20060522Motion for approval of stipulation.pdf

ORIGINAL
WELDON B STUTZMAN (ISB 3283)
DONOVANE. WALKER (ISB 5921)
DEPUTY ATTORNEYS GENERAL
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
PO BOX 83720
BOISE, ill 83720-0074
Telephone: [phone]
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Email: weldon.stutzman~puc.idaho.gov
donovan. walker~puc.idaho.gov
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Attorneys For Commission Staff
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION
OF UNITED WATER IDAHO INC. FOR
AUTHORITY TO INCREASE ITS RATES
AND CHARGES FOR WATER SERVICE IN
THE STATE OF IDAHO
MOTION FOR APPROVAL
OF STIPULATION
CASE NO. UWI-O6-
United Water Idaho Inc. (United Water; Company) and the Commission Staff, file
this Motion for Approval of Stipulation, asking the Commission for an Order accepting the
Stipulation filed with this Motion. This Motion is based on the following:
1. On February 10, 2006, United Water filed an Application seeking authority to
increase the Company s rates an average of 17.91 %. If approved, the Company s revenues
would increase approximately $5.9 million annually. United Water proposed that the rate
increase be spread equally among all customer groups, and the Company requested that new
rates become effective on March 13 2006.
2. A Petition to Intervene in this proceeding was filed by Boise Residents Against
Commercial Exploitation (BRACE), but BRACE subsequently withdrew its petition on May 1
2006. No other petitions to intervene were filed in the case.
3. On March 29 2006, the Commission issued a Notice of Scheduling and Notice of
Hearing establishing the procedural schedule, including a technical hearing to convene on July
, 2006. Following brief conversations the week before, the Parties met on May 15, 2006 to
discuss possible settlement in accordance with Rule of Procedure (RP) 272 with a view toward
MOTION FOR APPROVAL
OF STIPULATION
resolving the issues in this case. United Water and Staff did reach a settlement of the Company
rate case, and the settlement agreement is filed with this Motion.
4. The Parties ask that the Commission grant this Motion and approve the
Stipulation in its entirety, without material change or condition, pursuant to RP 274.
5. United Water and Commission Staff each intend to file testimony supporting this
Motion and recommending approval of the Stipulation. The Parties agree that the Stipulation is
in the public interest and believe that its terms and conditions are fair, just and reasonable. The
Parties stand ready to support the Stipulation at the Commission s technical hearing scheduled
for July 12, 2006.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties respectfully request that the Commission issues its
Order:
1. Granting this Motion and accepting the Stipulation in its entirety, without
material change or condition; and
2. Authorizing the Company to implement revised tariff schedules designed to
recover $3.633 million in additional annual revenue consistent with the terms of the Stipulation;
and
3. Authorizing that the revised tariff schedules be made effective August 1 , 2006.
Respectfully submitted this r.,
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day of May 2006.
McDevitt & Miller, LLP Idaho Public Utilities Commission
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Weldon B. Stutzman
Donovan E. Walker
Deputy Attorneys General
Attorneys for Commission Staff
Attorneys for United Water Idaho Inc.
bls/N:UWI-O6-Stipulatioll Motioll
MOTION FOR APPROVAL
OF STIPULATION