20030723Press Release.pdf

IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
Case No. MUR-03-, Order No. 29294
For Immediate Release / July 22, 2003
Contact: Gene Fadness [phone]
Murray Water gets increase in connection fees
BOISE - The Idaho Public Utilities Commission has approved a request by Murray Water Works to increase its
connection fee to $800. The company also requested that only its representatives be allowed to install and maintain service
connections.
The water company, 16 miles northeast of Wallace, was sold last year to Mr. and Mrs. Arlen Lish. Under the former
tariff, the company s approximate 30 households on the system were charged a connection fee of $125, plus $25 per hour if
they wished to have the company install the service connections.
The $800 hook-up fee is cost-based, the commission said, and will recover the company s reasonable expenses to
extend services to new custOmers. The company does not anticipate new connections in the near future.
Given that other water utilities charge comparable hookup fees, the commission further finds the company s proposed
increase to be fair, just and equitable " the commission said.
A full text of the commission s order is on the commission s Web site at www.puc.state.id.us.Click on "File Room
then on "Recent Orders and Notices " and scroll down to Order No. 29294.
Interested parties may petition the commission for reconsideration by no later than Aug. 5. Petitions for reconsideration
must set forth specifically why the petitioner contends that the order is unreasonable, unlawful or erroneous. Petitions should
include a statement of the nature and quantity of evidence the petitioner will offer if reconsideration is granted.
Petitions can be delivered to the commission at 472 W. Washington S1. in Boise, mailed to P.O. Box 83720, Boise, ID
83720-0074, or faxed to 208-334-3762.
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