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NEIL PRICE
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
P0 BOX 83720
BOISE, IDAHO 83720-0074
[phone]
ISB NO. 6864
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Street Address for Express Mail:
472 W. WASHINGTON
BOISE, IDAHO 83702-5918
Attorney for the Commission Staff
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION)
OF COUNTRY CLUB HILLS UTILITIES )
FOR AUTHORITY TO INCREASE ITS )
RATES AND CHARGES FOR WATER )
SERVICE )
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CASE NO. CCH-W-12-01
FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST
OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO
COUNTRY CLUB HILLS
UTILITIES
The Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, by and through its attorney of record,
Neil Price, Deputy Attorney General, requests that Country Club Hills Utilities (Company;
Country Club Hills) provide the following documents and information as soon as possible, but
no later than THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2012.
The Company is reminded that responses pursuant to Commission Rules of Procedure
must include the name and phone number of the person preparing the document, and the name,
location and phone number of the record holder and if different the witness who can sponsor the
answer at hearing if need be. Reference IDAPA 31.01.01.228.
This Production Request is to be considered as continuing, and Country Club Hills is
requested to provide, by way of supplementary responses, additional documents that it or any
person acting on its behalf may later obtain that will augment the documents produced.
FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO
COUNTRY CLUB HILLS MAY 10, 2012
Please provide answers to each question, supporting workpapers that provide detail or are
the source of information used in calculations, and the name, job title and telephone number of
the person preparing the documents. Please identify the name, job title, location and telephone
number of the record holder.
Please provide all Excel and electronic files on CD with formulas activated.
REQUEST NO. 1: Please provide a copy of a map showing the general layout of
Country Club Hills Water System including wells and pumps, main/distribution systems and
general area/lots served by the Company.
REQUEST NO. 2: The Company indicated in the Application that it provides water
service to 147 residential customers and one commercial customer. Staff understands that all
water services rendered to customers are metered with the exception of 10 residential customers
in two condominiums. Please provide the various meter sizes installed by the Company and the
breakdown of the meter size for all customer classes receiving service. For example, 100
residential customers - 1/4 inch meter, etc.
REQUEST NO. 3: How many undeveloped lots still remain in the Company's service
area that could potentially request water service in the future? How many new connections
(residential and commercial) do you anticipate in the next two to three years? What service
line/meter size do you expect to install for new service connections (residential and
commercial)?
REQUEST NO. 4: Staff understands that once every five years IDEQ conducts a
Sanitary Survey on public water systems it regulates. When did IDEQ complete its Sanitary
Survey for Country Club Hills' water system? Please provide a copy of the Sanitary Survey
Report conducted by IDEQ. If there were deficiencies cited in the report, please provide the
status of those deficiencies.
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COUNTRY CLUB HILLS 2 MAY 10, 2012
REQUEST NO. 5: Please provide any water quality and water system issues or
violations issued by the IDEQ since the Company's last general rate case and the status of
compliance of those issues/violations, if there are any.
REQUEST NO. 6: Please provide any written records of complaints, requests for
conferences and resolutions of issues specifically related to water system operation and water
quality such as low system pressure, sand in water delivered to customers, system leaks, etc.,
since the Company's last general rate case.
REQUEST NO. 7: Please provide monthly water production data and appropriate
yearly totals for calendar years 2009, 2010 and 2011.
REQUEST NO. 8: Please provide monthly water consumption data for each class of
metered customers served (residential, commercial, landscaping customers) and the appropriate
total for calendar years 2009, 2010, and 2011. Please provide supporting data used in the
calculations (i.e., billing information showing volume of water sold for each customer by month
in electronic format-Excel File).
REQUEST NO. 9: Please provide an estimate of total unaccounted water losses due to
leaks, wasted water, etc. by month for calendar years 2009, 2010, and 2012. Please explain how
these losses are estimated.
REQUEST NO. 10: The Company is proposing to increase the flat rate
residential/commercial rates from $17 per month to $25 per month. Application, page 1. This
rate schedule does not currently exist in the Company's tariff as approved by the Commission
during the Company's latest rate case (Commission Order No. 29794, Case No. CCH-W-05-1).
Is the Company proposing to add this new rate schedule to its tariff? If the answer is yes, please
provide justification for this proposal. Please state how many customers are covered by this
proposed tariff.
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COUNTRY CLUB HILLS 3 MAY 10, 2012
REQUEST NO. 11: For the monthly metered residential/commercial rates, the
Company is proposing to change its rate structure from uniform rate with 30,000 gallons
minimum charge volume allowance to an inverted (increasing) block rate design (2 blocks) with
minimum charge volume allowance of 15,000 gallons. Please respond to the following:
a)State the Company's rationale in proposing to change the rate structure from uniform
rate design to inverted block rate designs;
b)State the Company's rationale in decreasing the minimum (base) charge volume
allowance from 30,000 gallons to 15,000 gallons (basis for selecting 15,000 gallons);
and
c)State the Company's rationale in selecting the first block (15,000-25,000 gallons)
and the tail block (2 nd block over 25,000 gallons) in its proposed rate design.
REQUEST NO. 12: Please state the Company's rationale for proposing a 51% increase
($15.75 to $23.75) per month for Flat Rate Condo rates compared to the Company's proposed
general rate increase of 32%.
REQUEST NO. 13: Please provide the Company's rationale for proposing an 18.8%
increase (from $20 to $23.75) in the base monthly charge for metered landscaping rate as
compared to a 47% increase (from $17 to $25) in the base monthly charge for metered residential
and commercial customers.
REQUEST NO. 14: Please provide documentation showing the Company's proposed
rates will meet the Company's proposed revenue requirement (rate proof).
REQUEST NO. 15: Please provide the number of customers for each customer class at
the beginning and end of the year for calendar years 2009, 2010 and 2011.
REQUEST NO. 16: Please provide a list of all water quality tests for the two water
sources (wells) and the tests within the distribution system as required by the Idaho Department
of Environmental Quality. For each type of test, indicate the frequency, total cost per test and
FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO
COUNTRY CLUB HILLS 4 MAY 10, 2012
the prorated yearly (normalized) cost. (For example: Well No. 1, arsenic test, every 3 years, $20
per test, $6.67 per year; nitrate test, yearly, $20 per test, $20 per year, etc.)
REQUEST NO. 17: In reference to the Company's proposal to increase the hook-up fee
from $500 to $750 per installation. Please respond to the following:
• Provide a copy of typical plan or sketch of new hook-up installation;
• Itemized list of materials and components, unit cost per component and total cost of
materials/components per hook-up;
. Itemized labor costs (hours and rate) per installation; and
• Explain if new hook up is completed by Company personnel or done by outside
contractors.
REQUEST NO. 18: Please provide a list of various capital improvement projects
initiated and completed since the last general rate case. Briefly describe the total cost incurred,
completion date and justification for each project.
REQUEST NO. 19: Please provide an explanation and documentation (competitive bid
documents, selection process, work contracts, etc.) showing that cost control efforts have been
applied in paying any of the work elements for all the projects noted in Request No. 18 and
demonstrating that those projects were built as economically as possible.
REQUEST NO. 20: Please provide the name of the licensed operator for Country Club
Hills. Please provide proof that the operator's license is current.
DATED at Boise, Idaho, this '1 O.3 day of May 2012.
Neil
Deputy Attorney General
Technical Staff: Gerry Galinato/l -20
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FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO
COUNTRY CLUB HILLS 5 MAY 10, 2012
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I HAVE THIS 10TH DAY OF MAY 2012,
SERVED THE FOREGOING FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE
COMMISSION STAFF TO COUNTRY CLUB HILLS UTILITIES, IN CASE
NO. CCH-W-12-01, BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO THE
FOLLOWING:
MIKE GROTH
COUNTRY CLUB HILLS UTILITIES
570 S. YELLOWSTONE AVE.
IDAHO FALLS, ID 83402
SECRETARY/
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE