20240806Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSIONER LODGE
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: ADAM TRIPLETT
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: AUGUST 6, 2024
SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF CAPITOL WATER CORPORATION'S
APPLICATION TO INCREASE ITS RATES AND CHARGES FOR WATER
SERVICE IN THE STATE OF IDAHO; CASE NO. CAP-W-24-01.
On August 5, 2024, Staff filed an expedited motion seeking to vacate the August 21, 2024,
public comment deadline, the September 4, 2024, company reply deadline, and the August 22,
2024, customer hearing in this case; and (2) to indefinitely suspend the Company's October 30,
2024, proposed effective date for new rates (as suspended by Order No. 36118), pending
completion of Staff s review of the Company's financial records. Staff represented that it filed the
motion because it cannot file adequate comments before the current deadline due to the Company's
antiquated record keeping and billing hindering examination of the Company's financial records.
Staff also attached a written document signed by a representative of the Company consenting to the
relief requested in the motion as an exhibit.
After completing its examination of the Company's finances, Staff indicated that it would
recommend new comment deadlines and propose a date for the rescheduled customer hearing.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue an order (1) vacating the comment and reply deadlines
and customer hearing established by Order No. 36187; and (2) indefinitely suspending the
Company's proposed effective date for new rates, pending completion of Staff s review of the
Company's financial records? Does the Commission wish to direct Staff to recommend new
comment and reply deadlines and a date for a customer hearing as soon as it determines it can
adequately review the Company's request and file comments in this case?
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Adam Triplett
Deputy Attorney General
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