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BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF UNITED WATER IDAHO, INC. FOR AUTHORITY TO AMEND AND REVISE CERTIFICATE OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY NO. 143 TO INCLUDE DANSKIN RIDGE SUBDIVISION AND SADDLE RIDGE SUBDIVISION.
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CASE NO. UWI-W-00-02

NOTICE OF APPLICATION

NOTICE OF MODIFIED PROCEDURE

NOTICE OF COMMENT/ PROTEST DEADLINE

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on February 7, 2000, United Water Idaho Inc. (United Water; Company) filed an Application in Case No. UWI-W-00-2 with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (Commission) requesting authorization to amend and revise its Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity No. 143 (as amended) by enlarging and extending its certificate service area boundaries to include the Ada County residential subdivisions of Danskin Ridge (an area located southeast of Ten Mile and Columbia Roads) and Saddle Ridge (an area located northeast of Black Cat and west Columbia Roads), areas non-contiguous to its present system and certificated territory. Reference Application Exhibit A maps and legal descriptions; Idaho Code § 61-526; Commission Rules of Procedure, IDAPA 31.01.01.112.
United Water contends that the areas requested are not within the authorized service territories of any other public utility water corporation under the jurisdiction of the Commission and will not interfere with the operation of any water utility corporation under the Commission’s jurisdiction. The Company further contends that there are no known public utilities, persons or corporations with whom the expansion is likely to compete.
United Water represents that the owners/developers of Danskin and Saddle Ridge subdivisions have requested that United Water provide water service. A copy of the developers’ requests are attached to the Company’s Application. Reference Application Exhibit B—Non Contiguous Water System Agreement. Construction of facilities, the Company represents, will with one exception be pursuant to the Company’s Rules and Regulations governing Non-Contiguous Expansion (Rules 78-84).
The Non-Contiguous Water System Agreement submitted in this case deviates from the standard form agreement in that it specifies a reimbursement period of twenty (20) years rather than the standard period of fifteen (15) years. This the Company states is because the subdivisions are within an area designated by Ada County Commission Ordinance as RR Rural Residential Zone. Relevant sections of the Ordinance are attached to the Application as Exhibit C. The Ordinance regulates the pace at which growth may occur and precludes full development of the area within 15 years. The reimbursement period was extended by the Company to 20 years in recognition of this fact.
United Water contends that the requested expansion of its Certificate No. 143 and service territory is consistent with the public convenience and necessity.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Commission has preliminarily found that the public interest in this matter may not require a hearing to consider the issues presented and that the issues raised by the Company’s filing may be processed under Modified Procedure, i.e., by written submission rather than by hearing. Reference Commission Rules of Procedure, IDAPA 31.01.01.201-204.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the deadline for filing written comments or protests with respect to United Water’s Application and the use of Modified Procedure in Case No. UWI-W-00-2 is Friday, March 31, 2000.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that if no written protests or comments are received within the deadline, the Commission may consider the matter on its merits and may enter its Order without a formal hearing. If comments or protests are filed within the deadline, the Commission will consider them and in its discretion may set the matter for hearing or may decide the matter and issue its Order on the basis of the written positions before it. Reference IDAPA 31.01.01.204.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that written comments concerning Case No. UWIW002 should be mailed to the Commission and the Company at the addresses reflected below:
COMMISSION SECRETARY
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
PO BOX 83720
BOISE, IDAHO 83720-0074
Street Address for Express Mail:
472 W WASHINGTON ST
BOISE, ID 83702-5983 DEAN J. MILLER
ATTORNEY FOR UNITED WATER IDAHO
537 W BANNOCK, STE 215
PO BOX 2564-83701
BOISE, ID 83702
All comments should contain the case caption and case number shown on the first page of this document.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Company’s Application in Case No. UWIW002, together with a map of the proposed expansion area and a copy of the developer requests for service, may be viewed during regular business hours at the offices of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, 472 West Washington Street, Boise, Idaho, and at the general business office of United Water Idaho Inc., 8248 West Victory Road, Boise, Idaho (UWI Telephone: [phone]).
DATED at Boise, Idaho this _______ day of March 2000.

DENNIS S. HANSEN, PRESIDENT

MARSHA H. SMITH, COMMISSIONER

PAUL KJELLANDER, COMMISSIONER

ATTEST:

Myrna J. Walters
Commission Secretary

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NOTICE OF APPLICATION
NOTICE OF MODIFIED PROCEDURE
NOTICE OF COMMENT/ PROTEST DEADLINE 1

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
March 14, 2000