMAN HALL: Commissioner Hamilton. 21 COMMISSIONER HAMILTON: Madam Chair, I’ d move 22 we approve the Resale Agreement between United 23 Telephone Company of the Carolinas, LLC, doing 24 business as CenturyLink, and dishNET Wireline, 25 L.L.C. So moved. 26 CHAIRMAN HALL: Thank you. You’ve heard 27 Commissioner Hamilton’s motion. If there’s no 28 discussion, all in favor, please indicate by saying 29 “aye”? 30 COMMISSIONERS: Aye. 31 CHAIRMAN HALL: “Nay”? 32 P UBLIC S ERVICE C OMMISSION OF S OUTH C AROLINA

4 Commission May 18, 2016 Meeting #16-16 [No response] 1 The ayes have it. Motion carries. 2 DR. SPEARMAN : In Item 2, Docket No. 2016-132- 3 C, Matrix Telecom, Incorporated, and TNCI Operating 4 Company request transfer of customers and 5 cancellation of Certificate. 6 COMMISSIONER FLEMING: Madam Chair. 7 CHAIRMAN HALL: Commissioner Fleming. 8 COMMISSIONER FLEMING: In Docket 2016-132-C, 9 having received no intervention or opposition, I 10 move we approve the conversion of Matrix Telecom, 11 Incorporated, to Matrix Telecom, LLC; the transfer 12 of customers from TNCI Operating Company, LLC, to 13 Matrix Telecom, LLC; and the cancellation of the 14 Certificate of Authority of TNCI Operating Company, 15 LLC. The customers of TNCI Operating Company, LLC, 16 have been notified of the transfer and will have no 17 changes to their rates and charges. I so move. 18 CHAIRMAN HALL: Thank you. You’ve heard 19 Commissioner Fleming’s motion. If there’s no 20 discussion, all in favor, please indicate by saying 21 “aye”? 22 COMMISSIONERS: Aye. 23 CHAIRMAN HALL: “Nay”? 24 [No response] 25 The ayes have it. Motion carries. 26 DR. SPEARMAN : Madam Chairman and other 27 Commissioners, I'd like to carry over Item 3, at 28 the request of the Office Of Regulatory Staff. 29 CHAIRMAN HALL : Okay, thank you. 30 DR. SPEARMAN : Madam Chairman and other 31 Commissioners, I'd like to take Items 4 through 13 32 P UBLIC S ERVICE C OMMISSION OF S OUTH C AROLINA

5 Commission May 18, 2016 Meeting #16-16 together. These are agreements and also asking for 1 confidential information. 2 COMMISSIONER RANDALL: Madam Chair. 3 CHAIRMAN HALL: Commissioner Randall. 4 COMMISSIONER RANDALL: I move we accept for 5 filing and grant confidential treatment to the 6 Renewable Power Purchase Agreements in Items 4 7 through 13. South Carolina Electric & Gas Company 8 asserts that these Agreements contain commercially 9 sensitive and proprietary information that is 10 entitled to protection under the South Carolina 11 Freedom of Information Act. So moved, Madam Chair. 12 CHAIRMAN HALL: Thank you. You’ve heard 13 Commissioner Randall’s motion. If there’s no 14 discussion, all in favor, please indicate by saying 15 “aye”? 16 COMMISSIONERS: Aye. 17 CHAIRMAN HALL: “Nay”? 18 [No response] 19 The ayes have it. Motion carries. 20 DR. SPEARMAN : In Item 14, Docket No. 2008- 21 196-E, South Carolina Electric & Gas is requesting 22 confidential treatment of certain portions of its 23 quarterly report for its Nuclear Stations Units 2 24 and 3. 25 COMMISSIONER ELAM: Madam Chair? 26 CHAIRMAN HALL: Commissioner Elam. 27 COMMISSIONER ELAM: I move we grant the 28 request of South Carolina Electric & Gas Company 29 for confidential treatment of certain portions of 30 the quarterly report for the period ending March 31 31, 2016, concerning construction of V.C. Summer 32 P UBLIC S ERVICE C OMMISSION OF S OUTH C AROLINA

6 Commission May 18, 2016 Meeting #16-16 Nuclear Station Units 2 and 3. The company asserts 1 that the information is commercially sensitive and 2 entitled to protection under the South Carolina 3 Freedom of Information Act. So moved. 4 CHAIRMAN HALL: Thank you. You’ve heard 5 Commissioner Elam’s motion. If there’s no 6 discussion, all in favor, please indicate by saying 7 “aye”? 8 COMMISSIONERS: Aye. 9 CHAIRMAN HALL: “Nay”? 10 [No response] 11 The ayes have it. Motion carries. 12 DR. SPEARMAN : Item 15, Docket No. 2016-1-E, 13 Duke Energy Progress is requesting confidential 14 treatment of Exhibit 3 of T. Preston Gillespie, Jr. 15 COMMISSIONER FLEMING: Madam Chair. 16 CHAIRMAN HALL: Commissioner Fleming. 17 COMMISSIONER FLEMING: In Docket 2016-1-E, I 18 move we grant the request of Duke Energy Progress, 19 LLC, for confidential treatment of Exhibit 3 of the 20 direct testimony of T. Preston Gillespie, Jr. The 21 company asserts that Exhibit 3 contains 22 competitively sensitive and proprietary outage 23 information that is entitled to protection under 24 the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act. I 25 so move. 26 CHAIRMAN HALL: Thank you. You’ve heard 27 Commissioner Fleming’s motion. If there’s no 28 discussion, all in favor, please indicate by saying 29 “aye”? 30 COMMISSIONERS: Aye. 31 CHAIRMAN HALL: “Nay”? 32 P UBLIC S ERVICE C OMMISSION OF S OUTH C AROLINA

7 Commission May 18, 2016 Meeting #16-16 [No response] 1 The ayes have it. Motion carries. 2 DR. SPEARMAN : Madam Chairman and other 3 Commissioners, I'd like to take Items 16 and 17 4 together. These are complaints with Duke Energy 5 Carolinas. The Complaints have been resolved and 6 the Complainants have asked to withdraw the 7 Complaints. 8 COMMISSIONER HAMILTON: Madam Chair. 9 CHAIRMAN HALL: Commissioner Hamilton. 10 COMMISSIONER HAMILTON: Madam Chair, I would 11 move that we grant the requests of the Complainants 12 to withdraw their Complaints in Items 16 and 17. 13 These matters have been resolved. The hearings 14 scheduled in these dockets shall be canceled. So 15 moved. 16 CHAIRMAN HALL: Thank you. You’ve heard 17 Commissioner Hamilto n’s motion. If there’s no 18 discussion, all in favor, please indicate by saying 19 “aye”? 20 COMMISSIONERS: Aye. 21 CHAIRMAN HALL: “Nay”? 22 [No response] 23 The ayes have it. Motion carries. 24 DR. SPEARMAN : Item 18, Docket No. 2016-165-E, 25 the Rosa Guy Complaint against South Carolina 26 Electric & Gas Company, we have a Motion to 27 Dismiss. 28 COMMISSIONER RANDALL: Madam Chair. 29 CHAIRMAN HALL: Commissioner Randall. 30 COMMISSIONER RANDALL: Madam Chair, South 31 Carolina Electric & Gas Company has moved to 32 P UBLIC S ERVICE C OMMISSION OF S OUTH C AROLINA