20250715Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER LODGE
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSIONER HARDIE
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: JEFF LOLL
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: JULY 15, 2025
SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF INTERMOUNTAIN
SEWER AND WATER,CORP.FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE
OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY; CASE NO.ISW-W-25-01.
On May 29, 2025, Intermountain Sewer and Water, Corp. ("Company") filed an
application ("Application") with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission ("Commission")
requesting a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity ("CPCN") authorizing it to provide
water service in and around the Mayfield Spring Planned Community in Elmore County, Idaho.
The Company also requests authority from the Commission to charge an interim rate for service.
The Company requests its Application be processed by Modified Procedure.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Commission Staff ("Staff") believes the Commission should address the Company's
requests for a CPCN in the present case and the Company's rate request in a separate case.
Accordingly, Staff recommends that the Commission issue a Notice of Application and Notice of
Modified Procedure establishing a 21-day deadline for initial comments and a subsequent 7-day
Company reply comment deadline on the Company's Application for a CPCN. Staff further
recommends that the Commission open a new docket and transfer the Company's request to
establish interim rates to that docket,where it will be processed following issuance of a final order
in this case.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to (1) issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified
Procedure in this case, establishing a 21-day deadline for initial comments on the Company's
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Application for a CPCN and a subsequent 7-day Company reply comment deadline on the
Company's Application for a CPCN; and (2) open a new docket and transfer the Company's
request to increase rates to that docket, where it will be processed following issuance of a final
order in this case?
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Jeffr " Loll
Deputy Attorney General
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