20151016Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM

TO: COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
COMMISSIONER SMITH
COMMISSIONER RAPER
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL

FROM: DAPHNE HUANG
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: OCTOBER 15, 2015

SUBJECT: AGREED SETTLEMENT IN UNITED WATER’S APPLICATION TO
INCREASE RATES AND CHARGES, CASE NO. UWI-W-15-01
On May 21, 2015, United Water Idaho Inc. filed a general rate case Application to
increase its rates and charges for water service effective June 22, 2015. The Commission issued
a Notice of Application and Notice of Intervention Deadline. Order No. 33316. Community
Action Partnership Association of Idaho (CAPAI) petitioned to intervene, which the Commission
granted. Order No. 33334. The Commission established a procedural schedule with the
following deadlines:
October 9, 2015 Staff & Intervenor file direct testimony
November 6, 2015 Petitioner files rebuttal testimony
November 19, 2015 Technical Hearing

Order No. 33344. Upon receiving the parties’ Notice of Proposed Settlement and Motion to
Amend Procedural Schedule, the Commission determined it was reasonable to vacate the
schedule, and granted the Motion. Order No. 33394.
On October 8, 2015, the parties filed a Settlement Stipulation and a Joint Motion to
Adopt Settlement Procedure and Approve Settlement Stipulation. The parties ask the
Commission to issue a Notice of Proposed Settlement and Order that:
1. sets a deadline of November 6, 2015, for the parties’ testimony in support
of the Stipulation;

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2. sets a technical hearing for the parties’ presentation of the Stipulation on
November 19, 2015, starting at 9:30 a.m. in the Commission hearing
room;

3. seeks public comments about the Stipulation with a 21-day comment
period; and

4. sets a public customer hearing about the Stipulation for November 19,
2015, starting at 7:00 p.m. in the Commission hearing room.

The parties seek additional relief upon the Commission’s consideration of testimony and
comments about the Stipulation, which will be addressed in a later decision memorandum.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to adopt the proposed procedural schedule?

Daphne Huang
Daphne Huang
Deputy Attorney General

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