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2259 S.White Pine Place
Boise,ID 83706
1 July2015
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Idaho Public Utilities Commission
P0 Box 83720 UIILi
Boise,Idaho 83 720-0074
RE:United Water Idaho Request for Rate Increase
Dear Sirs:
First,a complaint about your online Case Comment form.I dutifully filled out the form at
www.puc.idaho.gov/forms /casecomment.aspx and entered my comments regarding United
Water Idaho’s request for rate increase.Then I pressed the Submit button and immediately
received the attached email from your automated if responder.My message was not accepted
“for policy reasons”(not clear why),and my thoughtfully crafted message was flushed by your
system.I can assure [e-mail] is a valid personal email and that I
properly completed the form.This is an extremely aggravating introduction to making a
comment to the IPUC.I suggest you address this issue.
Second,the point of my above fruitless online exercise,and I do hope this snail mail comment
reaches you,I wish to state my opposition to United Water Idaho’s request for a rate increase.
As a residential consumer of United Water Idaho I want to go on record as strongly against
United Water Idaho’s requested increase of 13.2%.Their recent “Notice of Application to
Increase Rates”was to me nothing but a sob story of how tough things are,and how minimally
the increase would impact consumers.I don’t accept this.I already feel the rates I pay as a
residential consumer are beyond exorbitant.As a retiree on a fixed income I wish I could go to
someone for a 13.2%raise like United Water is doing.
As you know,United Water Idaho is owned by Suez,a large French multinational.Certainly
none of the reasons for rate increase United Water cites were unforeseen and all those items were
part of a strategic corporate plan that was operationally budgeted long ago.United Water was
granted a significant rate increase a little over two years ago,and I am sure that there have been
no unforeseen/surprise projects that occurred in the intervening period that suddenly demand a
13.2%rate increase.United Water Idaho already went to the WUC well a little over two years
ago.This request for increase is opportunistic,unjustified,and unfair to the residential
consumer.
Please do not approve this or any other rate increase by United Water Idaho/Suez at this time.
Regards,
Virgel Clark
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Boise,Idaho
Greg,
I am a 69 year old retired women,living on a fixed income and I received a letter from United Water
saying they want a rate increase for the water,again (last increase Jan 2012).
My monthly water bill for 4/201-6/17/15 was $62.82 of which $20.80 for customer charge was billed to
me.
United Water wants .14 cents per day increase from me and lets say 300,000 estimated customers.
300,000 water customers ($20.80 customer charge)$6,240,000 PER MONTH
6 months @ $6,240,000 $37,440,000 PER HALF YEAR
300,000 .14 cent increase $42,000 PER MONTH
6 months @ $42,000 $252,000 PER HALF YEAR INCREASE
Customer charge $6,240,000
Increase 2015 $42,000
Total increase customer service only $6,282,000 per month increase or
Total six months customer service only $376,920,000 increase
Will the service charge of $20.80 increase to $?The above increase is estimated on $20.80.I know it
costs money to run the water department and where are they getting the water?This estimate is for
Boise.What about the other cities that receive water from united water?The annual cost would be
$753,840,000 just in customer services.I wish united water had not been sold to France,that was a big
mistake
It’s only money and pretty soon I will not have any.
Sincerely,
Sandy Royer
Jean Jewel!
From:mdayl 481 @gmail.com
Sent:Thursday,July 02,2015 5:20 PM
To:Beverly Barker;Jean Jewell;Gene Fadness
Cc:mdayl 481 @gmail.com
Subject:Case Comment Form:William Day
Name:William Day
Case Number:UWI -W -15 -01
Email:mday1481(gmail .corn
Telephone:[phone]
Address:6822 Kirkwood Ct.
Boise Id,83709
Name of Utility Company:United Water Idaho Acknowledge public record:True
Comment:Commissioners:
I would like to comment on the Proposed increase in rates by United Water Idaho.United
Water a Giant French Corporation,Suez Environment,is the Second largest water service
corporation in the world,with a reported 2013 profit of 486 million dollars.Mssr.Chaussade
the French CEO received a basic salary of 2.5 million dollars.
Idaho is the only state in the U.S.wholly controlled by Suez,and the only western state
except California with any ties to Suez Environment.
In the 1980’s United water was an American company and as part of the bi-monthly water
bill offered stock options,every water bill allowed me to purchase stock in United water at
no charge.This stock performed quite well as municipal utility stocks usually do.In 1994
when Suez acquired United water they cashed out my shares and no longer offered a no load
option to easily purchase stock.
United Water,Suez,claims to need more money for their infrastructure maintenance.This
seems to be only for the City of Boise.I feel developers should provide for new service
needs,and pay for the increased use of the system.It is unfair to charge every water user
in Idaho an extra fifty dollars a year.
Suez Environment following the path of other Utility monopolies wants to Privatize the
profits and Socialize the costs.
I vote NO on the proposed rate increase to benefit Stock holders in France
Thank You for Your time.Sincerely,
William Day
Unique Identifier:65.129.56.86
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