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Home My WebLink About20190321Suez Unopposed Motion for Stay.pdfMichael C. Creamer (ISB No. 4030) Preston N. Carter (ISB No. 8462) Givens Pursley LLP 601 W. Bannock St. Boise, ID 83702 Telephone: (208) 388-1200 Facsimile: (208) 388-l 300 mcc@ givenspursley. com prestoncarter@ givenspursley. com 1458821'7 2.doc (30-17 4) Attorneys for SUEZ Water ldaho Inc. BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION il:: i,: i: lVf i) .,,., ;,.',,1 2l Plt 12: S7 : .lrJt laarl?1 !rr, i 1fi,: I Ui ,l IN THE MATTER OF THE JOINT APPLICATION OF SUEZ WATER IDAHO AND EAGLE WATER COMPANY FOR THE ACQUISITION OF EAGLE WATER COMPANY Case Nos. SUZ-W-I8-02/ EAG-W-18-01 SUEZ'S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR STAY COMES NOW Joint Applicant SUEZ Water Idaho Inc., through its undersigned counsel of record, and files this Unopposed Motionfor Stay in the above-captioned proceeding. l. On February 26,2019Intervenor City of Eagle ("City") filed Case No. CVOl-19- 03534 in the District Court for the Fourth Judicial District, State of Idaho, Ada County (the "Litigation"). Among other things, in the Litigation the City seeks judicial determinations that: l) under a 2008 Intertie Agreement with the City, Eagle Water Company ("EWC") granted the City a permanent right of first refusal ("ROFR") to purchase all or any part of EWC's "Water System" if EWC received a bona fide offer from a third party to purchase the Water System; 2) EWC is in default under the terms of the Intertie Agreement with respect to the ROFR; and 3) the ROFR is valid and enforceable. SUEZ'S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR STAY - 1 2. A decision by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission ("Commission") concerning SUEZ's and EWC's Joint Application for Commission approval of SUEZ's purchase of certain of EWC's assets may be affected by the outcome of the Litigation. 3. As the Joint Application and the Litigation currently are postured, it would preserve the resources of the parties and the Commission to stay the Joint Application proceedings pending the final resolution of the Litigation. 4. In light of the foregoing, consistent with the oral agreement of the parties at the conclusion of the March 4,2019 telephone conference with Commission Staff, and without making any waiver, admission or other concession concerning the merits of the Litigation, SUEZ respectfully moves that the Commission issue an order staying the Joint Application proceedings subject to the following conditions: a. The Commission retains full jurisdiction over the Joint Application; b. The Joint Applicants will provide the Commission and other parties with quarterly reports of the status of the Litigation; and c. Such other conditions the Commission deems appropriate under the circumstances. 5. The undersigned counsel for SUEZ has conferred with counsel for the other parties to this proceeding, and all have indicated that they were not opposed this Motionfor Stay.L Respectfully submitted this 2l- day of March, 2019. SUEZ Idaho Inc. B Michael C. Creamer Givens Pursley LLP Attorneys for SUEZ Water Idaho Inc. SUEZ'S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR STAY - 2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBv CERTIFY thar on t" Zta^v or lrhrok ,2ot9,a true and correct copy of the foregoing document was served on the following in the manner indicated: Diane M. Hanian Commission Secretary Idaho Public Utilities Commission 47 2 W est Washington Street Boise, Idaho 83702 IPUC Brandon Karpen Sean Costello Deputy Attorneys General Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472 W est Washington Street Boise, Idaho 83702 Attorneys.for IPUC Molly O'Leary B izCounsel or @Law, PLLC 1775W. State St. #150 Boise,ID 83702 Counsel.for Eagle llater Company, Inc. Robert V. DeShazo, Jr. Eagle Water Company, Inc. 188 W. State Street Eagle, Idaho 83616 Petitioner N.L. Bangle 188 W. State Street Eagle,ID 83616 Petitioner Stan Ridgeway, Mayor City of Eagle 660 E. Civil Lane Eagle,ID 83616 Intervenor City of Eagle t I bv U.S. Mail [X] bV Personal Delivery (Original & 3 copies) [ ] bV Facsimile [X] bV E-Mail secretary@puc.idaho. gov diane. hanian(Dnuc. idaho. eov [ ] bv U.S. Mail [ ] bV Personal Delivery [ ] bV Facsimile [X] bV E-Mail brandon.kamen@puc.idaho. gov sean. costello@puc. idaho. gov [ ] bv U.S. Mail [ ] bV Personal Delivery [ ] bV Facsimile [X] bV E-Mail molly@bizcounseloratlaw.com [x] bv U.S. Mail [ ] bV Personal Delivery [ ] bV Facsimile [ ] bv E-Mail [ ] bv U.S. Mail [ ] bV Personal Delivery [ ] bV Facsimile [X] bV E-Mail nbangle@h2o-solutionsllc.net [ ] bv U.S. Mail [ ] bV Personal Delivery [ ] bV Facsimile [X] bV E-Mail sridgeway@citvofeagle.ore sberqmann(acityo feael e. ors SUEZ'S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR STAY. 3 B. Newal Squyres Murray D. Feldman Holland & Hart LLP 800 W. Main Street, Suite 1750 P.O.Box2527 Boise, ID 83702-2527 Attorneys for Intervenor City o.f Eagle Norman M. Semanko Parsons Behle & Latimer 800 West Main Street, Suite 1300 Boise,Idaho 83702 Attorneys for Intervenor Eagle llater Customer Group Abigail R. Germaine Deputy City Attorney Boise City Attorney's Office 150 N. Capitol Blvd. P.O. Box 500 Boise, Idaho 8370 I -0500 Attorneys for Intervenor, City of Boise James M. Piotrowski PIOTROWSKI DURAND, PLLC P.O. Box 2864 1020 W. Main Street, Suite 440 Boise, ID 83701 Attorneys for Intervenor Citizens Alliedfor I nt e gri ty and Accountabi I ity Brad M. Purdy Attorney at Law 2019 N. 17th Street Boise,ID 83702 Attorney for Community Action Partnership Association of ldaho [ ] bv U.S. Mail [ ] bV Personal Delivery [ ] bV Facsimile [X] bV E-Mail nsquyres@hollandhart.com mfeldman@holl andhart. com t I by U.S. Mail [ ] bV Personal Delivery t I bV Facsimile [X] bV E-Mail NSemanko@f'arsonsbehle.com ecf@parsonsbehle.com [ ] bv U.S. Mail [ ] bV Personal Delivery [ ] bV Facsimile lxl bV E-Mail agermaine@cityofboise.org [ ] bv U.S. Mail t I bV Personal Delivery t I bV Facsimile [X]bV E-Mail James@idunionlaw.com [ ] bv U.S. Mail [ ] bV Personal Delivery [ ] bV Facsimile [X] by E-Mail bmpurdy@hotmail.com Michael C. Creamer SUEZ'S TINOPPOSED MOTION FOR STAY - 4