20210806Picabo Water Telephonic Public Hearing Press Release.pdf

Case No. PIC-W-21-01
Order No. 35082
Contact: Adam Rush
Office: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

NEWS RELEASE: Commission schedules telephonic public hearing to take testimony on proposed Picabo
Water System rate increase

BOISE (Aug. 6, 2021) – The Idaho Public Utilities Commission will host a telephonic public hearing on Aug.
17 to take verbal testimony on an application from Picabo Water System to increase its rates for residential and
commercial water customers.

Picabo Water is asking for approval to increase its winter residential flat rate from $22 per month to $33 per
month, its summer flat rate from $41 per month to $62 per month and its commercial flat rate from $37 per
month to $55 per month. The company proposed a May 1, 2021, effective date for the new rates. The
commission suspended that date.

The telephonic hearing is Tuesday, Aug. 17, at 7:00 p.m. (MDT). To participate, please call 1-415-655-0001,
and enter passcode 177 458 0194 when prompted.

Written comments on Picabo’s application are being accepted until Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. Comments are
required to be filed by e-mail unless e-mail is unavailable. To submit comments via e-mail, please visit the
commission’s webpage at puc.idaho.gov. Click on the “Consumers” tab toward the top of the page, then click
on the “Case Comment Form.” Please use case number PIC-W-21-01 when filling out the form. Public
testimony and written comments submitted to the commission become part of the permanent public record for
the case, and are viewable by the public on the webpage that offers information on Picabo’s application.

Any comments should also be e-mailed to Picabo Water at the e-mail address listed below.

If e-mail is unavailable, comments may be mailed to the commission and Picabo at these addresses:

For the Idaho Public Utilities Commission:

Commission Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0074
[e-mail]

Street Address for Express Mail:

11331 W. Chinden Blvd.
Building 8, Suite 201-A
Boise, ID 83714

For Picabo Water System:

Nick Purdy
Picabo Water System/Picabo Livestock Co.
P.O. Box 688
Picabo, ID 83348
[e-mail]

For additional information on Picabo’s application, please visit: puc.idaho.gov/case/Details/6655.