20170602Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDTJM
TO:COMMISSIOI\ER KJELLANDER
COMMISSIONER SMITII
COMMISSIONER RAPER
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM:SEAI\ COSTELLO
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: JUNE 2,2017
SUBJECT: MORNING VIEW WATER COMPAIIY - APPLICATION FOR ACCOUNTING
oRDER, CASE NO. MI\I"V-W-16-02
On October 13,2016, Morning View Water Company ("Morning View" or "Company")
provided a letter to the Commission requesting approval to defer and recoup costs related to a well
system failure and flood as soon as possible. As a result of the well system failure and flood, the
Company incurred certain expenses. Based on a letter the Company provided the Commission on
December 6,2016, the Company indicated it was pursulng warranties and guarantees from the designers
and installers of the well system in order to offset potentially recoverable costs. However, no further
information was provided. Therefore, on April 13,2017, Commission Staff filed discovery in this
matter, requesting potential deferred expenditures, future expenses, employee costs related to the failure,
warranty and legal action inforrnation, engineering schematics and data, and a vaiety of other
information for Staff to better understand the scope of the Company's pending request.
STAFF RE,COMMEIIDATION
Staffbelieves that the Company has now provided enough information to reasonably initiate
these proceedings and recommends that the case be processed by Modified Procedure, with comments
due within 21 days of the Commission's notice, and reply comments (if any) due 7 days later.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to process this case under Modified Procedure and set a2l-day
comment deadline and 7-day reply deadline?
J*a6"g
Sean Costello
Deputy Attomey General
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