20111020Comments.pdf

Jean Jewell
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richfelix~qwestoffce. net
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 7:41 AM
Jean Jewell; Beverly Barker; Gene Fadness
PUC Comment Form
A Comment from Rich Felix follows:
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Case Number: Uk/jr~~/-O~
Name: Rich Felix
Address: 1951 N. Hampton Rd
City: Boise
State: Idaho
Zip: 83714
Daytime Telephone: [phone]
Contact E-Mail: richfelix~gwestoffice. net Name of Utility Company : united water
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Please describe your comment briefly:
My partners and I operate a business with the goal of providing quality, affordable,
housing to low income individuals and families. We manage multi -family residential
properties, one of which is served by United Water. We offer a set return to our investors
for providing the capital to purchase the properties. We charge a rent to our tenants that
covers the operating costs plus the return to investors. Operating costs include the
maintenance and repair, utilities (including water), and any capital improvements.
Our tenants are mostly retirees, individuals with disabilities, and some families with low
incomes. Most live on social security, minimum wage service- industry incomes, and/or some
form of assistance income. Few if any have seen any increase in income in the past several
years. They struggle financially and live month-to-month.
We have been working with our tenants to reduce or maintain operating costs where ever
possible, and then reflect the results in their rental rates. Our efforts are focused on
reducing usage on utilities (including water), tenant participation in maintenance and
repair, and indefinite deferral of our capital improvement projects.
We have been successful in reducing usage of utilities including water (our most expensive
utility) . The proposed rate increase will more than offset our usage reduction. The tenants
do not understand how this can happen. This would be a tragic result. PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW
THIS RATE INCREASE. Help all of us who are dealing with our own financial challenges, help
ourselves. United Water needs their own cost reduction exercise and not a rate increase.
The form submitted on http://www.puc.idaho.gov/forms/ipuc1/ipuc.html
IP address is 71.221.174.129
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Jean Jewell
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ptkudry~cableone. net
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 6:48 AM
Jean Jewell; Beverly Barker; Gene Fadness
PUC Comment Form
A Comment from patrick kurdy follows:
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Case Number: ~t,"I/-l)""
Name: patrick kurdy
Address: 3029 n.24th st
City: boise
State: ID
Zip: 83702
Daytime Telephone: [phone]
Contact E-Mail: ptkudr~cableone.net
Name of Utility Company : united water idaho
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Please describe your comment briefly:
We are asked to conserve and are repayed by a rate hike?
The form submitted on http://www . puc. idaho. gov /forms/ipuc1/ipuc. html
IP address is 96.18.201.77
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