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Home My WebLink About20111004Comments.pdfúúJI.-t-//-o?-.RECEl\/ . . . . Idaho Public Utilities Commission P.O. Box 83720 Boise, Idaho 83720-0074 r;c~r L~_ f..¡...-.1-' - ZUll OCT -I AM 8: 30 Re: United Water's 20% Rate Increase Request Dear Sirs: I am a customer of United Water and strongly oppose their request for a 20% rate increase. The increase is said to be necessar because customers are cutting back on their water use. In other words, people are conserving water, which United Water encourages~ and now they are going to make us pay for our conservation. ''No good deed goes unpunished. " In these economic times~ there is no justification for United Water to request such an increase. It is bad enough that we have to pay higher rates every sumer, under the guise of promoting "conservation~" even in years like this year when water was sent down the Boise River as quickly as it could be released from the dams because of the large amountof rain and snow we received. The anual sumer rate increase is an unecessar anual rate increase in and of itself. I am quite capable of conserving water without being coerced into doing it~ by higher rates. Of course~ if I do, United Water is just going to want more of my money, as demonstrated by this rate increase request. It also makes no sense for United Water to bil us every two months. This practice makes it difficult to monitor your water use and water costs. I am tired of utility companes punishing citizens in these difficult economic times by increasing rates, rather than cutting their costs, which is what regular folks have had to do. I strongly oppose this rate increase. Let United Water cut its costs. Let United Water practice (cost) conservation, for a change.S~'4 Robert Reisig 3609 Crescent Rim Dr. Boise, II) 83706 The proposed increase in rates is subject to review and a decision by the IPUC, which may accept, modify or reject in whole or in part the proposed increase. A complete copy of the proposal is available at the Company's office at 8248 W. Victory Road, Boise, Idaho and at the Commission's office at 472 W. Washington, Boise, Idaho. It is also available on-line at the IPUC website: http://www.puc.idaho.gov, by following the links for "Water" and "Open Water Cases," and at United Water Idaho's website: http://www.unitedwater.com/idaho. You can also file a comment on the Application via the IPUC website or mail comments to: :.:: Ç9w -. Jo\' 1= b I lJ~\~~ 1 ~,( ~ 311.:0,'ò 'iD eisl1D~\~ Idaho Public Utilities Commission P.O. Box 83720 Boise, Idaho 83720-0074 Sincerely, ør Greg Wyatt Vice President and General Manager ,.=--on-- ,m ;li :J \0" \ \ ,S ì\- ~~ ~~ Cß~+~\,~~ 1 (lai-v '$0_ M\Jdc ck~(' fhd.V\ Y'û- (bVVæ+\o: .. 'ib0 0AcV'tif\\"(~ ~ ~v,- - ¿ -r~ W p~öplf .() t't.Vlwo.bLt r e.SO'VV' (., --k'S ~ve. (Av . t (J \. ~ f. n. VCY ~ iovJeV" l0n~ d~\ ~DJ W- W \\DJ Co-fí ~o ¡¿ve.vy ()VU C\ d''' VIJe,s, ìl1s-I oJ \vt(ye.o.~ hM. 'v Q. 0&\\li2 V\o ('Vw$ß ìVl OÙÝ v-~v su rp\tty ~ S"6 pls~~ 1\"1 ~ bi (A CjOGoV'. :DiClV\- ~tt'( Lb'f rt)\'~$Y\ UV1i+d vY+ev $Vf'(lf d(~+ri'c. +. & V\ pV"D Ù\'d.~ hCÀ~ Vlo Wdd.ty i'S October 3,2011 c. r: !\f... '" 20n OCT -4 AM 8: 15 The public is not a never e less water we are being e SUEZ took Idaho Public Utilties Commssion P.O. Box 83720 Boise, ID 83720-0074 To Whom It May Concern: The request by United Water Idao to again raise resi If you check, the requests have steadily increased, control. Augut 2005 8.08% Augst 2006 10.98% March 2010 Augut 2011 Your try, D. Helen 9540W. Boise,ID ."'' J¡- Y' i 1\ '1 .e r 17 O.L Q 0 n ~ " ¿ e I) fa'er-rof'- i tOlJf.~ ; Jean Jewell From: Sent: To: Subject: mwing44~msn.com Monday, October 03, 2011 4:24 PM Jean Jewell; Beverly Barker; Gene Fadness PUC Comment Form A Comment from Marcia Wing-Garlick follows: - - ------ ---- - -- --- - -- - - - - - - - - -- - - - -- Case Number: UWI-W-11-Ø2 Name: Marcia Wing-Garlick Address: PO Box 9165 City: Boise State: ID Zip: 837Ø7 Daytime Telephone: Contact E-Mail: mwing~msn.com Name of Utility Company : United Water Acknowledge: acknowledge Please describe your comment briefly: Please do not grant United Water's request for an overall rate increase of 19.9%, or for that matter, any increase. This utility has encouraged users for many years to conserve water. In fact, if I recall correctly the summer surcharge was presented as a way to encourage less water use in the summer months - and now that we have successfully reduced water consumption, U/W wants to increase rates even further I Further, this increase is in addition to the last increase which was granted a short 18-months ago. The rest of the economy has come to a virtual standstill, and there is barely any new construction, either commercial or residential, so I fail to understand UW' s argument that they need to expand and upgrade their systems at this point in time. Marcia Wing-Garlick The form submitted on http://www . puc. idaho. gov Iforms/ipuc1/ipuc. html IP address is 75.174.22.8-- - - -- --- ---- --- - - -- - --- - - --- - - ----- 1 Jean Jewell From: Sent: To: Subject: sherree. merritt~q .com Sunday, October 02, 2011 6:29 AM Jean Jewell; Beverly Barker; Gene Fadness PUC Comment Form A Comment from Sherree L. Merritt follows: - - - - - - -- - - - - - - --- - - - - - - - - ---- - - - - - -- Case Number: Name: Sherree L . Merritt Address: 7244 W. Saxton Dr. City: Boise State: Idaho Zip: 83714 Daytime Telephone: 833-0857 Contact E-Mail: sherree.merritt~g.com Name of Utility Company : United Water Idaho Acknowledge: acknowledge Please describe your comment briefly: Most of the utility consumers in our state have not seen a paycheck raise in years. consumer is stuck with it all in the end. I don't know how much more we can absorb. may not seem like much, but to some families this is bread and milk for a week. The $5.82 One business owner (a pet groomer) stated on TV that she would have to pass the rate increase on to her customers. As you can see, now I have to pay $5.82 extra plus whatever others in business decided they need to pass onto me. If every business passes this on to the consumer, then the consumer just stops buying because we are tapped out. We have no one to pass our expenses onto. The form submitted on http://www . puc. idaho. gov /forms/ipucl/ipuc. html IP address is 71.221.149.189 --- - - - - -- - --- --- - -- - - --- - - - - - - - - - --- i Jean Jewell From: Sent: To: Subject: katscaddie(§gmail.com Friday, September 30, 2011 7:04 AM Jean Jewell; Beverly Barker; Gene Fadness PUC Comment Form A Comment from Michael Buckingham follows: - - - ------- - - - - ---- - - - - - - - - - - - --- - - -- Case Number: UWI-W-11-92 Name: Michael Buckingham Address: 13191 W Scotfield St City: Boise State: ID Zip: 83713 Daytime Telephone: 298-938-2197 Contact E-Mail: katscaddie~gmail.com Name of Utility Company: United Water Acknowledge: acknowledge Please describe your comment briefly: United Water i s request for an increase of approximately 29% is extremely unreasonable. To request an increase in rate, in part due to reduced usage, goes against all the wisdom and rationale of supply and demand. As consumers, we have been asked to reduce usage. We are being rewarded with a rate increase because we were successful?! Ordinary businesses have to make reductions in expenses when income is down. United Water should do the same. We should not be penalized for their complete monopoly of water service. Please deny their request. The form submitted on http://www . puc. idaho. gov Iforms/ipuc1/ipuc. html IP address is 97.121.9.132 -- - - - - - -- - - -- ---- - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - -- i Jean Jewell From: Sent: To: Subject: sgt_lamott(§yahoo.com Friday, September 30, 2011 5:01 AM Jean Jewell; Beverly Barker; Gene Fadness PUC Comment Form A Comment from Donald E. LaMott follows: - - --------- - - - - --- - - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- Case Number: Name: Donald E. LaMott Address: 13872 W Dominion CT City: Boise State: Idaho Zip: 83713 Daytime Telephone: 2Ø8-869-4Ø57 Contact E-Mail: sgtlamott~ahoo.com Name of Utility Company: United Water Idaho Acknowledge: acknowledge Please describe your comment briefly: Reference the 19.9% rate hike request for residential service requested by United Water. United Water states that because the residential use has fallen, due to people doing a good job of water conservation, they want to make a huge price increase. THIS SHOULD NOT BE APPROVED! The PUC and United Water need to realize in this time of economic woe that everyone is cutting back and United Water needs to do the same. There is no more money to go around. Call me if this is unclear. The form submitted on http://www . puc. idaho. gov Iforms/ipucl/ipuc. html IP address is 96.25.75.18 -- --------- -- - ---- - - - - - - -- - - - -- - -- -- 1 Jean Jewell From: Sent: To: Subject: ocd4rocks~hotmail.com Monday, October 03,2011 6:05 AM Jean Jewell; Beverly Barker; Gene Fadness PUC Comment Form A Comment from Cindy Sorensen follows: -- - -- - ------- ---- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Case Number: UWI-W-iiøøi Name: Cindy Sorensen Address: 13ØS Tetonia Dr City: Boise State: ID Zip: 837ØS Daytime Telephone: iø88S9øiiS Contact E-Mail: ocd4rocks~hotmail.com Name of Utility Company: United Water of Idaho Acknowledge: acknowledge Please describe your comment briefly: I am totally opposed of UWofI rate increase. Why should consumers be asked to conserve water and then be charged more money for conserving? Does this mean if I stop conserving and use more water my bill will go down? I think it' s outrageous to ask consumers to pay a iø% increase because we' ve managed to do as asked and then turn around and charge us for it. Seriously, this is water robbery. I can i t imagine why the PUC would even consider the requested increase. The form submitted on http://www . puc. idaho. gov /forms/ipucl/ipuc. html IP address is iø4.76.195.33- --- - --- ---- - - - - - --- - - -- - - - - -- - ----- 1