20080718notice_of_application_uwi.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
July 18, 2008
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-O8-
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YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on June 19, 2008, United Water Idaho Inc.
(United Water; Company) filed a Certificate Amendment Application and a May 27 , 2008
Agreement for Purchase and Sale (Agreement) between the Company and the City of Nampa
(City) with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (Commission). The subject matter of the
Agreement is the sale by United Water to the City of the non-contiguous water systems presently
serving Coventry Place, M&M Mountain View Acres, and Belmont Heights subdivisions
(collectively the Subdivisions) in Canyon County, Idaho. Reference Case No. UWI-99-
Order No. 27976 (Coventry Place); Case No. UWI-00-, Order No. 28418 (M&M Mountain
View Acres); and Case No. UWI-OI-, Order No. 28885 (Belmont Heights). Also subject to
the sale are two additional subdivisions, Lexington Meadows and Brittania Heights which were
added to the Belmont system (Order Nos. 29941 and 30352) and the Nampa Charter School
which was added to the Coventry system (Order No. 29141).
Pursuant to Agreement, the purchase price is $245 000. The City of Nampa has
agreed to assume the Company s outstanding obligations under the Non-Contiguous Agreements
and Mainline Extension Agreements with other third parties and to hold United Water harmless
from further obligations thereunder.
United Water contends that the acquisition of the non-contiguous systems by the City
of Nampa is consistent with the public convenience and necessity because the customers will
obtain water service from a dependable municipal supplier (Nampa) and interconnection of the
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Belmont water system with the City of Nampa s water system will solve an existing water
quality issue in Belmont Heights involving elevated levels of uranium in the water.
United Water recommends proposed general entries to account for the sale proceeds.
The Company recommends that the proceeds be distributed and accounted for in the same
manner as sale proceeds were recently treated in the sale of the Danskin-Saddle Ridge
subdivisions to the City of Kuna. Case No. UWI-07-, Order No. 30481.
United Water requests a Commission Order
Improving the modification of United Water Certificate of Public
Convenience and Necessity No. 143 by eliminating the Subdivisions
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 Subdivisions;
Confirming that following the assumption by Nampa of the Non-
Contiguous Agreements and the Mainline Extension Agreements, United
Water will have no further obligations thereunder;
Approving the Company s accounting proposal.
The Company s Application in this case includes a map of the non-contiguous water
systems, a copy of the Agreement for Purchase and Sale between the Company and the City of
Nampa, and the supporting direct testimony of Gregory P. Wyatt, Vice-President and General
Manager of United Water Idaho.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the proposed sale and transfer of facilities
from United Water to the City of Nampa and termination of United Water s service obligation to
affected subdivisions and customers, will end Commission jurisdiction over the affected water
systems and all service related matters including rates and dispute resolution. Idaho Code 9 61-
104.
The Commission is informed that customers of the Coventry and Belmont water
systems under the City s rate plan for "special domestic water users" and properties located
outside the corporate limits (municipal boundaries) of the City, will pay more to the City than
they do to United Water for water service and will pay a rate greater than that of a similar user
who is entirely within the City limits. Reference Nampa City Code, Title 8-8. The
Commission is also informed that the City does not have a rate for unmetered service.
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Customers ofthe M&M water system, who are all unmetered and billed by United Water at a flat
rate, will by informal agreement between the City and United Water continue to be billed by the
City at a rate equivalent to the present United Water flat rate.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Commission has reviewed the filings of
record in Case No. UWI-08-02. The Commission has preliminarily determined that the
public interest regarding the sale and transfer of the Coventry Place , M&M Mountain View
Acres and Belmont Heights non-contiguous water systems to the City of Nampa 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, 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.
31.01.01.203.
Reference IDAP A
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-08-02 is Friday, August 8, 2008. Persons desiring a hearing must specifically
request a hearing in their written protest or comments.
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-
08-02 should be mailed to the Commission and United Water at the addresses reflected
below.
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Commission Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
PO Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0074
Street Address for Express Mail:
Gregory P. Wyatt
United Water Idaho Inc.
PO Box 190420
Boise, ID 83719-0420
E-mail: greg.wvatt~unitedwater.com
472 W. Washington Street
Boise, ID 83702-5918
Dean J. Miller, Esq.
McDevitt & Miller, LLP
PO Box 2564
Boise, ID 83701-2564
E-mail: ioe(0mcdevitt-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-08-
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.
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DATED at Boise, Idaho this day of July 2008.
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