20260811Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER LODGE
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSIONER HARDIE
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: KELSEA E. ROSS
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: AUGUST 11, 2026
SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF SCHWEITZER BASIN WATER LLC'S APPLICATION
FOR AUTHORITY TO INCREASE ITS RATES AND CHARGES FOR
WATER SERVICE IN THE STATE OF IDAHO; CASE NO. SCH-W-26-01.
On July 27, 2026, Schweitzer Basin Water LLC ("Company") applied to the Idaho Public
Utilities Commission("Commission")requesting authority to increase its rates and charges for water
services ("Application"). Application at 1. The Company requested authority for a 134% increase in
its water rates.Id. at 1-2. The Company requested the proposed rate increase be effective September
1, 2026.Id. at 2.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Upon consideration of the Application, the proposed rate increase, and the Company's
proposed effective date, Commission Staff("Staff')recommends that the Commission issue a Notice
of Application, a Notice of Intervention Deadline establishing a 21-day intervention period, and a
Notice of Suspension suspending the Company's proposed effective date for 30 days and five months
or until the Commission enters an order accepting,rejecting, or modifying the proposed rate increase,
whichever comes first.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application,a Notice of Intervention Deadline
establishing a 21-day intervention period, and a Notice of Suspension suspending the Company's
proposed effective date for 30 days and five months or until the Commission enters an order
accepting, rejecting, or modifying the proposed rate increase,whichever comes first?
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Kelsea E. Ross
Deputy Attorney General
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