20120131Comment.pdf

Jean Jewell
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mr. rob. broadbent~gmail.com
Tuesday, January 31,20121:22 AM
Jean Jewell; Beverly Barker; Gene Fadness
PUC Comment Form
A Comment from Robert W Broadbent follows:
Case Number: TTS-W-11-01
Name: Robert W Broadbent
Address: 51 Beesley Lane
City: Victor
State: Idaho
Zip: 83455
Daytime Telephone: [phone]
Contact E-Mail: mr. rob. broadbent~mail. com Name of Utility Company: Teton Springs Water and
Sewer Co
Acknowledge: acknowledge
Please describe your comment briefly:
Teton Springs W&S is privately owned by the developers of Teton Springs Subdivision.
This is a FOR PROFIT, PRIVATE utility.
The property owners within the TS Subdivision must buy their water from TS W&S co.
Ts W&S Co. owns two well lots within the Ts Development where they pump their water .
Teton Springs owns a 500,000 gallon storage tank which is located off site.
The property owners within the subdivision do not own the equipment used to pump the
water or store it.
In 2008 TS W&S' s net profit was 48,720
In 2009 Ts W&s i s net profit was 51,026
In 2010 Ts W&S' s net profit was 25,648
Summary:
The lot owners in TS should not be responsible for the repair and maintenance of TS
W&S EQUIPMENT.
If they, Ts W&S Co. have a net loss due to normal and predictable wear and tear it should not
be the responsibility of the lot owners to make up that net loss.
If the cost of repairs was 26k then by my accounting, not including 2011 net profit, they are
still in the black and have no need of an assesment in any case.
While I understand that Teton Springs Water and Sewer is limited by the ID PUC as to how much
they can charge their customers, the customers are very limited about who they can get this
service from. The Ts W&S billing and profits seem more than adequate to cover the costs of
· normal wear and tear' and predictable maintenance, of which this pump replacement most
certainly was.
Assesements should be granted only for unforseen costs NOT normal wear.
This request for the assessme~t should be DENIED.
The form submitted on http://www . puc. idaho. gov /forms/ipuc1/ipuc. html
IP address is 69.20.143.86 .
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