20070824Staff to EAG 1-8.pdf

DONALD L. HOWELL, II
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
PO BOX 83720
BOISE, IDAHO 83720-0074
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Attorney for the Commission Staff
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF
EAGLE WATER COMPANY FOR AN
EXTENSION OF THE CAPITALIMPROVEMENTS SURCHARGE
CASE NO. EAG-07-
FIRST PRODUCTION
REQUEST OF THE
COMMISSION STAFF TO
EAGLE WATER CO MP ANY
The Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, by and through its attorney of record
Donald L. Howell, II, Deputy Attorney General, requests that Eagle Water Company (Eagle
Water; Company) provide the following documents and information as soon as possible, but no
later than FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2007.
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. Reference IDAPA 31.01.01.228.
This Production Request is to be considered as continuing, and Eagle Water 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 EAGLE WATER COMPANY AUGUST 24, 2007
Please provide answers to each question; supporting workpapers that provide detail or are
the source of information used in calculations; the name and telephone number of the person
preparing the documents; and the name, location and telephone number of the record holder.
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.
REQUEST NO.1: Please provide a copy of the Asset Purchase Agreement and any and
all other related agreements between the Company and the City of Eagle. Reference Application
~ 21.
REQUEST NO.2: How was the construction of Well No.7 and the related
interconnection financed?
REQUEST NO.3: The Application states in ~ 23 that
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Eagle Water requests that the
Commission issue an order authorizing it to recover its outstanding debt for ($201 433.86)
through a surcharge on its customers ' usage in excess of 600 cubic feet per month." Is the
Company requesting an extension of the existing surcharge or some other surcharge amount?
REQUEST NO.4: Please provide documentation as to the specific changes in the scope
of the engineering study from its original form to the final document. List each "change
separately, reason for the change and the associated additional cost of that change.
REQUEST NO.5: Please provide a copy of the original contract with Reese
Engineering for the Engineering Report and any and all subsequent agreements and/or
amendments that may exist related to what is now included in the Engineering Report cost of
$218 394.30.
REQUEST NO.6: Please provide a detailed break down of the cost of the Engineering
Report.
REQUEST NO.7: Please explain the reasons/factors that the cost of the Engineering
Report increased from the authorized amount of$102 170 ($79 895 grossed-up for taxes at
1.2788) to the stated cost in the Application of $218 394.30.
FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST
TO EAGLE WATER COMPANY AUGUST 24, 2007
REQUEST NO.8: Please explain the reasons/factors that the cost for constructing Well
No.7 increased from the initial estimate of $390 305 in August 2005 to $638 600 as stated in
paragraph 18 of the Application.
DATED at Boise, Idaho, this ~T1Jay of August 2007.
Technical Staff: Dave Schunke
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FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST
TO EAGLE WATER COMPANY AUGUST 24, 2007
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I HAVE THIS 24TH DAY OF AUGUST 2007
SERVED THE FOREGOING FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE
COMMISSION STAFF TO EAGLE WATER COMPANY, IN CASE NO.
EAG-07-, BY MAILING A COpy THEREOF, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO THE
FOLLOWING:
ROBERT DESHAZO
PRESIDENT
EAGLE WATER COMPANY INC
PO BOX 455
EAGLE ID 83616-0455
MOLLY O'LEARY
RICHARDSON & O'LEARY
PO BOX 7218
BOISE ID 83707
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SECRETARY
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE