20070504Decision memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
COMMISSIONER SMITH
COMMISSIONER REDFORD
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM:SCOTT WOODBURY
DATE:APRIL 26, 2007
SUBJECT:CASE NO. UWI-07-03 (United Water)
AMENDED CERTIFICATE - BRITTANIA HEIGHTS
On April 23, 2007, United Water Idaho Inc. (United Water; Company) filed an
Application with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (Commission) requesting authority to
amend and revise its Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity No. 143 , as amended, to
include an area located on McDermott Road in Canyon County, Idaho identified as Brittania
Heights. The Brittania Heights subdivision is located in the vicinity of United Water s Belmont
Heights service area. The Application of the Company includes a legal description and map of
the Brittania Heights subdivision.
The developer of Brittania Heights, Patriot Capital Partners LLC, has requested that
United Water extend domestic water service facilities to the area and United Water has
determined it has the capability to provide service. Water service facilities will be extended to
the area pursuant to United Water s Rules and Regulations governing extensions.
As represented in the Company s Application, the proposed development of Brittania
Heights is not within the authorized service territory of any other water utility under the
jurisdiction of the Commission nor, it states, will it interfere with the operations of any such
utility. United Water further contends that the City ofNampa, Idaho, a municipal water provider
with facilities in the vicinity of Brittania Heights, has consented to service by United Water.
United Water submits that the extension into this area is consistent with the public convenience
and necessity.
DECISION MEMORANDUM
COMMISSION DECISION
United Water has requested an extension of its certificated service area to include the
proposed development of Brittania Heights in Canyon County. The Company has requested and
Staff recommends that the matter be processed pursuant to Modified Procedure, i., by written
submission rather than by hearing. Reference Commission Rules of Procedure, IDAP A
31.01.01.201-204. Does the Commission agree with the recommended procedure?
Scott Woodbury
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DECISION MEMORANDUM