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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20070621_1967.pdfDECISION MEMORANDUM TO:COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER CO MMISSI 0 NER SMITH CO MMISSI 0 NER RED FO RD COMMISSION SECRETARY COMMISSION STAFF LEG AL FROM:SCOTT WOODBURY DATE:JUNE 12,2007 SUBJECT:CASE NO. UWI-07-03 (United Water) AMENDED CERTIFICATE - BRITTANIA HEIGHTS On April 23, 2007, United Water Idaho Inc. (United Water; Company) filed an Application with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (Commission) requesting authority to amend and revise its Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity No. 143 , as amended, to include an area located on McDermott Road in Canyon County, Idaho identified as Brittania Heights. Reference Idaho Code ~ 61-526; IDAPA 31.01.01.112. The Application of the Company includes a legal description and map of Brittania Heights. Brittania Heights is located in the vicinity of United Water s existing Belmont Heights service area, an area non-contiguous to the Company s larger integrated system. Reference Case No. UWI-OI-, Order No. 28885. Brittania Heights will be developed in two phases. Phase 1 is designed for approximately 34 residential lots and Phase 2 is designed for approximately 105 residential lots. The water supply for Brittania Heights will come from two wells located in Belmont Heights. Both domestic water and fire protection will be provided from these wells. Lawn watering in Brittania Heights will be provided by an alternate irrigation source, not from United Water. The developer of Brittania Heights, Patriot Capital Partners LLC, has requested that United Water extend domestic water service facilities to the area. As represented in the Company s Application, the proposed development of Brittania Heights is not within the authorized service territory of any other water utility under the jurisdiction of the Commission nor, it states, will it interfere with the operations of any such utility. United Water further DECISION MEMORANDUM contends that the City of Nampa, Idaho, a municipal water provider with facilities in the vicinity of Brittania Heights, has consented to service by United Water. United Water submits that the extension into this area is consistent with the public convenience and necessity. Water service facilities will be extended to Brittania Heights pursuant to United Water s Rules and Regulations governing extensions. The area will be served by extending a 12- inch off-site water main approximately 3 425 feet from the Belmont Heights subdivision (1,580 feet Powerline Road, 1 845 feet McDermott Road). No other off-site facilities will need to be installed to provide service other than the associated 12-inch isolation valves. The developer will contribute all off-site and on-site facilities. No special facilities are required. On May 9, 2007, the Commission issued Notices of Application and Modified Procedure in Case No. UWI-07-03. The deadline for filing written comments was June 8 2007. Comments were filed by Commission Staff and the City ofNampa. The requested expansion area lies within the City of Nampa s Area of Impact. However, the nearest Nampa municipal water facilities are located along Happy Valley Road approximately Y2 miles west of the proposed Brittania subdivision. The City does not currently provide water service in this area and consents to United Water providing water service to Brittania Heights. Commission Staff recommends that the United Water Application for Certificate amendment be approved and that the Commission authorize United Water to construct of facilities and extend service to Brittania Heights. Staff in its comments notes that under the Company s Rules and Regulations Governing Non-Contiguous Expansion Brittania Heights, as a latecomer, may be required to reimburse the developer of Belmont Heights for some source of supply costs if the amount of the original advance by Belmont Heights has not yet been fully recovered.Reference United Water/Thueson Construction and Development (developer of Belmont Heights) August 1 , 2001 Residential or Multiple Family Housing Water System Agreement. COMMISSION DECISION United Water has filed an Application in Case No. UWI-07-03 requesting authority to amend and revise its certificated area of service to include an area in Canyon County identified as Brittania Heights. The requested expansion area lies within the City of Nampa DECISION MEMORANDUM United Water. Commission Staff recommends that the Company s Application be approved. Does the Commission find it reasonable to approve United Water s Application to expand its service area to include Brittania Heights? Scott Woodbury bls/M:UWI-O7-03 sw2 DECISION MEMORANDUM