20240701CAP to Staff Supplemental Responses 50_51.pdf

RECEIVED
Monday, July 1, 2024
IDAHO PUBLIC
UTILITIES COMMISSION
ROBERT PRICE
PRESIDENT
CAPITOL WATER CORPORATION
2626 ELDORADO ST.
BOISE, IDAHO 83704-5926
208-375-0931
info(a,c ap itolwaterco rp.com
www.capitolwatercorp.com
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF )
CAPITOL WATER CORPORATION )
FOR AUTHORITY TO ) CASE NO. CAP-W-24-01
INCREASE ITS RATES AND CHARGES FOR )
WATER SERVICE IN THE STATE OF IDAHO. ) CAPITOL WATER
CORPORATION
SUPPLEMENTAL
RESPONSE TO THE
FOURTH PRODUCTION
REQUEST OF THE
COMMISSION STAFF
Capitol Water Corporation provides the following supplemental responses to the Fourth
Production Request of the Commission Staff to Capitol Water Corporation.
REQUEST NO. 50: Please provide a count of Test Year 2022 non-metered customers
by service size. Please also provide a count of the number of non-metered accounts that are
charged the Sprinkling Rate.
ORIGINAL COMPANY RESPONSE: The Company counted the number of
customers for the month of June 2022 to determine the count of Test Year 2022 non-metered or
flat-rate customers by service size. There are 2,198 3/4-Inch Service Lines; 308 1-Inch Service
Lines; and 12 1'/4-Inch Service Lines. For the month of June, there were 2,518 flat-rate
residential customers, as compared to the 2,521 flat-rate customers at year-end as reflected in the
2022 Annual Report.
The customer count fluctuates every month due to customers leaving the system either
through selling/buying the residence or moving into or out of a residential rental. Therefore,
FOURTH PRODUCTION REQUEST SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSE
OF CAPITOL WATER CORPORATION 1 JULY 1, 2024
TO COMMISSION STAFF

there are customer accounts each month that are not in service. The Company updates the year
end customer count by reviewing all new customer move in/move out documentation for the year
and adjusting the total number of customers for the Annual Report.
SUPPLEMENTAL COMPANY RESPONSE: To clarify the original response, for the
month of June, there were 2048 flat-rate 3/4-inch line customers paying the summer rate; 266 flat-
rate 1-inch customers paying the summer rate, and 12 11/4-inch line customers paying the -
summer rate, for a total of 2,326 flat-rate customers paying the summer rate during June 2022.
There were 150 3/4-inch line customers paying the winter rate; and 42 1-inch line customers
paying the winter rate, for a total of 192 customers paying the winter rate during June 2022.
REQUEST NO. 51: Please provide a customer bill from within the past year for each
meter size for metered customers, with all confidential customer information redacted.
COMPANY RESPONSE: Due to the eccentricities of the customer billing system, the
Company is not able to reproduce customer bills for prior billing periods. Capitol Water
Corporation is going to purchase new billing software, which will enable the Company to reprint
statements and other features.
The Company is in the process of printing and assembling the June 2024 bills and will
provide a customer bill for each meter size for metered customers by July 1, 2024, from the
current statement period.
SUPPLEMENTAL COMPANY RESPONSE: Please see the attached redacted
metered customer bills for each meter size, Attachment"Redacted Meter Bills June 2024
Question 51.pdf'.
DATED at Boise, Idaho, this first day of July 2024.
H. Robert Price
President, Capitol Water Corporation
FOURTH PRODUCTION REQUEST SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSE
OF CAPITOL WATER CORPORATION 2 JULY 1, 2024
TO COMMISSION STAFF