20240820Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSIONER LODGE
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: MICHAEL DUVAL
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: AUGUST 20, 2024
SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF INTERMOUNTAIN GAS COMPANY'S REQUEST
FOR AUTHORITY TO DECREASE ITS PRICES; CASE NO. INT-G-24-04.
On August 9,2024,Intermountain Gas Company("Company"),applied to the Idaho Public
Utilities Commission ("Commission") for new rate schedules for the Company's Purchased Gas
Cost("PGA"), effective October 1, 2024, ("Application"). If approved, the Company represented
that the typical residential customer would have a decrease of $6.69 or
13.14 percent, per month, and the typical commercial customer would have a decrease of$33.26
or 14.46 percent, per month. Id. at the Company's August 9, 2024, News Release. The Company
also asked that the case be processed via Modified Procedure.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Commission issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified
Procedure establishing a September 11, 2024, public comment deadline, and a September 18,
2023, Company reply deadline.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified
Procedure establishing a September 11, 2024, public comment deadline, and a September 18,
2024, Company reply deadline?
Michael Duval
Deputy Attorney General
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