Notice of Application, Prehearing Conference.pdf

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BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES CO:MISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION )
OF INTERMOUNTAIN GAS COMPANY FOR )
APPROVAL OF ITS PROPOSED RATE )
SCHEDULES ..........................)
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CASE NO. U-L034-88
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
AND PREHEARING CONFERENCE
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on May 14, 1980, the Idaho
Public Utilities Conmission received an application from Intermountain
Gas Company (hereinafter Applicant) requesting authorization to
increase its rates and charges for natural gas service provided
to its customers in the State of Idaho.
Applicant requests that tariffs imposing a rate increase
of $5,566,079 become effective on and after June 13, 1980.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that Applicant alleges that
the rates in its present tariff are now unjust, unfair, unrea-
sonable and insufficient to yield reasonable and fair compensa-
tion for service rendered in the State of Idaho. The Applicant
alleges that an allowed rate of return of 11.748% constitutes a
fair and reasonable return. The gross revenue requirement from
Idaho jurisdictional service arising from the requested authori-
zation for an 11. 748% overall rate of return is $5,566,079.
Applicant requests the increase to be spread as follows:
Cus tomer Class % Increase
RS-l
RS-2
GS-l
GS-2
WP-lLV-lS-lP-l
ResidentialResidential
General Service
General Large
Wa ter Pumping
Large Volume
Seasonal Service
Peak Service
13.8%
8.72.0
3.317.40.52.02.1
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that all of Applicant's
exhibits and testimony have been prefiled with the Conmission and
are available for public inspection at the Conmission office.
Copies of the proposed rate schedules shall be on file and open
for public inspection in each of the Applicant's dis trict offices
in the State of Idaho.
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YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Commission may deter-
mine that a change in revenues should be an amount other than
that proposed by Applicant and that the spread or allocation of
any change granted should be other than that proposed by Appli-
cant. The rates of all Idaho jurisdictional customers of Appli-
cant are.. at issue and are subject to change in this proceeding.
The design of rates for all of Applicant's Idaho jurisdictional
customers is at issue and subj ect to change in this proceeding .
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that parties desiring to
formally intervene in the above entitled matter for the purposes
of presenting evidence or cross-examining witnesses, should file
a Petition to Intervene with the Commission pursuant to the Com-
mission's Rules of Practice and Procedure. Parties desiring to
informally present their views and comments will not be required
to intervene.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that these hearings will be
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conducted pursuant to the Commiss ion's Rules of Practice and
Procedure adopted by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission effec-
tive September 24, 1979.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Commission has set
this matter for prehearing conference on JUNE 16,. 1980, IN THE
COMMISSION HEARING ROOM, 472 WEST WASHINGTON STREET, BOISE,
IDAHO, COMMENCING AT 9: 30 A.M. The conference will be held for
the purposes of formulating the issues to be addressed at the
hearing, allowing parties to request documents and workpapers
from other parties and such other matters as may expedite the
orderly conduct and disposition of the proceedings.
DATED at Boise, Idaho, this ~l~day of May, 1980.
~.t'~ ""..,/?a- ...~MYRNlCALTER~ Commis s ion Secretary
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