20250318Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER LODGE
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSIONER HARDIE
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: ADAM TRIPLETT
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: MARCH 18, 2025
SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF VALIANT IDAHO, INC./TIC UTILITIES, LLC's
APPLICATION TO INCREASE ITS RATES AND CHARGES FOR
WATER SERVICE IN THE STATE OF IDAHO; CASE NO. VID-W-25-02.
On March 4,2025,TIC Utilities,LLC,an entity affiliated with Valiant Idaho,Inc.,(a public
utility providing water service under Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity No. 554,
("Company") applied to increase its rates and charges for water service. The Company requests a
July 1, 2025, effective date for the proposed rate increase.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Commission issue a Notice of Application and Notice of
Intervention Deadline establishing a 21-day intervention period. Staff further recommends the
Commission suspend the Company's proposed effective date for 30 days and five months,
consistent with Idaho Code § 61-622(4).
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Intervention
Deadline establishing a 21-day intervention period and suspend the Company's proposed effective
date for 30 days and five months, consistent with Idaho Code § 61-622(4)?
Adam Triplett
Deputy Attorney General
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