20200128_ct2jo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
COMMISSIONER RAPER
COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSION SECRETARY
LEGAL
WORKING FILE
FROM:CURTIS THADEN
DATE:JANUARY 23,2020
RE:INTERMOUNTAIN GAS COMPANY TARIFF ADVICE NO.19-01
REVISION TO RATE SCHEDULE FT (FRANCHISEFEEITAX
ADJUSTMENT)
BACKGROUND
On December 13,2019,Intermountain Gas Company submitted Tariff Advice No.19-01
to revise Rate Schedule FT (Franchise Fee/Tax Adjustment),Sheet No.15,to reflect currently
effective franchise fee ordinance numbers in the jurisdiction it serves.The ordinance numbers
are being updated but the existing three percent franchise fee remains unchanged.A copy of the
proposed revision to Sheet No.15 is attached.
Since July 1,2014,sixteen franchise fee agreements have expired and have been replaced
with new agreements.The agreements continue to impose a three percent franchise fee from the
sale of natural gas within the corporate limits of each respective city and all the agreements will
remain in effect unless amended in the manner set forth by the terms of the Ordinance.
A matrix showing the ordinance numbers;dates of when the franchise fee agreements
were approved by each respective City;the date the agreements were accepted by Intermountain
Gas;the duration of the agreement;the effective date and expiration dates are attached.
Staff has communicated with Intermountain Gas and recommended in the future,the
Company file a tariff advice prior to the expiration date of a franchise fee agreement when the
agreement is being replaced with a new one.
Idaho Title 50,Chapter 3,§50-329A allows cities to establish franchise fees assessed
upon a public service provider up to one percent without the consent of the public service
DECISION MEMORANDUM -1 -JANUARY 23,2020
provider or the approval of a majority of voters of the city voting on the question at an election.
Franchise fees up to three percent are allowed with the consent of the public service provider or
the approval of a majority of voters of the city voting on the question at an election.
Staff has reviewed the proposed tariff change,the franchise agreements,and the franchise
fee requirements under Idaho Title 50,Chapter 3 §50-329A.Staff recommends that the
Commission accept Intermountain Gas Company's proposed revision to Rate Schedule FT
(Franchise Fee/Tax Adjustment).Staff recommends an effective date of February 1,2020.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to accept Intermountain Gas Company's proposed revision to
Rate Schedule FT (Franchise Fee/Tax Adjustment)with an effective date of February 1,2020?
Curtis Thaden
i:udmemos/Tariff Advice No.19-01
DECISION MEMORANDUM -2 -JANUARY 23,2020
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Rate Schedule FT
FRANCHISE FEEITAX ADJUSTMENT
APPUCABlUTY:
To all charges for natural gas service rendered within the jurisdiction imposing a fee tax or chargeasprovidedinSectionA,paragraph 4.4 of the Company's General Service Provisions
ADJUSTMENT:
The rates and charges shall be increased by an adjustment equivalent to the amount of the chargeimposedbythejurisdictionThefollowingcitieschargea3%franchise fee
CITY ORDINANCE NO.CITY ORDINANCE NO.
Aberdeen if6 N Kuna 397AmericanFalls4442LavaHotSprmgs1985-3Ammon463Levnsville01.95
Arimo 4 Malta 28Bancroft210McCammon255Sasalta125Menan396Beñavue95-04 Meridian 462Blackfool#‡†g M ddleton 532Bose6444Monipelier593Buhl42&R Mountam Home 1064
Burley 1210 Murtaugh 94-68Caldwed†††8 10.3Ê Nampa 2006Chubbuck360NewPlymouth170
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By .Ma un Loti A,Blattner Title Director Regulatory Affairs
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Rate Schedules
Fifth Revision Sheet No 15 (Page 1 of 1)
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Rate Schedule FT
FRANCHISE FEEITAX ADJUSTMENT
APPLICABIUTY:
To alf charges for natural gas service rendered w,thin the jurisdiction imposing a fee,tax or chargeasprovidedinSectionA,paragraph 4.4 of the Company's General Service Provisions
ADJUSTMENT:
The rates and charges shall be increased by an adjustment equivalent to the amount of the chargeimposedbythejurisdectionThefolowingcitieschargea3%franchise fee
CITY ORDINANCE NO.CITY ORDINANCE NO.
Aberdeen 295 Kuna 397AmericanFaus628LavaHotSprings1985-3Arnmon463Lewisvile01-95Arimo4Malta28Bancrofi210McCammon255Basalt125Menan396Bellevue95-04 Meridian 462Blackfoot2140Middleton532Boise6444Montpeler593Buhl981MountaanHome1064Burley1210Martaugh94-68Caldwell3036Nampa2006Chubbuck380NewP,ymouth 170Declo123Parker72Eagle715Parma579Emmett780Paul2006-1Filer554Payette961Firth131Pocatelo2802Fruittand358Rexburg954GardenCity849.06 Rigby 2015-576Georgetown52Rine136GlennsFerry375Rupert06-507Gooding699StAnthony01-04Grace2016-1 Shelley 324Greenleaf84Shoshone496Hailey1190SodaSprings654Hansen121Star66Heybum581SugarCity296Homedale345SunVatey514IdahoFalls3052TwmFalls2165Inkom85-16ô Ucon 117lona62Weiser957Jerome688Wendel493Ketchum1134Wider365Kimberly409
issued by Intermountain Gas Company
By Loti A Blattner Title Director -Regutatory Affa sEffective.February 1 2020