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Home My WebLink About20210920Suez to CAIA 12-14.pdfi;tr i: I l\,r FIJ iiil 3[i] 3il PH 3:0 iMichael C. Creamer (ISB No.4030) Preston N. Carter (lSB No. 8462) Givens Pursley LLP 601 W. Bannock St. Boise, tD 83702 Telephone: (208) 388-1200 Facsimile: (208) 388-l 300 mcc(a) qi venspursl ey. com prestoncarter@ sivenspursley.com 158404t2 2.doc (30-174) Attorneysfor SUEZ Water ldaho Inc. BEFORE THE IDAIIO PUBLIC UTILITIES COM1VtrSSION IN TIIE MATTER OF THE JOINT APPLICATION OF SUEZ WATER IDAHO AI\[D EAGLE WATER COMPANY FOR THE ACQUISITION OF EAGLE WATER COMPAI\IY Case Nos. SUZW-18-02/ EAG-W-18-01 SUEZ WATER IDAHO INC.'S RESPONSES TO CITIZENS ALLIED FOR INTEGRITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY'S FIRST PRODUCTTON REQUEST TO SUEZ SUEZ Water Idaho Inc. ("SUEZ Water ldaho" or ooCompany") submits the following responses to Citizens Allied for Integrity and Accountability's ("CAIA") First Production Requests dated August 30, 2021. SUEZ Water Idaho previously provided objections and responses to CAIA's Request Nos. I -l l. Please note that the responses and attachments to Request for Production No. 14 are confidential and will be submitted under separate cover per the Commission's rules. DATED: September 20, 2021. Michael C. Creamer Preston N. Carter Givens Pursley LLP Attorneysfor SUEZ Water ldaho Inc. Susz's RESroNSES ro CAIA's Fm.sr PRoDUCTIoN REQUEST - I CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on the 20n day of September,212l,a true and correct copy of the foregoing document was served on the following in the manner indicated: Jan Noriyuki Commission Secretary Idaho Public Utilities Commission P.O. Box 83720 Boise, Idaho 83720 -007 4 IPUC Dayn Hardie Erick Shaner Deputy Attorneys General Idaho Public Utilities Commission P.O. Box 83720 Boise, Idaho 83720-007 4 Attorneys for IPUC Marshall Thompson SUEZ Water Idaho Inc. 8248 W. Victory Road Boise,Idaho 83709 SUEZ Water ldaho Inc. Molly O'Leary BizCounsel or@Law, PLLC 1775W. State St. #150 Boise, D 83702 Counselfor Eagle lVater Company Robert V. DeShazo, Jr. Eagle Water Company, Inc P.O. Box 455 Eagle,ID 83616-0455 Petitioner N. L. Bangle H2O Eagle Acquisition, LLC 188 W. State Street Eagle,ID 83616 Jason Pierce, Mayor City of Eagle 660 E. Civil Lane Eagle,ID 83616 Intervenor City of Eagle I I bvU.S. Mail t I bV Personal Delivery (Original & 3 copies) t I bV Facsimile [X] by E-Mail secretarv@Fuc.idaho.eov j an.noriyuki@puc. idaho. gov [ ] bvU.S. Mail t I bV Personal Delivery t I bv Facsimile [X] bV E-Mail erick.shaner@puc.idaho.gov dayn.hardie@puc.idaho. gov [ ] bvU.S. Mail t I bV Personal Delivery t I bV Facsimile [X] by E-Mail marshall.thompson@suez.com [ ] bvU.S. Mail t I bV Personal Delivery t I bV Facsimile [X] bV E-Mail molly @bizcounseloratlaw. com t lbvU.S. Mail [ ] bV Personal Delivery [ ] bV Facsimile [X] bV E-Mail eaglewaterco@gmail.com t I bvU.S. Mail t I bV Personal Delivery t I bV Facsimile [X] bV E-Mail nbargle@l0o-solutionsllc.net [ ] bvU.S. Mail t I bV Personal Delivery t I bV Facsimile [X] by E-Mail jpierce@cityofeagle.org tosborn@cityofeagle. org SUEZ's RnspoNses ro CAIA's FR.sr PRoDUCTToN Rnqunsr - 2 B. Newal Squyres Murray D. Feldman Holland & Hart LLP 800 W. Main Street, Suite 1750 P.O.Box2527 Boise, D 83702-2527 Auorneys for Intervenor City of Eagle Norman M. Semanko Parsons Behle & Latimer 800 West Main Street, Suite 1300 Boise,Idaho 83702 Auomeysfor Intervenor Eagle Water Customer Group MaryGrant Scott B. Muir Deputy City Attorney Boise City Attomey's Office 150 N. Capitol Blvd. P.O. Box 500 Boise, Idaho 83701 -0500 Attorneys for Intervenor, City of Boise James M. Piotrowski Marty Durand PIOTROWSKI DURAND, PLLC P.O. Box 2864 1020 W. Main Street, Suite 440 Boise,ID 83701 Auorneys for Intervenor Citizens Allied for In te gri ty and Ac c ounta bil ity Brad M. Purdy Attorney at Law 2019 N. 17ft Street Boise, D 83702 Attorney for Cornmunity Ac tion Partnership Association of ldaho t I bv U.S. Mail [ ] bV Personal Delivery [ ] bV Facsimile [X] by E-Mail nsquyres@hollandhart.com mfeldman@hollandhart.com [ ] bvU.S. Mail [ ] bV Personal Delivery t I bV Facsimile [X] bV E-Mail NSemanko@parsonsbehle.com ecf@parsonsbehle.com [ ] bvU.S. Mail t I bV Personal Delivery [ ] bV Facsimile [X] bV E-Mail boisecityattorney@cityofboise.org [ ] bvU.S. Mail t I bV Personal Delivery [ ] bV Facsimile [X]by E-Mail James@idunionlaw.com Marty@idunionlaw.com [ ] bvU.S. Mail t I by Personal Delivery [ ] bV Facsimile [X] by E-Mail bmpurdy@hotmail.com ,, __---=,2-'L-- Preston N. Carter Surz's RrspoNsEs ro CAIA'S FRSTPRoDUCTIoN REeuesr - 3 SUEZ WATER IDAHO INC. cAsE suzw-18-02 FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF CITIZENS ALLIED FOR INTEGRITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY Preparer/Sponsoring Witness: Cathy Cooper, Director of Engineering, SUEZ Water Idaho Inc. REQUEST NO. 12: Paragraphs IV through VII of your Application and Request for Modified Procedure indicate that H2O Eagle, managed by Mr. Bangle, will purchase the assets of Eagle water and then sell them to Suez. Please state Eagle H2O and/or Mr. Bangle's compensation for this transaction and if it is to ultimately be paid by Suez customers. RESPONSE NO. 12: SUEZ Water ldaho Inc. (*SUEZ") does not have particulaized knowledge regarding H2O Eagle/Ivlr. Bangle's compensation. To the extent the purchase and sale agreements between Eagle Water Company, H2O Eagle, and SUEZ address the issue of compensation to Mr. Bangle, those agreements speak for themselves and were previously provided to the parties. suz-w-1 8-0zEAG-w-1 8-0 1 RFP No. 12 Page 1 of 1 SUEZ WATER IDAHO INC. CASE SUZ-W-18.02 F'IRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF'CITIZENS ALLIED FOR INTEGRITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY Preparer/Sponsoring Witness: Cathy Cooper, Director of Engineering, SUEZ Water Idaho lnc. REQUEST NO. 13: The Direct Testimony of Cathy Cooper speaks to a cost avoidance of $l 1.2 million dollars to develop and transmit 12.5 million gallons of water daily. Please explain how and when Suez has planned to develop and transmit this water without acquiring Eagle Water assets. RESPONSE NO. 13 The list below shows the projects included in the table from the direct testimony of Cathy cooper titled "suEZ SUPPLY INVESTMENTS ABSENT EAGLE WATER ACQUISITION" to gain an additional 12.5D MGD of supply and their current status. l. Redwood Creek Pipeline (additional 2.16 MGD) - Completed in May 2020. 2. Replace Redwood Creek Well Pump with 3000 pm Pump (2.16 MGD) - ln design, completion in2022. 3. Optimist Booster Pump Station / New 2 MG Tank - Preliminary site investigation in2022. Completion budgeted for 2026. 4. Island Woods Connection (2.16 MGD) - Pipeline alternatives analysis complete, easement obtained, now in design. Complete in2024. 5. Marden Expansion (6 MGD) - Preliminary expansion study complete, construction budgeted for completion in2026. suz-w-1 8-02/EAG-W-1 8-0 1 RFP No. 13 Page 1 of 1 SUEZ WATER IDAHO INC. CASE SU7-W.18.02 FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF CITTZENS ALLIED FOR INTEGRITY AIID ACCOUNTABILITY Preparer/Sponsoring Witness: Cathy Cooper, Director of Engineering, SUEZ Water Idaho Inc. REQITEST NO. 14: Please produce any and all documents describing your planning for development and transmittal of the water referenced in Request No. 13. RESPONSE NO. 14 The response and attachments to this request are confidential and provided under separate cover per Commission rules. suz-w-1 8-02IEAG-W-1 8-0 1 RFP No. 14 Page 1 of 1