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DECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM

TO: COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
COMMISSIONER REDFORD
COMMISSIONER RAPER
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL

FROM: NEIL PRICE
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: MAY 1, 2015

SUBJECT: APPLICATION OF FALLS WATER CO., INC. TO AMEND ITS
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY; CASE
NO. FLS-W-15-01

On March 16, 2015, the Commission received an Application from Falls Water Co.,
Inc. (“Falls Water” or “Company ”) to amend and revise its existing Certificate of Public
Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) pursuant to Idaho Code § 61-526 and Rule 112 of the Idaho
Public Utilities Commission Rule of Procedure.
APPLICATION
Falls Water states that the Company is engaged in a general water business in and
about Bonneville County, Idaho, with its principal place of business located at 2180 North
Deborah Drive, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83401.
Falls Water’s Application seeks to enlarge and extend the boundary of the area in
which it is currently authorized to provide water service. The Company states that its
Application is submitted in response to Commission Order No. 32663 requiring Falls Water to
amend its CPCN to include customers currently being served by the Company that are outside of
its original service area. Falls Water claims that over the past 16 years various developers have
built additional residences adjacent to its original service area.
Falls Water’s proposed new service area is adjacent to the City of Ammon, which has
its own public water system. The Company attached a Memorandum of Understanding with the
City of Ammon delineating an agreed upon service boundary between the City of Ammon’s
water system and its own water system. Falls Water states that service to the new areas will be
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provided through water mains and service lines installed by various developers through its
standard “Main Extension Contract.” Falls Water claims that its revenue requirement will not be
affected by the addition of the new service area. Falls Water states that it has an adequate water
source to provide service to the amended service area in a safe and reliable manner. Falls Water
submits that the extension of its facilities to serve the new service area is consistent with the
public convenience and necessity.
Falls Water submitted the following documents in support of its Application: certified
copy of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, including any amendments; map; legal
description of the proposed six area groups to be added to their current service area (Exhibit A,
Exhibit B-1 through Exhibit B-6 attached); and Memorandum of Understanding with the City of
Ammon (Exhibit C).
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to process Falls Water’s Application through Modified
Procedure with a 60-day comment period?

Neil Price
Neil Price
Deputy Attorney General

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