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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20240610Final_Order_No_36221.pdf Office of the Secretary Service Date June 10,2024 BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF VEOLIA WATER ) CASE NO. VEO-W-23-04 IDAHO,INC.'S APPLICATION FOR ) APPROVAL OF FIRE HYDRANT ) ORDER NO. 36221 CONVEYANCE, INSTALLATION,AND ) OPERATION AGREEMENT ) On October 20, 2023, Veolia Water Idaho, Inc. ("Company") applied for Commission approval of a Fire Hydrant Conveyance, Installation, and Operation Agreement ("Agreement") between the Company and Whitney Fire Protection District ("District") (collectively, "Parties"). The Company requested that the Commission process its Application through modified procedure. The Commission issued a Final Order on March 28, 2024, approving the Company's Application. Order No. 36122. On April 26, 2024, the Company submitted a compliance filing ("Compliance Filing"). Staff presented the Commission a Decision Memorandum at its May 7, 2024, Decision Meeting, stating that Staff had reviewed the Compliance Filing and recommended the Commission issue an Order approving the Company's filing made in compliance with Order No. 36122, effective 30 days after the Commission's order approving the Compliance Filing. COMMISSION FINDINGS AND DECISION The Commission has jurisdiction over this matter under Idaho Code §§ 61-501, -502, and -503. Idaho Code § 61-501 authorizes the Commission to "supervise and regulate every public utility in the state and to do all things necessary to carry out the spirit and intent of the [Public Utilities Law]." Idaho Code §§ 61-502 and -503 empower the Commission to investigate rates, charges, rules, regulations, practices, and contracts of public utilities and to determine whether they are just, reasonable, preferential, discriminatory, or in violation of any provision of law, and to fix the same by order. After reviewing the record in this case, including the Company's Compliance Filing and Staff s subsequent recommendation, we are satisfied with the modifications to the Agreement provided by the Company. The Compliance Filing clarified the definition of private fire hydrants in the Agreement between the Parties and fully complies with the Commission's requirements in Order No. 36122. Therefore, the Commission approves the Company's Compliance Filing effective 30 days from the issuance of this Order. ORDER NO. 36221 1 ORDER IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Company's Agreement, as modified by the Compliance Filing, is approved effective 30 days from the issuance of this Order. THIS IS A FINAL ORDER. Any person interested in this Order may petition for reconsideration within twenty-one (21) days of the service date of this order about any matter decided in this Order. Within seven (7) days after any person has petitioned for reconsideration, any other person may cross-petition for reconsideration.Idaho Code § 61-626. DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this 101h day of June 2024. :-(jz_� ERIC ANDERSON, PRESIDENT HN R. HAMMOND JR., COMMISSIONER G EDWARD LODGE, C MISSIONER ATTES al B - an hez Commission Secretary I:\Legal\WATER\VEO-W-23-04_hydrant\orders\VEOW2304_Comp_md.doex ORDER NO. 36221 2