960218.docx

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:COMMISSIONER NELSON
COMMISSIONER SMITH
COMMISSIONER HANSEN
MYRNA WALTERS
TONYA CLARK
DON HOWELL
STEPHANIE MILLER
DAVID SCHUNKE
LYNN ANDERSON
JUDY STOKES
RANDY LOBB
DAVID SCOTT
WORKING FILE
FROM:SCOTT WOODBURY
DATE:FEBRUARY 18, 1996
RE:CASE NO. UWI-W-96-6
INVESTIGATION—SERVICE/WATER QUALITY
MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME
On November 7, 1996, the Commission issued Order No. 26673 initiating Case No. UWI-W-96-6.  The Commission’s Order allowed a 75-day discovery period and an additional 30 days (to February 20) in which the Staff was to file a report detailing the nature and extent of the Company’s water quality (iron and manganese) problem, the Company’s efforts to address the problem (technical and customer relations), and alternatives for mitigating or eliminating the problem (including estimated costs).  
On February 14, 1997, Commission Staff in Case No. UWI-W-96-6 filed a Motion (attached) requesting a 90-day extension of time for filing its final investigative report.  Staff contends that additional time is needed to conduct further investigation and explore various solutions with United Water.  Accompanying Staff’s Motion is a status report detailing Staff’s preliminary analyses of water quality problems, alternative solutions, costs incurred, customer complaints and complaint processing.  
Commission Decision
Staff has requested a 90-day extension of time for filing its final investigative report in Case No. UWI-W-96-6.  Does the Commission find it reasonable to authorize the requested extension?  If not, what is the Commission’s preference?

Scott D. Woodbury
bls/M-uwiw966.sw