HomeMy WebLinkAbout20240903Decision Memo.pdfDECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSIONER LODGE
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: CHRIS BURDIN
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF RIVERSIDE ELECTRIC
COMPANY, LIMITED AND CITY OF RUPERT FOR AN ORDER
APPROVING A SERVICE TERRITORY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
APPLICANTS; CASE NO. C12-E-24-02.
On February 2, 2024, Riverside Electric Company, Limited (“Riverside”) and City of
Rupert (“Rupert”) filed an application with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (“Commission”)
for approval of a Service Territory Agreement between Riverside and Rupert.
On June 5, 2024, the Commission issued a Final Order approving the Service Territory
Agreement and requiring the parties to submit an executed Agreement to the Commission. Order
No. 36208. On June 27, 2024, Riverside submitted a notarized Agreement signed by the Board
president of Riverside Electric Company Limited and legal counsel. Riverside represented:
This application has been in the possession of the City of Rupert since before March
15, 2024 and after several inquiries we have gotten neither a signature nor a written
reply. We would like IPUC to intervene.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Commission Staff (“Staff”) has reviewed the submission, and Staff recommends that the
Commission reject the unexecuted Agreement. With respect to Riverside’s request that the
Commission intervene, Staff notes that Riverside has not presented any argument or authority to
show how, or why, the Commission would intervene in this matter. Staff recommends that the
Commission deny the request. In the alternative, Staff recommends the Commission provide
Riverside with fourteen (14) days to submit additional argument and authority to support the
request.
DECISION MEMORANDUM 2
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to:
1. Reject the unexecuted Agreement?
2. Deny Riverside’s request for the Commission to intervene?
3. Provide Riverside with fourteen (14) days to submit additional argument and authority
to support its request for the Commission to intervene?
__________________________
Chris Burdin
Deputy Attorney General
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