20240229News Release.pdf

Case No. SNB-W-22-01
Order No. 36102
Contact: Adam Rush
Office: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

NEWS RELEASE: Commission waives financial penalties for eastern Idaho water utility.

BOISE (Feb. 29, 2024) – The Idaho Public Utilities Commission has agreed to waive financial
penalties imposed on Sunbeam Water for failure to attend a hearing and failure to comply with
timely reporting of its operating revenue and annual reports.

In February of 2023, the commission imposed the financial penalties on Sunbeam of $4,000 for
those items. Since then, Sunbeam has worked to cooperate with commission staff to better
understand requirements and to file information within deadlines. The order the commission
issued on Thursday waiving the penalties also noted the utility has been operating at a
documented average net loss of more than $5,000 per year, and has communicated with
commission staff regarding suggestions for the system.

Sunbeam also cooperated with staff to coordinate an on-site visit of the utility and hold a public
workshop.

Additional information is available at: puc.idaho.gov/case/Details/6952.