200301271st Request of Staff to Spirit Lake.pdf

JOHN R. HAMMOND
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
OFSPIRITLAKEEASTWATERCOMPANY )
TO INCREASE ITS CONNECTION FEE.
CASE NO. SPL-04-
FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST
OF THE COMMISSION STAFF
TO SPIRIT LAKE EAST WATER
COMPANY
The Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, by and through its attorney of
record, John R. Hammond, Deputy Attorney General, requests that Spirit Lake East Water
Company (Spirit Lake; Company) provide the following documents and information on or before
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2004. IDAPA 31.01.01.225 and .229.
The Company is reminded that responses to production requests must include the name
and phone number of the person preparing the document, and the name, location and phone
number of the record holder. IDAPA 31.01.01.228.
This Production Request is to be considered as continuing, and Spirit Lake 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
SPIRIT LAKE EAST WATER COMPANY JANUARY 27 , 2004
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 employee who can sponsor the answer at a public
meeting. For all responses to the following requests, please provide all workpapers and include
an electronic version on diskettes (3.5 in.) and all underlying formulas in Excel (version 5)
language.
Request No.1: Please provide a complete system map showing: location of all existing
and proposed facilities, the service area boundary, the lots within the service area, those lots now
taking service and those lots where service may be required.
Request No.2: Please provide a detailed description of the typical installation required
for a new hook-up.
Request No.3: Please provide a detailed cost estimate for all items included in a typical
installation.
Request No.4: Does the Company use a contractor to perform any part of the hook-up
installation or are the efforts performed with Company personnel?
Request No.5: If any hook-up installations, or parts there of, are performed by a
Contractor:
Describe the work performed by the Contractor.
Does the Company solicit bids for the hook-up installations?
How often are bids received?
Please provide the most recent bid summary (or other document) that
includes the rates charged by the Contractor for equipment hours, labor
hours, mobilization, and other costs associated with hook-up installations.
Request No.6: The Company is requesting a 20% contingency be included in the hook-
up fee. Please explain why a contingency is necessary and how the 20% was calculated.
Request No.7: Does the system have sufficient water supply to provide adequate
service to all lots in the service area? Please provide the Company s available supply capacity
and average customer usage information.
FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO
SPIRIT LAKE EAST WATER COMPANY JANUARY 27 2004
Request No.8: How will the Company determine whether a hook-up fee is charged or
not?
Request No.9: Will the hook-up fee be charged only once per lot? Ifmore than once
per lot please explain.
Request No. 10: Please provide an accounting of the Company s annual labor/vehicle
expenses over the last 3 years. Please identify these costs for each year, the number of labor and
vehicle hours incurred each year, the rate charged for labor and vehicle hours each year, and
provide copies ofthe associated timecards and vehicle logs.
Request No. 11: Please provide the Company s method of allocating labor/vehicle
expenses. Indicate how the annual labor/vehicle expenses are allocated between operations
hook-ups and any other activities.
Request No. 12: Please provide an accounting ofthe Company s annual administrative
costs over the last 3 years. Please identify these costs for each year, the number of
administrative hours incurred each year, the rate charged for those hours each year, and provide
copies of the associated timecards.
Request No. 13: Please provide the Company s method of allocating administrative
costs. Indicate how the annual administrative costs are allocated between operations, hook-ups
and any other activities.
Request No. 14: Please provide the number of hook-ups the Company has had in each
of the last 5 years.
Request No. 15: What is the Company s estimated number of hook-ups per year for the
foreseeable future?
Request No. 16: Please provide a copy of each hook-up invoice for 2002 and 2003.
Request No. 17: Please provide a copy of the Company s most recent Department of
Environmental Quality Sanitary Survey.
Dated at Boise, Idaho, this cJl7 day of January 2004.
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J onn R. Hammond
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Technical Staff: Michael Fuss
Patricia Harms
umisc/prod req/splwO401 1st production request
FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO
SPIRIT LAKE EAST WATER COMPANY JANUARY 27, 2004
CERTIFICA TE OF SERVICE
HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I HAVE THIS 27TH DAY OF JANUARY 2004
SERVED THE FOREGOING FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE
COMMISSION STAFF TO SPIRIT LAKE EAST WATER COMPANY, IN CASE
NO. SPL-04-, BY MAILING A COpy THEREOF, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO THE
FOLLOWING:
ROBERT J. BOYLE
SPIRIT LAKE EAST WATER CO.
15807 E INDIANA AVE
SPOKANE VALLEY W A 99216
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SECRET AR
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE