960705.docx

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:COMMISSIONER NELSON
COMMISSIONER SMITH
COMMISSIONER HANSEN
MYRNA WALTERS
STEPHANIE MILLER
DAVID SCHUNKE
DON HOWELL
EILEEN BENNER
BILL EASTLAKE
JIM LONG
BIRDELLE BROWN
BEVERLY BARKER
GARY RICHARDSON
TONYA CLARK
WORKING FILE
FROM:JOE CUSICK
DATE:JULY 5, 1996
SUBJECT:UNRESOLVED EAS PETITIONS
In 1993 the Commission established Case No. GNR-T-93-13 as a general examination of  the issue of EAS. The purpose of this case was to establish a more definitive criteria upon which future EAS petitions would be examined.  In Order No. 26311, the Commission adopted community-of-interest standards to be used in the evaluation of all EAS petitions.
Although Order No. 26311 established certain community-of-interest standards it did not rule on any of the specific cases, therefore, any case which was put on hold during this proceeding has yet to be decided.  In addition, during the time of this case, most of the petitions which were received were made part of Case No. GNR-T-93-13 and not assigned specific numbers.  These petitions also remain unresolved.
The Commission, as well as the Staff, has received calls and letters which show that there is still a great deal of public interest in these cases.  Staff believes that the time has come to begin to examine these petitions on an individual basis.
Attachment A is a list of the outstanding EAS petitions the Staff has identified.  Some of these petitions have case numbers already assigned to them and others do not.  Some of the petitions will be addressed, in whole or in part, in Case No. USW-S-96-4, the EAS stipulation between the Staff and U S WEST.
Staff recommends that those petitions that have not been assigned a case number be assigned one.  Staff further recommends that those petitions not being addressed in Case No. USW-S-96-4 be queued up for examination.  For purposes of simplicity, Staff recommends these petitions be examined on a first-in first-out basis, starting with the petition of Homedale/Wilder customers to call the Nampa/Caldwell area.
While it would be impractical, because of the Commission’s current workload, to attempt to schedule all of the petitions at this time, I believe a commitment needs to be made to address these petitions as expeditiously as possible.  
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to assign case numbers to those cases which have not yet been assigned numbers?
Does the Commission wish to begin examination of these petitions on an individual basis?
If so, in what order should these petitions be examined?
________________________
Joe Cusick
dec-memo/petitions/jwc
FROM
TO
DATE FILED
CASE #
Homedale - Citz
Wilder - Citz
Nampa        USW
Caldwell     USW
March ‘93
GNR-T-93-7
Parma - Citz
Caldwell - USW
NuAcres - Farmers
Nyssa - Malheur
March ‘93
GNR-T-93-11
Arbon - Rockland
Pocatello - USW
Feb ‘95
Arbon - Rockland
Rockland - “
Amer.  Falls - USW
Jan.  ‘94
Amer Falls - USW
Pocatello - USW
Aug ‘94
USW-S-96-4
Swan Falls / Irwin
USW & Silver Star
Id Falls - USW
Ririe - USW
Driggs - Teton
Mar ‘94
Aberdeen - Citz
Blackfoot - USW
Nov ‘94
Riggins - Citz
New Mead. - Citz
New Mead. - Citz
White Bird - Citz
Grngvlle - USW
Council - Cambrdg
McCall - Citz
Kooskia - USW
Elk City - GTE
Feb ‘94
Weiser - USW
Payette - USW
Nov ‘95
Albion - Albion
Malta -       “
Elba -         “
Almo -       “
Raft Rvr -   “
Burley - USW
Declo - USW
Same
Feb ‘95
Magic Valley
Magic Valley
USW-S-96-4
GNR-T-95-5
Garden Valley - Citz
(Horseshoe B.  to Boise expected soon)
Boise - USW
Horseshoe B. - Citz
Id City - USW
Lowman - Cambridge
Mar 96
GNR-T-96-2
Boise - USW
Caldwell - USW
Nampa - USW
Same
USW-S-96-4
GNR-T- 95-2