20071010notice_of_application_uwi.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
October 10, 2007
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION
OF UNITED WATER IDAHO INc. FOR AN
AMENDMENT TO ITS CERTIFICATE OF
PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY
NO. 143 AND FOR AN ACCOUNTING
ORDER
CASE NO. UWI-O7-
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
NOTICE OF
MODIFED PROCEDURE
NOTICE OF
COMMENT/PROTEST DEADLINE
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on September 28 2007, United Water Idaho
Inc. (United Water; Company) filed an Application with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission
(Commission) requesting approval of a July 26, 2007 Purchase and Sale Agreement (Agreement)
between United Water and the City of Kuna. The subject matter of the Agreement is the sale by
United Water to the City of a non-contiguous water system presently serving Danskin Ridge
Saddle Ridge and Iron Horse Subdivisions. Reference Case No. UWI-00-, Order No.
28377 (May 15 2000).
Pursuant to Agreement, the purchase price is $375 000. United Water estimates that
the net proceeds at closing will be approximately $212 255. Kuna has agreed to assume the
Company s outstanding obligations under the Non-Contiguous Agreement and Mainline
Extension Agreements with other third parties and to hold United Water harmless from further
obligations thereunder.
United Water contends that acquisition of the Danskin-Saddle Ridge system by Kuna
is consistent with the public convenience and necessity because the customers will obtain water
service from a dependable municipal supplier (Kuna) at rates that are lower than United Water
rates. In addition, when Kuna connects the Danskin-Saddle Ridge system with its existing
municipal system, the customers will experience improved redundancy for both domestic and
fire protection flows.
United Water recommends proposed journal entries to account for the sale proceeds.
The Company further requests a determination that gain or profit associated with the transfer is
the property of United Water and that its customers do not have an interest therein.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
NOTICE OF MODIFIED PROCEDURE
NOTICE OF COMMENT/PROTEST DEADLINE
United Water requests a Commission Order
Approving the modification of United Water s Certificate of Public
Convenience and Necessity No. 143 by eliminating the Danskin-Saddle
Ridge system therefrom;
Confirming that after the date of closing of the purchase and sale
transaction, United Water will have no further obligation to provide
domestic water service to the Danskin-Saddle Ridge system customers;
Confirming that following the assumption by Kuna of the Non-
Contiguous Agreement and the Mainline Extension Agreements, United
Water will have no further obligations thereunder;
Approving the Company s accounting proposal and determining that gain
arising from the transfer is the property of United Water.
The Company s Application in this case includes a map of the Danskin-Saddle Ridge
water system, a copy of the Agreement for Purchase and Sale between the Company and the City
of Kuna, and the supporting direct testimony of Gregory P. Wyatt, Vice President and General
Manager of United Water Idaho.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Commission has reviewed the filings of
record in Case No. UWI-07-05. The Commission has preliminarily determined that the
public interest regarding the sale and transfer of the Danskin Ridge/Saddle Ridge non-contiguous
water system to the City of Kuna may not require a hearing to consider the issues presented and
that issues raised by the Company s filing may be processed under Modified Procedure , by
written submission rather than by hearing. Reference Commission Rules of Procedure, IDAP A
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 IDAP A
31.01.01.203.
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-07-05 is Friday, November 30,2007. Persons desiring a hearing must specifically
request a hearing in their written protest or comments.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
NOTICE OF MODIFIED PROCEDURE
NOTICE OF COMMENT/PROTEST DEADLINE
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that if no written comments or protests 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 based on the written positions before it. Reference IDAP
31.01.01.204.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that written comments concerning Case No. UWI-
07-05 should be mailed to the Commission and United Water at the addresses reflected
below.
Commission Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
PO Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0074
Gregory P. Wyatt
United Water Idaho Inc.
PO Box 190420
Boise, ID 83719-0420
E-mail: greg.wyatt~unitedwater.com
Street Address for Express Mail:
472 W. Washington Street
Boise, ID 83702-5983
Dean 1. Miller, Esq.
McDevitt & Miller, LLP
PO Box 2564
Boise, ID 83701-2564
E-mail: ioe~mcdevitt-miller.com
All comments should contain the case caption and case number shown on the first page of this
document. Persons desiring to submit comments via e-mail may do so by accessing the
Commission s home page located at www.puc.idaho.gov . Click the "Comments and Questions
icon, and complete the comment form, using the case number as it appears on the front of this
document. These comments must also be sent to United Water at the e-mail addresses listed
above.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Application in Case No. UWI-07-
may be viewed at www.puc.idaho.gov by clicking on "File Room" and "Water Cases " or can be
viewed during regular business hours at the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, 472 W.
Washington Street, Boise, Idaho and at the principal office of United Water Idaho Inc., 8248
West Victory Road, Boise, Idaho.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
NOTICE OF MODIFIED PROCEDURE
NOTICE OF COMMENT/PROTEST DEADLINE
DATED at Boise, Idaho this /0+-1..day of October 2007.
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Commission Secretary
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION
NOTICE OF MODIFIED PROCEDURE
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