20201023Comments(3).pdf

From:PUC Consumer Comments
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:Notice: A comment was submitted to PUCWeb
Date:Friday, October 23, 2020 10:00:05 AM
The following comment was submitted via PUCWeb:
Name: Matthew Hepworth
Submission Time: Oct 23 2020 9:26AMEmail: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]Address: 848 E Warm Springs Ave
Boise, ID 83712
Name of Utility Company: Suez Water
Case ID: SUZ-W-20-02
Comment: "A 22% price increase is a massive increase for a necessary and price inelastic commodity like water. This would be a questionable increase in the best of times, let alone in
the middle of an economic crisis and pandemic. There are many more sustainable ways to recover revenue than a huge rate hike. What has Suez done to look into its apparent losses and
metering accuracy? What has Suez done to notify users of leaks early on so they don't need to pay leakage forgiveness? Let's encourage utilities to be efficient and go for low hanging fruit
before slamming rate payers with huge hikes. "
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From:Peter Petroni
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:Public Comment on Case ID: SUZ-W-20-2
Date:Friday, October 23, 2020 10:51:47 AM
Dear Idaho PUC,

I am strongly opposed to Suez’s request for a 22% increase in customer bills. This increase far
outstrips any inflation or raise I will see. Per evidence provided by Suez’s detailed report, most of the
improvements are going to Eagle, Meridian, and West Boise, all areas of expansion, where new
infrastructure is needed, which should be paid for by the developers, not the general customer base.

Why is the entire customer base being penalized for improvements and expansion that doesn’t
represent them?

I am a resident of the Central Bench and have personally seen the pipes here continue to degrade as
they try to explain away the “yellow water” problem, yet, there has been no actual action or
improvements besides water flushing. This is a classic example of taxation without representation. In
addition, their math is misleading, I’m not sure which average customer base they are using, but my
family’s average winter bill is around $40-50 and roughly doubles in the summer to water the yard
(and I don’t keep it super green either).

I remain firmly OPPOSED to the rate increase.

Sincerely,
 Peter Petroni
From:PUC Consumer Comments
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:Notice: A comment was submitted to PUCWeb
Date:Friday, October 23, 2020 3:00:03 PM
The following comment was submitted via PUCWeb:
Name: Jonathan Ahten
Submission Time: Oct 23 2020 2:13PMEmail: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]Address: 4269 N Esten Place
Boise, ID 83703
Name of Utility Company: SUEZ
Case ID: SUZ-W-20-02
Comment: "I oppose the rate increase being sought by SUEZ. SUEZ has a monopoly over the water supply in Boise, and they charge enough for their service at this time. I am hopeful the
PUC rejects the request outright as SUEZ received an adequate rate hike in 2015. There needs to be more investments made by SUEZ into the local system, such as the pipe connections
from homes to the main lines, before such a request is granted. "
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