20201013Telephonic Hearing Transcript Vol I.pdf

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C ertiJied S h o rth and Reporters
Post Office Box9774
Boise,Idaho 83707
csbreportine@yahoo. com
Ph: 208-890-5198 Fax: [phone]
Reporter:
Constance Bucy,
CSR
BEEORE THE TDAHO PUBLTC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OE FALLS WATER CO.,fNC.'S APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF
ACQUISITION OF THE ASSETS OF
MORNING VIEW WATER COMPANY
CASE NO. FLS-W-20-04
TELEPHON]C HEARING
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COMMISSIONER KRISTINE RAPER
COMMTSSTONER ERIC ANDERSON
PLACE:Commission Hearing Room
11331 West Chinden Blvd.Building 8, Suite 201-ABoise, Idaho
DATE:October 'l , 2020
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APPEARANCES
Eor the Staff:Matt Hunter, Esq.
Deputy Attorney General
PO Box 83120Boise, Idaho 83120-0074
For Falls Water Company:
( Telephonically )
Eric tt. Nelsen, Esq.
Senior Regulatory Attorney
NW Natural
250 SW Taylor Street
Portl-and, Oregon 97204
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BOISE, IDAHO, WEDNESDAY,OCTOBER 7, 2020, 6:00 P. M
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER: WeI1, good
evenj-ng. This is the time and place for a telephonic
public hearJ-ng in Case No. FLS-W-20-04, also referred to
as in the matter of Fal-Is Water Company, Inc.'s
application for approval- of acquisition of the assets of
Morning View Water Company. My name is Paul Kjellander.
I'11 be Chairing this evening's telephonic public
hearing. I'm joined on the telephone this evening with
my two colleagues, Commissioner Kristine Raper and also
Commissioner Eric Anderson.
The purpose of this hearlng is to take
testi-mony from members of the public in reference to this
Fal-Is Water Companyrs filing and as it sits at this
point, why don't we go ahead and get the appearances of
the parties. Why don't we begin with the Deputy Attorney
General representing the Staff of the Idaho Public
Utilities Commission. If you cou1d i-dentify yourseJ-f for
the record and spell your name.
MR. HUNTER: Certainly. Matt Hunter, Iast
named spelled H-u-n-t-e-r.
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER: And I be]ieve we
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wel-I. Could we have you identify yourself officially for
the record as weII?
MR. NELSEN: Yes, good evening, Chairman
and Commissioners, Eric Nelsen, N-e-I-s-e-D, Senj-or
Regulatory Attorney, Northwest Natural, representing
Falls Water.
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER: Thank you very
much. We do have a set of j-nstructions with regards to
those who would be calling in, but as I understand it
from Adam Rush, our public information offj-cer, that at
this point we do not have any members of the general
public, customers of the Companies that are on the l-ine
to testify, so with that bei-ng our current status, it
woul-d be my intent to go off the record for a period of
ten minutes, at which I
attention to my watch so
and if we don't have any
cl-ose the hearing down;
hope I wil,l actually
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call--in and then we'lf move forward, so with
that, we'l1 go off the record for a period of 10 minutes.
(Recess. )
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER: We wil-l- go back
on the record. Again, hy name is Paul- Kjellander. Irm
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there are no cal-l-ers on the line who wj-sh to testify, so
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(The Hearing
adjourn, so we
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AUTHENTICATION
This is to certify that the foregoing
proceedings hel-d in the matter of Falls Water Company,
Inc.'s application for approval of acquisition of the
assets of Morning View Water Company, commencing at 6:00
p.m., oo Wednesday, October -l , 2020, dt the Idaho Public
Utilities Commission, 11331 W. Chinden B1vd, Building 8,
Suite 207-A, Boise, Idaho, is a true and correct
transcript of said proceedings and the original thereof
for the fil-e of the Commission.
CONSTANCE
Certified
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