20240116Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1

DECISION MEMORANDUM

TO: COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSIONER LODGE
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL

FROM: MICHAEL DUVAL
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: JANUARY 9, 2023

SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF SCHWEITZER WATER COMPANY’S
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF ACQUISITION OF THE ASSETS
OF RESORT WATER CO. INC. AND FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY; CASE
NO. SWC-W-23-01.
On December 27, 2023, Schweitzer Water Company (“Schweitzer” or “Company”)1
applied for approval of its acquisition of Resort Water Co. Inc.’s (“Resort”) assets. Specifically,
the Company requested that the Commission grant Schweitzer a new CPCN to serve Resort’s
current service area and approve Schweitzer’s proposed tariffs. The Company requested its
application be processed by modified procedure.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommended the Commission issue a Notice of Application and a Notice of
Intervention Deadline establishing a 21-day intervention period.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and a Notice of Intervention
Deadline establishing a 21-day intervention period?

Michael Duval
Deputy Attorney General
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1 This same water system previously filed a case with equivalent requests—except that the proposed entity to be named
on the requested CPCN was Husky Water Company. See Case No. HWC-W-23-01. After deciding that the Company
name on the requested CPCN should instead be Schweitzer Water Company, the application in that case was
withdrawn.