HomeMy WebLinkAboutappntc.mod.docBEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
in the matter of THE APPLICATION OF UNITED WATER IDAHO INC. FOR A DEFERRED ACCOUNTING ORDER. )
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CASE NO. UWI-W-01-02
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
NOTICE OF MODIFIED PROCEDURE
NOTICE OF COMMENT/PROTEST DEADLINE
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on May 18, 2001, United Water Idaho Inc. (Company or United Water) filed an Application requesting authorization to defer on its books, beginning May 1, 2001, certain electric power costs. The costs to be deferred are the incremental costs the Company will realize as a direct result of Commission Order No. 28722 dated May 1, 2001 in Cases IPC-E-01-07 and IPC-E-01-11. That order authorized a change in Idaho Power Company’s electric rates. United Water does not request a determination of ratemaking treatment of these costs at this time, but will request they be recognized in rates in the Company’s next general rate case application.
United Water’s current water rates were established by Order No. 28505 dated September 5, 2000 in Case No. UWI-W-00-01. That order recognized the level of Idaho Power Company’s electric rates at the date of the order. United Water estimates the magnitude of the increase in electric power rates to be approximately $389,815 representing an increase of 35.75% over the level of electric cost authorized in United Water’s last rate case.
United Water further requests that the deferral be approved for any additional increases in Idaho Power Company rates that may be ordered by the Commission in Cases IPC-E-01-07 and IPC-E-01-11. The Company also proposes to apply a 5% carrying charge on the unamortized deferred balance. The 5% carrying charge is the rate the Commission approved for interest on customer deposits by Order No. 28575 on November 27, 2000 in Case No. GNR-U-00-5.
The Company requests that its Application be processed under modified procedure pursuant to IPUC RP 201.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Commission has reviewed the filings of record in Case No. UWI-W-01-02. The Commission has preliminarily determined that the public interest regarding the Company’s Application and request for authorization to defer on its books certain electric power costs for later recovery may not require a hearing to consider the issues presented and that the issues raised by the Application 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 Commission may not hold a hearing in this proceeding unless it receives written protests or comments opposing the use of Modified Procedure and stating why Modified Procedure should not be used. Reference IDAPA 31.01.01.203.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the deadline for filing written comments or protests with respect to the Application and the Commission’s use of Modified Procedure in Case No. UWI-W-01-02 is Monday, July 9, 2001. Persons desiring a hearing must specifically request a hearing in their written protests or comments.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that if no written comments or protests are received within the deadline, the Commission will consider the issue on its merits and 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 based on the written positions before it. Reference IDAPA 31.01.01.204.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that written comments concerning Case No. UWI W-01-02 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
McDEVITT & MILLER LLP
PO BOX 2564
BOISE ID 83701-2564
Street Address for Express Mail:
537 W Bannock, Ste 215
Boise, ID 83702
And
GREGORY P WYATT
UNITED WATER IDAHO INC
8248 W VICTORY RD
BOISE ID 83709
All comments should contain the case caption and case number shown on the first page of this document.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Application in Case No. UWI-W-01-02 can be reviewed at the Commission’s office and at the principal office of United Water during regular business hours.
DATED at Boise, Idaho this day of September 2001.
PAUL KJELLANDER, PRESIDENT
MARSHA H. SMITH, COMMISSIONER
DENNIS S. HANSEN, COMMISSIONER
ATTEST:
Jean D. Jewell
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
June 18, 2001