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Home My WebLink About20070111Staff to SWS 1-26.pdfDONOV AN E. WALKER DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION PO BOX 83720 BOISE, IDAHO 83720-0074 (208) 334-0312 IDAHO BAR NO. 5921 r..1= I \ L. ..... t ~ ~ ZO07 JAN II A~111: 44 iDAHO FUbLIC UTILITIES CO~,HA!SSIOi\) Street Address for Express Mail: 472 W. WASHINGTON BOISE, IDAHO 83702-5983 Attorney for the Commission Staff BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF STONERIDGE WATER COMPANY FORAN INCREASE IN RATES AND CHARGES AND TO ) MODIFY RULES AND REGULATIONS CASE NO. SWS-06- FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO STONE RIDGE WATER COMPANY The Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, by and through its attorney of record Donovan E. Walker, Deputy Attorney General, requests that Stoneridge Water Company (Stoneridge; Company) provide the following documents and information as soon as possible, but no later than THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2007. IDAPA 31.01.01.225.03. This Production Request is to be considered as continuing, and Stoneridge 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. FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO STONERIDGE WATER JANUARY 11 2007 REQUEST NO.1: Please explain and provide a schedule showing how the Labor costs and expenses are allocated between the water company and the sewer company. REQUEST NO.2: Please provide the payroll records and timesheets for the employees that will be the basis fo.r the labor expenses. REQUEST NO.3: Please provide all documentation relied upon to justify a 6% increase projected in the labor expenses. REQUEST NO.4: Please provide the criteria used to determine the amount of bonus given to the employees and how that bonus is allocated between the water company and the sewer company. REQUEST NO.5: Please provide the actual expenses by the water company during 2006. REQUEST NO.6: Please provide how the amount of $1 ,000 was determined for the expense: Education/Training. REQUEST NO.7: Please provide how the additional communications expenses were determined. REQUEST NO.8: Please provide a copy of the Rate Base Worksheet and the supporting documentation and schedules used to create the worksheet. (Reference Tab 23 of Application Expense Worksheet) REQUEST NO.9: Please provide the documentation for all Contract Services work performed in 2005 and 2006. REQUEST NO. 10: Please provide any documentation for projected improvements and/or repairs to the HVR system. FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO STONERIDGE WATER JANUARY 11 2007 REQUEST NO. 11: Please provide any documentation relied upon to justify an increase of 15% in the R&M water system account. (Reference Tab 23 of Application, 2006 Rate Study, paragraph #6862) REQUEST NO. 12: Please provide tax information including Federal Income Tax returns State Income Tax returns and property tax statements for 2004 2005 , and 2006. REQUEST NO. 13: Please provide the insurance policies with face sheet and statement of premium cost for all insurance policies. REQUEST NO. 14: Please provide the phone number provided to customers for billing and customer service issues. REQUEST NO. 15: Please provide the phone number provided to customers for emergency repairs. REQUEST NO. 16: Please describe how the Company and handles incoming customer calls particularly calls regarding service outages, disconnection of service, high bills and water quality. REQUEST NO. 17: Please provide the number of customer complaints received by the Company for calendar year 2005 broken into categories by topics: high bills, disconnection, water quality etc. REQUEST NO. 18: Please provide the number of non-pay disconnections if any for calendar year 2005. REQUEST NO. 19: Please provide the number of reconnect ions for nonpayment disconnection if any by the end of the calendar year 2005. REQUEST NO. 20: Please provide the number of seasonal shut offs for calendar years 2003 2004 and 2005. FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO STONERIDGE WATER JANUARY 11 2007 REQUEST NO. 21: Please provide a copy of all customer notices used including Billing Statement, Initial Notice, Final Disconnection Notice and Annual Rules Summary. REQUEST NO. 22: Please provide the method and dated copy of the Notice of Application for Rate Increase issued to notify customers of pending rate case. REQUEST NO. 23: Please provide a dated copy of the press release announcing the Company s filing for a rate case with the PUC. REQUEST NO. 24: Please provide a complete test year billing list stating customer type which system customer is in (residential, commercial, etc.), meter size, water metered for each billing period (including units) and the amount of each bill. REQUEST NO. 25: Please provide logged well production and meter data for all pumps in the system broken down to the smallest time unit for which operation is recorded. State what units the readings are in. REQUEST NO. 26: Please provide all company electric bills for the test year. Note, please match the bills to the period of service for the test year, not the month received or paid. DATED at Boise, Idaho, this t I thday of January 2007. 1 J / /\ CC~ --- en E. Walker Deputy Attorney General Technical Staff: Joe Leckie Harry Hall Tammie Estberg i:umisc:prodregtswswO6.1dwjlhhte prod reg 1 FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO STONERIDGE WATER JANUARY 11 2007 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I HAVE THIS 11 TH DAY OF JANUARY 2007 SERVED THE FOREGOING FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO STONERIDGE WATER COMPANY IN CASE NO. SWS-06-, BY MAILING A COpy THEREOF, POSTAGE PREPAID , TO THE FOLLOWING: WAYNE BENNER STONERIDGE WATER COMPANY PO BOX 280 BLANCHARD ID 83804 JOE M OLMSTEAD JAMES A SEWELL & ASSOC 600 4TH ST WEST NEWPORT WA 99156 SECRET CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE