20161107_5118.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM

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

FROM: KARL KLEIN
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: NOVEMBER 2, 2016

SUBJECT: INTERMOUNTAIN GAS COMPANY’S GENERAL RATE CASE,
CASE NO. INT-G-16-02

In this memo, Staff recommends that the Commission adopt an agreed-upon schedule
for the case, and extend the suspension period for the proposed effective date by an additional 60
days as allowed by Idaho Code § 61-622(4).
By way of background, on August 12, 2016, Intermountain Gas Company applied to
the Commission for authority to increase its rates and charges for natural gas service by $10.2
million (4.06%). The Company requested a September 12, 2016 effective date. The
Commission subsequently issued a Notice of Application and Notice of Intervention Deadline,
and suspended the proposed effective date for 30 days and 5 months under Idaho Code § 61-
622(4). The Commission also directed the Company, Staff, and intervening parties to confer
about a proposed schedule. See Order No. 33593.1 As directed, the parties to the case have
informally conferred about, and agree that the Commission should adopt, the following case
schedule:
DATE ACTIVITY

1 Besides the Company and Staff, the parties include the following intervenors: Community Action Partnership
Association of Idaho; Northwest Industrial Gas Users; Idaho Conservation League and NW Energy Coalition; the
Amalgamated Sugar Co. LLC; Snake River Alliance; and Federal Executive Agencies.
DECISION MEMORANDUM 2
In addition, if the Commission adopts this schedule, the Commission will need to
extend the current suspension period, which ends on March 12, 2017, for good cause to allow the
parties and Commission sufficient time to complete the case. See Idaho Code § 61-622(4)
(allowing the Commission to extend the initial suspension period for an additional 60 days upon
a showing of good cause).
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Commission issue a scheduling Order that adopts the
parties’ proposed schedule and, upon a finding of good cause, extends the suspension period for
another 60 days under Idaho Code § 61-622(4). Per standard practice, the Commission’s Order
should also direct Staff to convene customer workshops in the Company’s service territory (with
the workshop date(s) left to Staff’s discretion based on its staffing requirements), and should
note that the Commission will schedule public hearings for customers at a later date.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a scheduling Order that adopts the parties’
proposed schedule, suspends the proposed effective date for an additional 60 days upon a finding
of good cause, directs the Staff to convene workshops for customers, and notes that public
hearings for customers will be scheduled at a later date?

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