20111116Comments.pdf

Jean Jewell
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dshaff25(§cableone. net
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 4:40 PM
Jean Jewell; Beverly Barker; Gene Fadness
PUC Comment Form
A Comment from Donald Shaff follows:
Case Number: UWI-W-11-Ø2
Name: Donald Shaff
Address: 4552 N Foothill Dr
City: Boise
State: ID
Zip: 837Ø3
Daytime Telephone: 2Ø8-89Ø- 5337
Contact E-Mail: dshaff25~cableone.net
Name of Utility Company: United Water Idaho
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Please describe your comment briefly:
The general rate increased proposed by UWI should be denied, at best, or reduced to 3 per
cent. Any company who watches its sales decline has no choice but to look at its operations
and find ways to cut expenses. UWI i s customers are using less water partly through
promotional efforts by UWI. Less water processed should require less chemicals for treatment
and fewer people to do the work including particularly its executive staff. A rate increase
of 2 to 3 per cent would acknowledge the inflationary cost of doing business. UWI can cut
its expenses by eliminating positions or cutting salaries or other operational costs. UWI
customers should not be expected to keep an opulent environment of a subsidiary of Suez and
get the minimum guaranteed rate of return as a regulated utility.
The form submitted on http://www.puc.idaho.gov/forms/ipuc1/ipuc.html
IP address is 96.18.99.39
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Jean Jewell
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PULLIAMDAVID(§MSN.COM
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 1: 17 PM
Jean Jewell; Beverly Barker; Gene Fadness
PUC Comment Form
A Comment from DAVE PULLIAM follows:
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Case Number: ULr. -iJ -1/-0 d-
Name: DAVE PULLIAM
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City: BOISE
State: ID
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Contact E-Mail: PULLIAMDAVI~MSN.COM
Name of Utility Company: UNITED WATER
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REJECT UNITED WATERS i RATE INCREASE. THEY CAN TIGHTEN THEIR BELT JUST LIKE THE REST OF US IN
THIS MESSED UP ECONOMY.
The form submitted on http://www.puc.idaho.gov/forms/ipuc1/ipuc.html
IP address is 75.174.79.1Ø9
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Jean Jewell
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editor(§safetychoice.org
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 9:48 AM
Jean Jewell; Beverly Barker; Gene Fadness
PUC Comment Form
A Comment from Stefan Schreier follows:
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Case Number: ¿¡wI-0-I/-o?-
Name: Stefan Schreier
Address: 448Ø Burnside Place
City: Boise
State: Idaho
Zip: 837Ø2
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Contact E-Mail: edi tor~safetychoice. org
Name of Utility Company : United Water
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Please describe your comment briefly:
I have just received a notice from United Water that they applied for a rate increase on
August3, 2Ø11. It is not clear to me why they waited until November 15 to send out this
notice. As an ordinary citizen I do not know all the technical details of this case which
probably means I am going to wind up getting screwed, which is what usually happens to us
ordinary citizens. My comment is that I have found United Water to be arrogant, unresponsive
and not all that competent. As you may know, United Water is part of a huge, international
conglomerate which used to be known as Indo-Suez, based in France, I believe. Their attitude
towards an individual customer in Boise, Idaho is about the same as that of Louis XIV toward
a peasant in some distant province.
As far as the merit of their case is concerned, I don't know about their construction
expenses, but their argument that they need a rate increase because people are using less
water seems to me to be illogical. The more they raise their rates the less water people are
going to use.
In most municipalities, water is a public, not a private service. That doesn't mean it's
necessarily better, but perhaps we should be exploring what al ternati ves are available to us.
The form submitted on http://www . puc. idaho. gov /forms/ipuc1/ipuc. html
IP address is 2Ø9 .151. 53.1
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