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Home My WebLink About20091201UWI to Staff 147, 148, 154-155.pdfMcDevitt & Miller LLP Lawyers Ri=C¡:!Vr:.i~'¡. ~r. . b'lIj ." t.". l".,' (208) 343-7500 (208) 336.6912 (Fax) 420 W. Bannock Street P.O. Box 2564-837(fU9 DEC -I Plî I: 00 Boise, Idaho 83702 Chas. F. McDevitt Dean J. (Joe) Miler December 1, 2009 Via Hand Delivery Jean Jewell Secretary Idaho Public Utities Commssion 472 W. Washigton St. Boise, Idao 83720 Re: Case No. UWI-W-09-01 General Rate Case Filng Dear Ms. Jewell: Enclosed for fig, please fid thee (3) copies of United Water Idaho's Second Response to Commssion Staffs Sixth Production Request Nos. 147, 148, 154, and 155. Kidly retu a fie staped copy to me. Very Truy Yours, McDevitt & Mier IL WtUtDean J. Mier DJM/hh End. ORlGl.NAL Dean J. Miler (ISB No. 1968) McDEVITT & MILLER LLP 420 West Banock Street P.O. Box 2564-83701 Boise, Idaho 83702 Tel: 208-343-7500 Fax: 208-336-6912 joecgmcdevitt -miler .com ",-nFCF t.:1'- - iOnq OEC - \ PM ,i 00 Attorneys for United Water Idaho Inc. BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF ) UNITED WATER IDAHO INC., FOR ) AUTHORITY TO INCREASE ITS RATES AND ~ CHARGES FOR WATER SERVICE IN THE )STATE OF IDAHO' ) ) CASE NO. UWI-W-09-01 UNITED WATER IDAHO INC'S SECOND RESPONSE TO COMMISSION STAFF'S SIXTH PRODUCTION REQUESTS United Water Idaho Inc, ("United Water") by and though its undersigned attorneys, hereby submits its Second Response to the Commission Staffs Sixth Production Request No 147, 148, 154, and 155. DATED this i-day of December, 2009. UNITED WATER IDAHO INC. BY.~ \i2Q-= Dean J.Miler McDevitt & Miler LLP 420 West Banock Boise, Idaho 83702 P: 208.343.7500 F: 208.336.6912 Attorney for United Water UNITED WATER IDAHO INC'S SECOND RESPONSE TO COMMISSION STAFF'S SIXTH PRODUCTION REQUESTS- 1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby cerify that on the ~ay of December, 2009, I caused to be served, via the methodes) indicated below, true and correct copies of the foregoing document, upon: Jean Jewell, Secretary Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472 West Washington Street P.O. Box 83720 Boise, ID 83720-0074 jjeweiicgpuc.state.id. us Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Fax Fed. Express Email Brad M. Purdy Attorney at Law 2019 N. 17th Street Boise, ID 83702 bmpurdy(fhotmai1.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Fax Fed. Express Email J( '"1. '"1. '"1. i. '"1.i( '"1. '"1. '"1. UNITED WATER IDAHO INC'S SECOND RESPONSE TO COMMISSION STAFF'S SIXTH PRODUCTION REQUESTS- 2 UNITED WATER IDAHO INC. CASE UWI-W-09-01 SIXTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF Preparer: J arila Car Sponsoring Witness: Gregory P. Wyatt / Charles E. Loy REQUEST NO. 147: For the following accounts, please provide an Excel spreadsheet with a listing of all transactions for each account by month. Include, for each account, the date of the transaction, a full descrption of the transaction, the vendor or payee, line description, the account booked to, the sub",aecount booked to, document number such as voucher number or and any other information pertaining to each transaction. The following accounts tie back to Workpaper 11.0 - Expenses Not Adjusted: 91860 Other Awards $3,020 91100 Outside Service- Accounting & Auditing $65,536 91200 Outside Service- Legal $16,253 91250 Outside Servce- is $142,248 .. 91300 Outside Service- Temp Help $1,401 91350 Outside Service- Other $40,049 50300 Material $202,548 50400/50410 Outside Contrctors & O/S Prof Services Ops & Maint $198,192 50410 O/S Prof Services Mellon $54,596 50310 Equip Renta $1,752 50600 Rents $8,276 50620 Other Utilities Ops & Maint $37,673 50650 Meals $10,574 50655 Misc Expenses $135,382 90100 Office Supplies $45,087 90110 Office Equip Rental $20,262 90150 Dues and Subs $511 90200 Licenses & Fees $10,118 90250 Telephone & Telemetr $145,018 90300 Other Utils G&A $25,040 90410 Advertsing $105,187 90500 Club & Professional Dues $83,763 . 90600 Travel Expense $37,976 90700 IT Supplies & Expense $33,179 90750 IT System Support $2,968 .. 91455 Injures & Damges $676 92150 Staff Meetings, Seminars & Conferences $33,874 92200 Clothng & uniform $25,311 92400 UWCares $6,987 ... 92550 Safety Equipment $17,722 92600 Other Misc G&A $89,928 .. 50400 Custortr Serice OIS Contrctors: Non UBS $38,459 91850 Employee Benefits Other $68,750 91460 Worker Compensation $210,400 91460 Tranporttion Costs $480,78.5 91400 & 91450 Business Insurance $406,426 The following accounts tie back to Company Exhibit No. 11, Summar Sheet: Employee Pension Cost 91500 $738,075 Post Retirement Health Care Accrul 91550 & 92056 $560,832 Employee Group Health & Life 91700 $693,321 Employee401K 91800 $105,716 Frige Benefits Tranferred 90950 ($820,709) Purchased Water 50605 $122,590 Purchased Power 50610 $1,510,530 Chemicals 50635 $310,..73 UBS Contract Billng & Postage 50400& 90450 $702,842 Bad Debt Expense 90400 $137,587 Postage & Air Freight: non UBS 90450 $101,610 Lab Testig Fees 50420 $105,899 Amortation of Tan Painting Expene 92053 $14,286 IPUC Annual Assessment 91900 $79,964 M &S Fees 90850-52 $2,425,157 Amortation of Rate Case Expense (Old)92000 $138,263 Amortation of Defered Power Cost 92061 $109,650 ... Amortation of Relocation Expense 92052 $16,000 Misc Amrtization 92054 $2,400 Amortization of Legal Expense 92058 $2,450 Outside Servce Mgt Fee (R+I Alliance)91310 $203,994 . Other Operation and Maintenance Expense Varous $2,806,264 -, , RESPONSE NO. 147: Enclosed please find an Excel fie titled "Prod Req #147 Test YearJE Details.xlsx". This file contains the complete test-year income statement JE detail for all accounts. It ties to the Income Statement. It provides information for all accounts, not jusfthose requested. UNITED WATER IDAHO INC. CASE UWI-W-09-01 SIXTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF Preparer/Sponsoring Witness: Gregory P. Wyatt REQUEST NO. 148: Purchase Card Transactions.(P-Card or P-Cards): 1. What is the policy for P-Cards? Please provide a paper copy of the P-Card policy. 2. Wbatare the procedures governng P-Cards? Please provide a paper copy of the P..Card procedures. 3. Please provide a list of all United Water Idaho employees who ar eligible for P-Cards. 4. Please provide a list of all United Water Idaho employees who have P-Cards. 5. To the extent not previously provided, please provide a paper copy of all policies relevant to P""Card transactions. 6. Please provide copies or access to the actual billng account statements for all purchasing cards where expenses are included. in the test yea. PUrchase Card Transactions (P-Card or P-Cards): RESPONSE NO. 148: A copy ofthe Company's P-Card policy and procedures along with alist of the employees with P-Cards has already been provided to the Staff Auditor on site. All P-Card account statements are available for review by Staff auditors durng their on-site audit at the Company's offce durng normal business hours. United Water Idaho Rate Case UWI-W-09-01 Production Request #148 - List of Employees with Purchase Cards Last Name Fir$t Name ADAMS JAMES ADAMS ROBERT BARKER MARTY BARRm ROBERT BARRIATUA RAYMOND BELCHER JOSEPH BENKERT PETER . BESSON STEPHEN BROWN DAVID CAIRL SCOTT CANOY PHILLIP CAREY WIllAM CARR WIlliS CASTRO MIGUEL CEGNAR CAMIllE CORN MATTHEW DITTUS ROGER FICKES DENNIS FRISBEE SCOTT GARDEN KELLY GOERTZ SETH HANSEN ERIK ... HECKENLIVELY RICHARD HORN ROBERT HENRY HOSKINS PAT HUDSON JEFF JOZWIK PAUL LAWRENCE ROBERT LOUGH JE~~ MAR1NEZ ROB MCBRIDE ROB MilLER RRANl)ON ... MilLER DANIEL MONAHAN THOMAS NelSON PAUL ORCUTT NANCY PEW BRANDON PIERCE SCOTT PLINE TREVA RècrOR RYAN RHODES JAMESD RICE LYNDON RICE WilLIAM RICHTER GARY SMITH KEVIN STONE JOHN STUART STACY SWANSON ERIC THOMPSON WILLIAM TUCKER BRIAN VOORHIS ARTHUR WADE JIM WATERS GARYM WILDE DAVEB WilMES KEITH WILSON MICHAEL WOOD JANE UNITED WATER IDAHO INC. CASE UWI-W-09-01 SIXTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF Preparer/Sponsoring Witness: Gregory P. Wyatt REQUEST NO. 154: In the Company's response to Production Request 53, the Company detailed the different charges for different types of customer visits. A reconnection during normal business hours is $20.00; a field collection visit is $15.00, the same as a temporary disconnection charge. A reconnection after normal business hours is $30.00; a service connection charge is $25.00, the same as a temporar disconnection charge. Please provide fuher explanation of the differential in costs for visits durng the same time frame. Include details of any cost of service studies completed for the costs of a visit to a customer and/or explanation process to perform the different types of visits. RESPONSE NO. 154: The tariff amounts for the various charges mentioned above have been in place since well before the year 2000. After diligent search, I was not able to locate any detail cost analysis or studies supporting how these rates were initially determined. UNITED WATER IDAHO INC. CASE UWI-W-09-01 SIXTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF Preparer/Sponsoring Witness: Gregory P. Wyatt REQUEST NO. 155: In the Company's response to Production Request 46, item 2: Summer Bill Insert, the Company stated that no insert was distrbuted in 2009. Please provide additional explanation of the oversight, and what plans the Company has in place for the 2010 season to provide this information to customers. RESPONSE NO. 155: During the spring time of2009, when the Company would normally run its anual conservation insert, the Company had two other inserts running: one on the annual system flushing, and one on the Company's new logo rollout. The oversight occurred in that by the time these inserts concluded (mid-July) we simply forgot about placing the conservation insert order at that late date. The Company does plan to place a conservation information insert in customer bils in the spring of2010.