20230117_TTSW2301_cs.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM

TO: COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSIONER CHATBURN
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL

FROM: CLAIRE SHARP
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: JANUARY 17, 2023

SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF TETON WATER & SEWER COMPANY’S
REPORTING ON RESERVE FUND DISTRIBUTION; CASE NO. TTS-W-
23-01.

On January 3, 2023, Teton Water & Sewer Company, LLC (“Company”) filed its 2022
Reserve Fund Usage Report (“Report”) pursuant to Order No. 35382 seeking approval that the
reserve funds were used appropriately. Application at 1. The Company states that the total cost of
its 2022 reserve fund projects exceeded the available funds in the Company’s reserve account and
the balance of the invoices was paid for using operating funds.1 Id. The Company requested that
its Application be processed through Modified Procedure.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Commission issue a Notice of Application and Notice of
Modified Procedure establishing a March 8, 2023, public comment deadline with a March 15,
2023, Company reply comment deadline.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified
Procedure establishing a March 8, 2023, public comment deadline with a March 15, 2023,
Company reply comment deadline?

______________________________
Claire Sharp
Deputy Attorney General
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1 The total cost of the Company’s projects in 2022 was $28,777.25. The only project that was covered by the reserve
fund was the asphalt repair at 33 Targhee Trail in the amount of $3,927.70. The remaining project costs—
$24,849.55—were paid from operating funds.