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IDAHO BAR NO. 8370
Street Address for Express Mail:
472W, WASHINGTON
BOISE, IDAHO 83702-5983
Attorney for the Commission Staff
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF )
DIAMOND BAR ESTATES WATER COMPANY ) CASE NO. DrA-W-r5-01
FOR AN INCREASE IN RATES AND CHARGES )
FOR WATER SERVICE IN THE STATE OF ) fltnn pRODUCTION
IDAHO ) nTQUEST oF THE) COVTMISSION STAFF TO
) PTA.UOND BAR ESTATES
) WATER COMPANY
The Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, by and through its attorney of record,
Daphne Huang, Deputy Attorney General, requests that Diamond Bar Water Company
(Diamond Bar; Company) provide the following documents and information as soon as possible,
but no later than TUESDAY, APRIL 5,2016.
This Production Request is to be considered as continuing, and Diamond Bar Water
Company 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.
For each item, please indicate the name of the person(s) preparing the answers, along
with the job title of such person(s) and the witness who can sponsor the answer at hearing.
THIRD PRODUCTION REQUEST
TO DIAMOND BAR WATER MARCH T5,2016
REQUEST NO. 16: Please answer the following questions regarding irrigation meters:
a. Who installs the irrigation meters (original connection)?
b. Who maintains the irrigation meters?
c. Who tests to insure accurate readings?
REQUEST NO. 17: Information provided in the 2007 case (DIA-W-07-01) indicates
that irrigation meters are removed and reinstalled on an annual basis. How are these costs
accounted for? Who performs this work? How do you insure water quality is maintained?
REQUEST NO. 18: What is the per meter cost of this removal and reinstallation for
irrigation meters referenced in the previous question?
REQUEST NO. 19: Please provide a diagram of typical 1 inch meter installation.
REQUEST NO. 20: Please provide a diagram of typical 2 inch (irrigation) meter
installation.
REQUEST NO. 21: What is the current (initial) connection charge for the irrigation
meter? Is the Company proposing to change the charge?
REQUEST NO. 22: How does the Company measure the production flow from Well
#2 (emergency well)? Where is the meter that measures this flow located? Please provide
pumping data for the emergency well by day for 2014.
REQUEST NO. 23: In the event that there is a transfer of the land surrounding Well #2,
is there a plan to insure that this well is available for system requirements? Please explain.
REQUEST NO. 24: Please provide a list of all water quality tests for the 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 the
THIRD PRODUCTION REQUEST
TO DIAMOND BAR WATER MARCH 15,2016
prorated yearly (normalized) cost. (For example, Well #1, arsenic test, every 3 years, $20 per
test, $20 per year, and so on).
REQUEST NO. 25: Is a backflow prevention device installed for every customer, for
both residential and for irrigation meters (for those customers having irrigation meters)?
REQUEST NO.26: Are all backflow devices checked and certified as operational on an
annual basis? If not, how many backflow meters are checked?
REQUEST NO. 27: Please provide a copy of the engineering report (from firm hired by
the Company) on the pump transformers. (Refer to response to Production Request 6).
REQUEST NO. 28: Following up on Production Request No. 6, please provide the
dates that the back up well was turned on from 2008 to 2013.
REQUEST NO. 29: In response to Production Request No. 11, the Company stated that
Diamond Bar Water was not charged for water provided by Mr. Turnipseed's private well. Were
there any other reasons for not charging the water company for use of the well? Please explain.
REQUEST NO. 30: Following up on Production Request 14, please provide the amount
that the Company could call upon from private equity, (i.e. from the owner, Mr. Turnipseed) to
fund repairs or system improvements in the case of an emergency.
REQUEST NO. 31: In Case No. DIA-W-07-01, Order No. 30455, the Commission set
Net Plant in Service (Rate Base) at $16,801. In the Application, the Company states that Rate
Base is $40,398. Following up on Production Request No. l, please provide a schedule of
capital projects that make up the difference from the previous case. Please include invoices, as
well as the date equipment was placed in service and the associated depreciation schedule.
THIRD PRODUCTION REQUEST
TO DIAMOND BAR WATER MARCH 15,2016
REQUEST NO. 32: Production Request No. 2 and Audit Request No. 10 indicated
there are three electricity purchase entries each month. Please explain what each of the three
different power invoices are for (i.e., pump house, shop, etc).
REQUEST NO. 33: Please provide an as built diagram of the water system.
REQUEST NO. 34: Please provide a schedule showing the number of new connection
by year from 2008 to 2015.
REQUEST NO. 35: Please provide sample bill statements sent to customers under the
following circumstances :
(a) Customer is current on payment and has no past due balance;
(b) Customer owes a past due amount;
(c) Customer is billed only the monthly minimum charge (winter bill); and
(d) Customer is billed for usage accumulated over the winter (bill issued after the first
reading is taken in the spring).
REQUEST NO.36: Please explain how commodity charges are calculated in situations
where previous monthly bills were estimated or meter readings missed.
REQUEST NO. 37: Please explain the steps taken by the Company to collect past due
bills prior to actual termination of service.
REQUEST NO. 38: Please provide a copy of the following Company documents:
(a) Initial Notice to Terminate;
(b) Final Notice of Intent to Terminate Service; and
(c) Notice of Procedure for Reconnecting Service (door tag or notice, if used).
THIRD PRODUCTION REQUEST
TO DIAMOND BAR WATER MARCH 15,2016
DATED at Boise, Idaho, this / *^rof March 2016.
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MARCH 15,2016
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I HAVE THIS 15TH DAY OF MARCH 2016,
SERVED THE FOREGOING THIRD PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE
COMMISSION STAFF TO DIAMOND BAR ESTATES WATER COMPANY, N
CASE NO. DIA-W-Is-OI, BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF, POSTAGE PREPAID,
TO THE FOLLOWING:
ROBERT TURNIPSEED
DIAMOND BAR ESTATES
WATER CO
PO BOX 1870
HAYDEN ID 83835
E-MAIL : avondaleconG)fi'ontier.com
ALDEN HOLM
9446 W FAIRVIEW AVE
BOISE ID 83704
E-MAIL: [e-mail]
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE