HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000224_sw.docDECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER HANSEN
COMMISSIONER SMITH
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
MYRNA WALTERS
RON LAW
TONYA CLARK
STEPHANIE MILLER
DAVE SCHUNKE
DON HOWELL
RANDY LOBB
GEORGE FINK
WORKING FILE
FROM: SCOTT WOODBURY
DATE: FEBRUARY 24, 2000
RE: CASE NO. UWI-W-00-2 (UNITED WATER)
CERTIFICATE AMENDMENT--NON-CONTIGUOUS AREA
DANSKIN RIDGE AND SADDLE RIDGE SUBDIVISIONS,
ADA COUNTY
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 and Saddle Ridge, areas non-contiguous to its present system and certificated territory. Reference Application Exhibit A legal description; 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 Ridge 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. 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).
Paragraphs 14 and 17 of the respective Non-Contiguous Water System Agreements deviate from standard form agreements in that they specify a reimbursement period of twenty (20) years rather than a period of fifteen (15) years. This the Company states is because the subdivisions are within an area designated as RR Rural Residential Zone pursuant to Ada County Commission Ordinance. Relevant sections of the Ordinance are attached to the Application as Exhibit C. The Ordinance regulates the pace at which growth may occur and makes it impossible for the area to be fully developed within 15 years. The reimbursement period was extended by the Company to 20 years in recognition of the fact that future phases of the developments will not likely occur until at least 15 years from the present.
United Water contends that the requested expansion of its Certificate No. 143 and service territory is consistent with the public convenience and necessity.
United Water requests that its Application be processed pursuant to Modified Procedure, i.e., by written submission rather than by hearing. Reference Commission Rules of Procedure, IDAPA 31.01.01.201-204. Staff concurs in the Company’s requested procedure.
Commission Decision
Does the Commission agree as recommended by United Water and Commission Staff that the Application in Case No. UWI-W-00-2 by processed pursuant to Modified Procedure? If not, what is the Commission’s preference?
Scott Woodbury
bls/M:uwiw002_sw
DECISION MEMORANDUM 2