20210318Erratum to English Direct.pdf

DAYN HARDIE (ISB No. 9917)
MATT HUNTER (ISB No. 10665)
DEPUTY ATTORNEYS GENERAL
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
PO BOX 83720
BOISE, IDAHO 83720.0074
(208) 334-03t2
[phone]
Sfeet Address for Express Mail:
11331 W CHINDEN BLVD, BLDG 8, SUITE 2OT-A
BOISE,ID 83714
Attorneys forthe Commission Staff
BEF'ORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF STIEZ WATER IDAIIO
INC.NS APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO
INCREASE ITS RATES AI\ID CHARGES FOR
WATER SERVICE IN THE STATE OF IDAHO
cAsE NO. SUZ.W-20-02
ERRATT'M TO DIRECT
TESTIMONY OF DONN
ENGLISH
The Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, by and through its attorneys of
record, submits the affached document to correct an elror in Donn English's Direct Testimony
filed with the Commission on March 17,2021.
Commission Staff filed Direct Testimony in the above-captioned case on March 17 ,2021.
On March 18,2021, Staff found an elror on page 9 of the testimony.
The erroneous sentence is: "The parties in this case agree to return the entirety of the
approximately $16 million unprotected ADFIT to customers over one year, beginning on May 1,
2021."
The sentence should read: "The parties in this case agree to return the entirety of the
approximately $1.6 million unprotected ADFIT to customers over one year, beginning on May 1,
2021."
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Attached hereto is a corrected page 9 for Donn English's Direct Testimony that replaces
page 9 filed with the Commission yesterday.
RESPECTFULLY Submitted this l8m day of March 2021.
Matt Hunter
Deputy Attorney General
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I HAVE THIS 18th DAY OF MARCH 202T, SERVED THE
FOREGOIN ERRATUM TO DIRECT TESTIMONY OF DONN ENGLISH, IN CASE NO.
SUZ-W-20-02, BY E-MAILING A COPY THEREOF TO THE FOLLOWING:
MICHAEL C CREAMER
PRESTON N CARTER
GTVENS PURSLEY LLP
POBO){2720
BOrSE rD 8370t-2720
E-MAIL: mcc@si .com
prestoncarter@ givenspursley. com
LORNA K. JORGENSEN
JOHN C. CORTABITARTE
ADA COUNTY PROSECUTING
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
CIVIL DIVISION
2OO W. FRONT STREET. ROOM 3l9l
BOISE.ID 83702
E-MAIL: ljoreensen(aadacountv.id. eov
i cortabitarte@ adacounty. id. sov
MARY R. GRANT
SCOTT B. MUIR
DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY
BOISE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
150 N. CAPMOL BLVD.
P.O. BOX 500
BOISE,ID 83701-0500
E-MAIL: boisecitvattorney(@cityofboise.ore
BRAD M. PURDY
20lg N. 17rH ST.
BOISE, D 83702
E-MAIL: bmpurdv(a)hotmail.com
DAVID NruGUNA
MGR - REGULATORY BUSINESS
SUEZ WATER MGMNT & SERVICES CO
461 FROM ROAD SUITE 4OO
PARAMUS NJ 07052
E-MAIL: David.njueuna(@ suez.com
NORMAN M. SEMANKO
PARSONS BEHLE & LATIMER
8OO W. MAIN ST., STE.l3OO
BOISE, ID 83702
E-MAIL: [e-mail]
Boisedocket@parsonsbehle. com
MARTY DURAND
PIOTROWSKI DURAND PLLC
1O2O MAIN ST., STE.44O
P.O. BOX 2864
BOISE,ID 8370I
E-MAIL: marty(didunionlaw.com
KEN NAGY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
P.O. BOX 164
LEWISTON,ID 8350I
E-MAIL: knagy(@lewiston.com
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AUSTIN RUESCHHOFF
THORVALD A. NELSON
555 ITTH ST., STE. 3200
DENVE& CO 80202
E-MAIL: darueschhofffdhollandhart. com
tnel son@ hollandhart. com
aclee@hollandhart. com
sl eareanomari@hollandhart. com
JIM SWIER
GREG HARWOOD
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
8OOO S. FEDERAL WAY
BOISE,ID 83707
E-MAIL: [e-mail]
[e-mail]
ZOE ANN OLSON
EXCUTME DIRECTOR
INTERMONTAIN FAIR HOUSING
COUNCIL INC
4696W OVERLAND RD, STE 140
BOISE ID 83705
E-MAIL: [e-mail]
Kril zV.+tavtulw
feri l. Hiw&r
Legal Assistant
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reserve balances. Balances associated with regulated
utility operalions resul"ted in a balance sheet
reclassification from deferred tax to a deferred regulatory
asset or liahility. This revaluation effected both plant
(protected or permanent tax benefit) and non-plant
(unprotected or temporary tax benefit) balances.
For plant-related excess Accumulated Deferred
Federal Income Taxes (*ADFIT"), the Company rnust amortize
the balance under the Internal Revenue Service (*IRS")
Average Rate Assumption Method (*ARAM"), To comply with
the IRS normalization ru1es, the Company must return the
plant-related ADFIT to customers over the remaining life of
the associated assets. The ARAM serves as a proxy for the
composite remaining life of the assets. The associated
amortization of the plant-rel-ated ADFIT provides customers
approximately $227,000 per year.
The temporary (one-tj-me) tax benefits associated
with non-plant ADFIT balances can be returned to customers
in any manner approved by the Commission. The parties in
this case agree t"o return the entirety of t,he approximately
$1.6 million unprotected ADFIT to customers over one year,
beginning on May 1, 2021.. After the one-year period, all
beneflts associated with non-plant ADfl? r^ri11 have been
returned to customers and rates will increase on
May L, 2422.
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