20240322Notice_of_Application_Order_No_36118.pdf

NOTICE OF APPLICATION
NOTICE OF INTERVENTION DEADLINE
NOTICE OF SUSPENSION OF PROPOSED EFFECTIVE DATE
ORDER NO. 36118 1

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
March 22, 2024
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

IN THE MATTER OF CAPITOL WATER
CORPORATION’S APPLICATION TO
INCREASE ITS RATES AND CHARGES FOR
WATER SERVICE IN THE STATE OF
IDAHO
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CASE NO. CAP-W-24-01

NOTICE OF APPLICATION

NOTICE OF INTERVENTION
DEADLINE

NOTICE OF SUSPENSION OF
PROPOSED EFFECTIVE DATE

ORDER NO. 36118

On March 1, 2024, Capitol Water Corporation (“Company”) applied to increase its rates
and charges for water service. The Company requests an April 1, 2024 effective date.
With this Order, the Commission provides notice of the Company’s Application, sets a
deadline for interested parties to intervene, and suspends the Company’s proposed effective date.
BACKGROUND
The Company is a Commission-regulated water corporation serving 2,521 residential, 279
commercial, and 35 private fire protection customers in the city of Boise in Ada County, Idaho.
The Company provides service under Certificate of Public Convenience No. 239. The Company’s
current rates were set about fifteen years ago in Case No. CAP-W-08-02.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Company seeks to increase customer rates
through the addition of a $5.12 monthly service charge to all its customers including residential,
commercial, and private fire protection.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Company represents that if the Commission
approves the request in full, customer bills could increase by 24.61%, increasing the Company’s
annual revenues by $174,068.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Company represents that it has notified its
customers by inserting a written notice in each customer’s bill mailed on February 29, 2024, and
that a similar notice was provided to local news media on March 1, 2024. Copies of the notices are
included with the Application.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
NOTICE OF INTERVENTION DEADLINE
NOTICE OF SUSPENSION OF PROPOSED EFFECTIVE DATE
ORDER NO. 36118 2

YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Application and supporting documentation
have been filed with the Commission and are available for public inspection during regular
business hours at the Commission’s office. These documents are also available on the
Commission’s website at www.puc.idaho.gov. Click on the “Water” icon, select “Open Cases,”
and then click on the case number as shown on the front of this document.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Commission has designated this case as a
general rate case. As such, the Company’s intrastate revenue requirement, and every component
of it, both rate base and expense, are at issue. The Commission may grant, deny, or modify the
revenue requirement requested and may find a revenue requirement different from that proposed
by any party is just, fair, and reasonable. IDAPA 31.01.01.124.01.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that all of the Company’s retail rates and charges, both
recurring and non-recurring, are at issue, and every component of every existing and proposed rate
and charge is at issue. The Commission may approve, reject, or modify the rates and charges
proposed and may find that rates and charges different from those proposed by any party are just,
fair, and reasonable. IDAPA 31.01.01.124.02.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Commission may approve, reject, or modify
existing or proposed relationships between and among rates and charges within, between, or
among customer classes or rate groupings and may approve, reject, or modify existing or proposed
relationships among and between customer classes or rate groupings.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Commission may abolish, reduce, or create rate
blocks or categories of rates and charges; abolish, create, or reduce components of rates and
charges; abolish, reduce, or create customer classes or rate groupings; and abolish, reduce, or create
absolute or relative differences among and between existing classes or rate groupings of customers.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the tariffs, practices, rules and regulations, service,
instrumentalities, equipment, facilities, classifications, and customer relations of the utility are at
issue, and the Commission may address any of them in its order.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that all proceedings in this case will be held pursuant
to the Commission’s jurisdiction under Title 61 of the Idaho Code.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that all proceedings in this matter will be conducted
pursuant to the Commission’s Rules of Procedure, IDAPA 31.01.01.000 et seq.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
NOTICE OF INTERVENTION DEADLINE
NOTICE OF SUSPENSION OF PROPOSED EFFECTIVE DATE
ORDER NO. 36118 3

NOTICE OF INTERVENTION DEADLINE
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that persons desiring to intervene in this matter to
obtain parties’ rights of participation must file a Petition to Intervene with the Commission
pursuant to this Commission’s Rules of Procedure 72 and 73, IDAPA 31.01.01.072 and -.073.
Persons who wish to intervene as a party must file a Petition to Intervene no later than 21
days after the date of service of this Order. Such persons shall also provide the Commission
Secretary with their email address to facilitate further communications.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that after the intervention deadline runs, the
Commission Secretary shall issue a Notice of Parties identifying the parties and assigning exhibit
numbers to each party. Once the Notice of Parties has issued, Commission Staff shall informally
confer with the Company and any intervening parties about how to further process this case and
shall then report back to the Commission on a proposed case schedule.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that persons who would like to present their views
without parties’ rights of participation and cross-examination do not have to intervene but may
present their views by submitting written comments to the Commission.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the following people are designated as the
Company’s representatives in this matter:
H. Robert Price
Capitol Water Corporation
2626 Eldorado
Boise, ID 83704
[e-mail]

Kathy Stockton
2310 W. Lemhi St.
Boise, ID 83705
[e-mail]
NOTICE OF SUSPENSION OF PROPOSED EFFECTIVE DATE
As stated previously, the Company filed its Application on March 1, 2024, proposing an
April 1, 2024 effective date. The Commission finds that the Company’s proposed effective date
does not provide adequate time for Commission Staff and interested persons to evaluate the
Company’s proposal. Pursuant to Idaho Code § 61-622(4), the Commission suspends the proposed
changes for thirty (30) days and five (5) months or until the Commission enters an order accepting,
rejecting, or modifying the proposed rate increases.

NOTICE OF APPLICATION
NOTICE OF INTERVENTION DEADLINE
NOTICE OF SUSPENSION OF PROPOSED EFFECTIVE DATE
ORDER NO. 36118 4

ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that persons desiring to intervene in this matter must file a
Petition to Intervene no later than 21 days from the service date of this Order. Once the deadline
has passed, the Commission Secretary shall prepare and issue a Notice of Parties.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, after the Notice of Parties has issued, Commission Staff
shall confer with the parties regarding a procedural schedule for this matter including, if necessary,
a hearing in this matter.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the April 1, 2024, effective date the Company proposes
for its rate increases is suspended for thirty (30) days plus five (5) months or until the Commission
enters an earlier order accepting, rejecting, or modifying the proposed rate increases.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that parties comply with Order No. 35375, issued April 21,
2022. Generally, all pleadings should be filed with the Commission electronically and will be
deemed timely filed when received by the Commission Secretary. See Rule 14.02. Service between
parties should continue to be accomplished electronically when possible. However, voluminous
discovery-related documents may be filed and served on CD-ROM or a USB flash drive.
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this 22nd day of
March 2024.

ERIC ANDERSON, PRESIDENT

JOHN R. HAMMOND JR., COMMISSIONER

EDWARD LODGE, COMMISSIONER
ATTEST:

Monica Barrios-Sanchez
Commission Secretary
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