20230523_INTG2301_dh.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1

DECISION MEMORANDUM

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

FROM: DAYN HARDIE
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: MAY 23, 2023

SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF INTERMOUNTAIN GAS COMPANY’S TARIFF
ADVICE NO. 23-02.

On May 5, 2023, Intermountain Gas Company (“Company”) filed Tariff Advice No. 23-
02 proposing a revision to General Service Provisions, Section C, Sheet 3. As currently approved,
Section 3.2 directs that the Company will charge applicants for the relocation or abandonment of
gas facilities owned by the Company if requested by the applicant/customer. The Company’s
proposed update removes the required charge for abandonment because safely and timely
removing or safe-guarding abandoned facilities is to protect the public and not to convenience
customers. The Company requested the update become effective June 5, 2023.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff has begun reviewing the Company’s proposed tariff changes and would like to
propound formal discovery on the proposal before it makes a recommendation. Specifically, Staff
wants the opportunity to review the financial implications of the proposal before it makes a
recommendation. Accordingly, Staff will need more time than is allotted under the Company’s
proposed effective date to conduct and review responses to discovery. After consulting with the
Company, Staff recommends the Commission convert the Tariff Advice into a case under Case
No. INT-G-23-01, issue a Notice of Application, and set a June 15, 2023 public comment deadline
and June 29, 2023 Company reply deadline.

DECISION MEMORANDUM 2

COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to convert the Tariff Advice No. 23-02 into a case using Case
No. INT-G-23-01, issue a Notice of Application, and set a June 15, 2023 public comment deadline
and June 29, 2023 Company reply deadline?

Dayn Hardie
Deputy Attorney General
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