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CaseNo. PIC-W-2l-01
Order No. 35082
Contact: Adam Rush
Office: [phone]
E-mail : adam.rush@puc. idaho. gov
NEWS RELEASE: Commission schedules telephonic public hearing to take testimony on
proposed Picabo Water System rate increase
BOISE (Aug. 6,2021) - The Idaho Public Utilities Commission will host a telephonic public
hearing on Aug. 17 to take verbal testimony on an application from Picabo Water System to
increase its rates for residential and commercial water customers.
Picabo Water is asking for approval to increase its winter residential flat rate from $22 per month
to $33 per month, its summer flat rate from $41 per month to $62 per month and its commercial
flat rate from $37 per month to $55 per month. The company proposed a May 1,2021, effective
date for the new rates. The commission suspended that date.
The telephonic hearing is Tuesday, Aug. 17, at7:00 p.m. (MDT). To participate, please call l-
415-655-0001, and enter passcode 177 458 0194 when prompted.
Written comments on Picabo's application are being accepted until Thursday, Aug. 19,202I.
Comments are required to be filed by e-mail unless e-mail is unavailable. To submit comments
via e-mail, please visit the commission's webpage at puc.idaho.gov. Click on the "Consumers"
tab toward the top of the page, then click on the "Case Comment Form." Please use case number
PIC-W-2l-01 when filling out the form. Public testimony and written comments submitted to the
commission become part of the permanent public record for the case, and are viewable by the
public on the webpage that offers information on Picabo's application.
Any comments should also be e-mailed to Picabo Water at the e-mail address listed below
If e-mail is unavailable, comments may be mailed to the commission and Picabo at these
addresses:
For the Idaho Public Utilities Commission:
Commission Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
P.O. Box 83720
Boise,lD 83720-0074
secretary@pus. idaho. gov
Steet Address for Express Mail:
11331 W. Chinden Blvd.
Building 8, Suite ZIAI.A
Boise, D 83714
For Picabo Wator System:
NickPurdy
Picabo Water System/?icabo Livestock Co.
P.O. Box 688
Picabo,ID 83348
[e-mail]
For additioral infomation on Picabo's applicatioq please visit:
puc.idaho. gov/case/Detaily665 5.