20130806Staff 1-12 to TRH.pdf

KARL T. KLEIN
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
PO BOX 83720
BOISE, IDAHO 83720-0074
[phone]
IDAHO BARNO.5156
Street Address for Express Mail:
472W. WASHINGTON
BOISE, IDAHO 83702-591 8
Attorneys for the Commission Staff
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF
TROY HOFFMAN WATER CORPORATION
FOR AUTHORITY TO INCREASE ITS RATES
AND CHARGES FOR WATER SERVICE IN
THE STATE OF IDAHO.
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CASE NO. TRH.W.13.O1
FIRST PRODUCTION
REQUEST OF THE
COMMISSION STAFF TO
TROY HOFFMAN WATER
CORPORATION
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
The Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission requests that Troy Hoffman Water
Corporation (Company, Troy Hoffman) provide the following documents and information as
soon as possible, but no later than TUESDAY, AUGUST 2712013.
This Production Request is to be considered as continuing, and the 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 or information produced.
Please provide answers to each question, supporting workpapers that provide detail or are
the source of information used in calculations, and the name, job title and telephone number of
the person preparing the documents. Please identiff the name, job title, location and telephone
number of the record holder.
FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST
TO TROY HOFFMAN WATER AUGUST 6,2013
In addition to the written copies provided as response to the requests, please provide all
Excel and electronic files on CD with formulas activated.
REQUEST NO. 1: Please provide the name of the licensed operator for Troy Hoffman
and proof that the license is valid and current.
REQUEST NO. 2: Please provide sample bills that are current and not past due for the
billing cycles ending in April 2011 (six-month usage), April 2012 (six-month usage), and August
2012 (two-month usage).
REQUEST NO. 3: Commission Order No. 32152 states, in part: "IT IS FURTHER
ORDERED and the Company is directed to take steps that will enable [the Company] to make an
accurate assessment of water pumped and water sold and is to complete this task by year-end of
2017." Please respond to the following:
a. Did the Company investigate the placement and test the accuracy of the production
well meter since Order No. 32152 was issued? If yes, please provide copies of the
test results, testing methods, and the contact information of the person(s) that
conducted the tests. If no, please explain why not.
b. Did the Company conduct an accuracy test at random of at least 10% of the customer
service meters since Order No. 32152 was issued? If yes, please provide copies of
the test results of the customer service meters, testing methods, contact information of
the person(s) that conducted the tests, and explain how the tested meters were
selected. If no, please explain why not.
REQUEST NO. 4: The Application's "Work Papers and Supplemental Schedules | - 4"
Supplemental Schedule 2 (Water Delivered into the System), page 4 explains that the Company
did not have monthly flow data delivered into the system during calendar year 2012 because the
Company had problems with the flow meter. Please respond to the following:
a. Explain when the flow meter became inoperable.
b. Describe the steps taken to make the flow meter operational once more, including the
time line.
FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST
TO TROY HOFFMAN WATER AUGUST 6,2013
Staff notes that the Company provided monthly flow data delivered into the system
during the previous rate case (TRH-W-10-01) for the summer of 2009 through June
of 2010. Please provide all of the available flow data collected since June 2010.
Please explain when the Company reads the well production flow meter in relation to
when it reads the customer service meters during the billing cycle (i.e., same day, one
day apart, etc.).
REQUEST NO. 5: Please provide the number of customers for each customer class at
the beginning and end of the year for calendar years 2010,2071, xfi2012.
REQUEST NO. 6: Staff recently received the monthly water consumption data for
calendar year 2012 in electronic format. Please provide, in similar format, monthly water
consumption data for each customer served (commercial and residential) for 2010, 2011, and the
first half of 2013.
REQUEST NO. 7: Please provide an estimate of total unaccounted water losses due to
Ieaks, wasted water, etc. by month for calendar years 2010,2011, and2012. Please explain how
these losses are estimated.
REQUEST NO. 8: Please provide the total annual purchased electric power cost for the
calendar years 2010,2011, and20l2, along with sample bills for May-June, August, and
December of 2012.
REQUEST NO. 9: Staffnotes that the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality
(IDEQ) conducted a Sanitary Survey on the Company's water system in January 2012 and
identified several deficiencies and recommendations. Please provide any communication with
IDEQ indicating the status of compliance for the identified deficiencies and recommendations.
REQUEST NO. 10: Please provide a list of all water quality tests for all water sources
(wells) and within the distribution system as required by the IDEQ. For each type of test,
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TO TROY HOFFMAN WATER
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AUGUST 6,2013
indicate the frequency and total cost per test. For example, Well No.l, arsenic test, every three
years, $20 per test; nitrate test, yearly, $20 per test and so on.
REQUEST NO. 11: Please describe and estimate the cost of any major capital
improvements planned for the next three years.
REQUEST NO. 12: The Application's "Work Papers and Supplemental Schedules l-
4," page 1, Exhibit l, Schedule A explaining line I I Power Pumping Equipment, indicates that
$2,254 is added to cover the cost to replace two valves on the power pumping equipment per
year. The Company also proposes to replace two valves per year for the next three years. Please
respond to the following:
a. Explain the function of and justification for replacing the six valves in the Company's
water system.
b. Explain where the valves are located in the system.
c. Speci$ the specific number, size (diameter) and cost of valves to be replaced,
including miscellaneous fittings and installation costs.
d. For the two valves that the Company proposes to install this year, please specify the
completion date.
DATED at Boise,Idaho, this 64 day of August 2013.
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Karl T. Klein
Deputy Attorney General
Technical Staff: Johanna Bell & Gerry Galinatoll-|2
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FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST
TO TROY HOFFMAN WATER 4 AUGUST 6,2013
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I HAVE THIS 6TH DAY OF AUGUST 2013,
SERVED THE FOREGOING FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OT THE
CoMMISSION STAFF TO TROY HOFFMAN WATER CORPORATION, IN CASE
NO. TRH-W-13.0I, BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO THE
FOLLOWING:
RON STADLEY
PRESIDENT
TROY HOFFMAN WATER CORP
710 W DALTON AVE STE J
COEUR D'ALENE ID 838I5
EMAIL: [e-mail]
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE