HomeMy WebLinkAbout20220705_SWSW2201_memo_cs.pdfDECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSIONER CHATBURN
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: CLAIRE SHARP
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: JULY 5, 2022
RE: IN THE MATTER OF CDS STONERIDGE UTILITIES, LLC, CHARGING
CUSTOMERS IN EXCESS OF THE COMMISSION-APPROVED TARIFF
RATE FOR A NEW WATER SERVICE CONNECTION; CASE NO. SWS-
W-22-01.
On June 23, 2022, Commission Staff (“Staff”) petitioned the Commission for an order
establishing a twenty-one (21) day deadline directing CDS Stoneridge Utilities (“Company”) to
confirm the refund status for 12 customers, and complete the July 30, 2021, Production Request
response through a compliance filing.
BACKGROUND
On March 25, 2021, the Commission issued Order No. 34974 directing CDS Stoneridge
Utilities (“Company”) to refund customers’ fees collected in excess of the Commission-authorized
$1,200 hook-up fee, plus 1% interest, and document for Commission review. See Order No. 34974.
The Commission also ordered the Company to document customers who paid new hook-up fees
but were not yet connected to the system; customers who were unnecessarily charged new hook-
up fees when a preexisting connection already existed; customers who may have been overcharged
the $1,200 hook-up fees; and provide ongoing “new connection” reports for compliance. Id.
Thereafter, the Company refunded the customers identified in Order No. 34974, and
began the compliance reports. Staff subsequently identified 12 additional customers between June
2020 and February 2021 who were overcharged—$33,600 in total. Staff asks that the Company
verify refunds for these customers.
DECISION MEMORANDUM 2
On April 30, 2021, the Company submitted its first quarterly connection report as
required by Order No. 34974. Staff sent Production Requests for additional information, and the
Company’s response to the July 30, 2021, Production Request was incomplete.
STAFF’S RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Commission establish a twenty-one (21) day deadline directing
the Company to confirm the refund status of the 12 additional customers identified and to complete
the July 30, 2021, Production Request response through a compliance filing.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to establish a twenty-one (21) day deadline directing the
Company to confirm the refund status of the 12 additional customers identified and to complete
the July 30, 2021, Production Request response through a compliance filing?
______________________________
Claire Sharp
Deputy Attorney General
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
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