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DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER REDFORD
COMMISSIONER SMITH
COMMISSIONER KEMPTON
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: SCOTT WOODBURY
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: NOVEMBER 20, 2008
SUBJECT: CASE NO. CAP-W-08-01 (Capitol Water)
APPLICATION TO CANCEL SURCHARGE
On November 17, 2008, Capitol Water Corporation (Capitol Water; Company) filed
an Application with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (Commission) requesting
authorization to cancel the Commission approved surcharges that are currently in effect. Capitol
Water provides water service to approximately 2,560 residential and 150 commercial customers
in the City of Boise’s west bench area.
The Commission in Case No. CAP-W-02-1, Order No. 29035, authorized Capitol
Water to incur $507,000 indebtedness to make certain capital improvements and repairs to the
Company’s system and authorized a surcharge to pay the carrying cost of the debt ($3.10
residential flat rate surcharge and a metered commercial surcharge of 23.60%). By Order No.
29401 in Case No. CAP-W-03-1 the Commission increased the level of the surcharge upward by
$.45/month for flat rate customers and by 3.5 percentage points for metered customers.
The Company believes now that it has collected enough through the surcharges to
retire the debt. The Company requests Commission approval to cease billing the surcharges to
customers effective with the December 2008 billings. The Company proposes to submit a final
reconciliation of the surcharge collections and disbursements when all final costs are known.
COMMISSION DECISION
Capitol Water Company requests authority to terminate an existing surcharge for an
effective date of December 1, 2008. The Company contends that it has collected enough through
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the surcharge to retire the debt. The Company proposes to submit a final reconciliation of the
surcharge collections and disbursements when all final costs are known. Staff has reviewed the
Company’s books and recommends that the Company’s Application be approved without further
notice or procedure. Does the Commission agree?
Scott Woodbury
Deputy Attorney General
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