20030113_365.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:CO MMISSI 0 NER KJELLAND ER
COMMISSIONER SMITH
COMMISSIONER HANSEN
JEAN JEWELL
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM:LISA NORDSTROM
DATE:JANUARY 10, 2003
RE:ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR FAILURE TO PAY REGULATORY
ASSESSMENTS AND MAINTAIN DESIGNATED SERVICE AGENT.
Idaho Code ~~ 61-1001 and 62-611 require public utilities to pay a special regulatory
fee in an amount necessary to defray the Commission s supervisory and regulatory expenses.
Procedural Rule 16.02 requires all utilities to designate a service agent to receive summonses and
complaints and maintain their address on file with the Commission Secretary.IDAPA
31.01.01.016.02.
In 2002, Staff sent revenue reporting letters, assessment letters, and late notices to
approximately 30 Title 62 companies at their designated addresses, which the U.S. Postal Service
later returned to the Commission as "undeliverable." These same companies did not pay their
2002 regulatory assessments.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Commission issue an Order to Show Cause and Notice of
Hearing to the companies identified as not maintaining a current service address and not paying
their 2002 regulatory assessments. The Commission s Order to Show Cause and Notice of
Hearing will then be sent to the identified companies via registered or certified mail. On a date
specified in the Notice of Hearing, a hearing officer will conduct an Order to Show Cause
hearing to create the record necessary for the Commission to issue an Order revoking the
certificates of these companies.
DECISION MEMORANDUM
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue an Order to Show Cause and Notice of Hearing to
companies identified as not maintaining a current address and not paying their 2002 regulatory
assessments?
M:Assessments In
DECISION MEMORANDUM