20241008Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSIONER LODGE
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: CHRIS BURDIN
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: OCTOBER 8, 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.
On September 3, 2024, the Commission considered Riverside's June 27, 2024, filing
during the Commission's Decision Meeting.
On September 13,2024,the Commission issued Order No. 36319 rejecting the unexecuted
Agreement filed on June 27, 2024, and giving the parties fourteen (14) days to either file an
executed Agreement or file an amended request for Commission intervention.
As of September 27, 2024, the parties have not submitted any additional filings.
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Based upon Commission Order No. 36319, and the lack of subsequent response from any
party, Commission Staff recommends that the Commission dismiss the Application.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to dismiss the Application?
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Chris Burdin
Deputy Attorney General
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