20240312Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1
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DECISION MEMORANDUM

TO: COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSIONER LODGE
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL

FROM: ADAM TRIPLETT
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: MARCH 12, 2024

SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF VP INC.’S APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE
OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY AND TO INCREASE ITS
RATES AND CHARGES FOR WATER SERVICE IN THE STATE OF
IDAHO; CASE NO. VPI-W-24-01.

On January 11, 2024, VP Inc. (“VP”) applied for a Certificate of Public Convenience
and Necessity to provide water service near Sandpoint, Idaho (“Application”). The Commission
directed VP to file the Application after finding it was a water corporation subject to regulation as
a public utility in Case No. GNR-W-17-01. See Order No. 35998 at 4. On February 20, 2024, VP
amended its Application to also include a request to increase its rates and charges for water
service.1
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Commission issue a Notice of Application and Notice of
Intervention Deadline establishing a 21-day intervention period.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Intervention
Deadline establishing a 21-day intervention period?

______________________________
Adam Triplett
Deputy Attorney General

1 Although the proposed tariff VP included with its amended Application listed an effective date of January 1, 2024
in the footer of the document, Staff does not interpret this as a proposed effective date as the date is not mentioned
anywhere else in the body of the amended application. Therefore Staff does not believe it is not necessary to issue a
Notice of Suspension of the Proposed Effective Date.