20240603Staff 63-67 to SWS.pdf

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Monday, June 3, 2024 1:34:10 PM
IDAHO PUBLIC
UTILITIES COMMISSION
MICHAEL DUVAL
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
PO BOX 83720
BOISE, IDAHO 83720-0074
[phone]
IDAHO BAR NO. 11714
Street Address for Express Mail:
11331 W CHINDEN BLVD, BLDG 8, SUITE 201-A
BOISE, ID 83714
Attorney for the Commission Staff
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF CDS STONERIDGE )
UTILITIES,LLC'S APPLICATION FOR ) CASE NO. SWS-W-24-01
AUTHORITY TO INCREASE ITS RATES )
AND CHARGES FOR WATER SERVICE IN )
THE STATE OF IDAHO ) SIXTH PRODUCTION
REQUEST OF THE
COMMISSION STAFF
TO CDS STONERIDGE
UTILITIES,LLC
Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission("Commission"), by and through its
attorney of record, Michael Duval, Deputy Attorney General, requests that CDS Stoneridge
Utilities, LLC ("Company")provide the following documents and information as soon as
possible, but no later than MONDAY,JUNE 24, 2024.
This Production Request is to be considered as continuing, and the Company is requested
to provide,by way of supplementary responses, additional documents that it(or any person
acting on its behalf) may later obtain that will augment the documents or information produced.
Please provide answers to each question, supporting workpapers that provide detail or are
the source of information used in calculations, and the name,job title, and telephone number of
the person preparing the documents. Please also identify the name,job title, location, and
telephone number of the record holder.
SIXTH PRODUCTION REQUEST
TO CDS STONERIDGE UTILITIES, LLC 1 JUNE 3, 2024

In addition to the written copies provided as response to the requests,please provide all
Excel spreadsheets and electronic files with formulas intact and enabled.
REQUEST NO. 63: In the meeting between the Company and Staff that occurred on
May 9, 2024, the Company discussed revisions to Marked-up Tariff#5 submitted on March 20,
2024, and indicated in that meeting that it will no longer pursue tiered rates in this case. The
Company and Staff also discussed several other miscellaneous items that need to be revised in
the tariff. Please provide an update to Tariff#5 without the tiered rates and with updates for the
miscellaneous items after working with Staff. Please include a summary of all the changes to
the updated tariff.
REQUEST NO. 64: Please confirm that the Company is still proposing to charge the
Golf Course Irrigation customer the proposed minimum monthly charge for their meter size (i.e.
6-inch meter with a $5,546 minimum monthly charge and a 10% discounted $2.65/1000 gallon
commodity charge) in addition to the 10% discounted commodity charge. If this is not the case,
please clarify the Company's proposal and provide an updated tariff.
REQUEST NO. 65: In response to Production Request#13, the Company stated that
2023 total consumption is 110,936,200 gallons. The total consumption for the system minus
46,548,200 gallons from the Golf Course 6-inch meter would be 64,388,000 gallons. In the
Company's Application, Exhibit 5, Schedule A, the Company stated that 2023 total annual
consumption is 57,415,001 gallons—which excludes the Golf Course 6-inch meter. Please
reconcile these two numbers in Excel format with all formulas intact. Additionally, please
reconcile any other differences between the data provided in response to Production Request#13
and the Application Exhibit 5, Schedule A.
REQUEST NO. 66: In an email response to Staff on May 8, 2024, the Company stated
that the Golf Course 6-inch irrigation meter was disconnected in Fall 2023. Please provide the
date of disconnection. Additionally, the Company stated that a new well for Golf Course
irrigation was put online in fall 2023. Please provide the date that the well began serving the
Golf Course's water demands.
SIXTH PRODUCTION REQUEST
TO CDS STONERIDGE UTILITIES, LLC 2 JUNE 3, 2024

REQUEST NO. 67: Please provide the estimated amount of water that the Company is
expected to provide to the Golf Course 6-inch meter in 2024 and 2025. Please provide the
estimated amount of water that the Company is expected to provide to the other Golf Course
meters in 2024 and 2025.
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DATED at Boise, Idaho, this 3 day of June 2024.
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Michael Duval
Deputy Attorney General
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SIXTH PRODUCTION REQUEST
TO CDS STONERIDGE UTILITIES, LLC 3 JUNE 3, 2024

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I HAVE THIS DAY OF JUNE 2024,
SERVED THE FOREGOING SIXTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE
COMMISSION STAFF TO CDS STONERIDGE UTILITIES, LLC, IN CASE NO.
SWS-W-24-01, BY &MAILING A COPY THEREOF, TO THE FOLLOWING:
CHAN KARUPIAH RICK HARUTHUNIAN
MANAGING PARTNER RAMSDEN, MARFICE, EALY & DE SMET,
CDS STONERIDGE UTILITIES, LLC LLP
P.O. BOX 298 700 NORTHWEST BLVD.
364 STONERIDGE ROAD P.O. BOX 1336
BLANCHARD, ID 83804 COEUR D'ALENE, ID 83816-1336
E-MAIL: chansai-iacomcast.net E-MAIL: rharuthunianarmedlaw.com
utilities(@stoneridgeidaho.com
RANDOLPH LEE GARRISON,PRO SE NORMAN M SEMANKO
76 BELLFLOWER CT. PATRICK M NGALAMULUME
BLANCHARD, ID 83804 PARSONS BEHLE & LATIMER
E-MAIL: garrison(cDrmgarrison.com 800 W MAIN ST STE 1300
BOISE ID 83702
E-MAIL: nsemankoal?arsonsbehle.com
pngalamulume(ct parsonsbehle.com
PATRICIA JORDAN, SECRETARY
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE