20151026_4820.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM

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

FROM: KARL KLEIN
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: OCTOBER 23, 2015

SUBJECT: INTERMOUNTAIN GAS – APPLICATION FOR ACCOUNTING ORDER
(CASE NO. INT-G-15-03)

On October 9, 2015, Intermountain Gas Company applied for an Order authorizing it
to record, as a regulatory asset, expenses it incurs to prepare for its next general rate case. The
Company explains that it has not filed a general rate case since 1985 (see Case No. U-1034-122),
but it expects to file a general rate case in the next 12 months. The Company states that it lacks
the necessary staff to prepare and present the expected rate case, and that it will thus need to
retain outside consultants. While the Company does not seek to increase its rates to recover the
consultants’ expected fees now, it is requesting an accounting order that will allow it to record its
consultant-related expenses so it can ask the Commission to let it recover those expenses in the
future.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the case be processed by Modified Procedure, with comments
due within 21 days of the Commission’s notice, and reply comments (if any) due 7 days later.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to process this case under Modified Procedure and set a
21-day comment deadline and 7-day reply deadline?

Karl Klein
Karl T. Klein
Deputy Attorney General

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