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Home My WebLink About20230120Veolia Water to Staff 148-151.PDFVEOLIA WATER IDAHO, INC.’S RESPONSES TO FOURTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF PAGE 1 OF 3 16558212_1.DOCX (30-235) Preston N. Carter, ISB No. 8462 Blake W. Ringer, ISB N. 11223 Givens Pursley LLP 601 W. Bannock St. Boise, ID 83702 Telephone: (208) 388-1200 Facsimile: (208) 388-1300 prestoncarter@givenspursley.com blakeringer@givenspursley.com Attorneys for Veolia Water Idaho, Inc. BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF VEOLIA WATER IDAHO, INC. FOR A GENERAL RATE CASE Case No. VEO-W-22-02 VEOLIA WATER IDAHO, INC.’S RESPONSES TO FOURTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF In response to the Fourth Production Request of the Commission Staff to Veolia Water Idaho, Inc. dated December 30, 2022, Veolia Water Idaho, Inc. (“Veolia” or “Company”), submits the non-confidential responses contained below. Documents are available for download at the link provided in the transmittal email. Confidential responses and documents will be provided separately under the terms of the Protective Agreement. DATED: January 20, 2023. By:_____________________________ Preston N. Carter Givens Pursley LLP Attorneys for Veolia Water Idaho, Inc. RECEIVED Friday, January 20, 2023 3:57:10 PM IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION VEOLIA WATER IDAHO, INC.’S RESPONSES TO FOURTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF PAGE 2 OF 3 16558212_1.DOCX (30-235) CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on January 20, 2023, a true and correct copy of the foregoing was served upon all parties of record in this proceeding via electronic mail as indicated below: Commission Staff Via Electronic Mail Jan Noriyuki, Commission Secretary Idaho Public Utilities Commission 11331 W. Chinden Blvd., Bldg. 8, Suite 201-A Boise, ID 83714 jan.noriyuki@puc.idaho.gov Dayn Hardie Deputy Attorney General Idaho Public Utilities Commission 11331 W. Chinden Blvd., Bldg. 8, Suite 201-A Boise, ID 83714 dayn.hardie@puc.idaho.gov Lorna K. Jorgensen Meg Waddel Ada County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office Civil Division 200 W. Front Street, Room 3191 Boise, ID 83702 civilpafiles@adacounty.id.gov Sharon M. Ullman, pro se 5991 E. Black Gold St. Boise, ID 83716 sharonu2013@gmail.com Austin Rueschhoff Thorvald A. Nelson Austin W. Jensen Holland & Hart, LLP 555 17th Street, Suite 3200 Denver, CO 80202 darueschhoff@hollandhart.com tnelson@hollandhart.com awjensen@hollandhart.com aclee@hollandhart.com kdspriggs@hollandhart.com Jim Swier Micron Technology , Inc. 8000 South Federal Way Boise, ID 83707 jswier@micron.com VEOLIA WATER IDAHO, INC.’S RESPONSES TO FOURTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF PAGE 3 OF 3 16558212_1.DOCX (30-235) Mary Grant Deputy City Attorney Boise, City Attorney’s Office 150 N. Capitol Blvd. PO Box 500 Boise, ID 83701-0500 BoiseCityAttorney@cityofboise.org mrgrant@cityofboise.org Preston N. Carter VEO-W-22-02 IPUC DR 148 Page 1 of 1 VEOLIA WATER IDAHO, INC. CASE VEO-W-22-02 FOURTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF Preparer/Sponsoring Witness: Cary REQUEST NO. 148: Please provide any studies in the Company's possession, or any studies the Company has reviewed, on the water consumption of low-income customers. RESPONSE NO. 148: The Company does not attempt to identify and quantify which of its customers are low income, and has not reviewed nor has possession of studies performed on the consumption of low-income customers. Please see the response to Request No. 125 for three years of consumption history for customers receiving financial assistance through the Veolia Cares. The Veolia Cares program for low income assistance is administered by El-Ada Community Action Partnership (El-Ada). Customers who qualify with El-Ada for low-income financial assistance will receive a specific adjustment credit applied by Veolia on their water account. VEO-W-22-02 IPUC DR 150 Page 1 of 1 VEOLIA WATER IDAHO, INC. CASE VEO-W-22-02 FOURTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF Preparer/Sponsoring Witness: Cary/Njuguna REQUEST NO. 150: Please provide an update to the Company's revenue requirement model with actual expenses, rate base, etc. through December 31, 2022. RESPONSE NO. 150: Attachment 1A includes a revision for Adjustment No 16 - Vehicle Allocation which corrects the Adjusted Historic Test Year expense from $557,581 to $780,610 due to a revision of the reserve exclusion from ($329,806) to ($106,777). Rather than excluding only the IBNR reserve entries which are based on estimated costs, the adjustment also incorrectly excluded injuries & damage reserves, which are based on actual costs and should be included in the expense. The “as filed” and “revised” schedules with the operating expense summaries are included for reference. Please see Attachment 1B for the most current, revised and updated Operating Summary and Adjustment Schedules reflecting actuals as of December 31, 2022. Please see Attachment 2 for the Rate Base reflecting actuals through December 31, 2022 and 3 months projections from January 2023 to March 2023. Please see Attachment 3 for the Revenue Requirement reflecting actuals as of December 31, 2022. VEO-W-22-02 IPUC DR 151 Page 1 of 1 VEOLIA WATER IDAHO, INC. CASE VEO-W-22-02 FOURTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF Preparer/Sponsoring Witness: Cary REQUEST NO. 151: Please provide all property tax assessments and bills for 2022, payable in December 2022 and June 2023. RESPONSE NO. 151: Please see Attachment 1 for property tax bills and Attachment 2 for an Excel summary of the property tax bills.