20230804Kootenai Heights Press Release.pdf

Case No. KHW-W-23-01
Order No. 35871
Contact: Adam Rush
Office: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

NEWS RELEASE: Public workshop scheduled on proposed water rate increase.

BOISE (Aug. 4, 2023) – Idaho Public Utilities Commission staff will hold an online public
workshop in mid-August to share information on an application from Kootenai Heights Water
System to increase the rates it charges for water service.

The utility is proposing to increase the residential flat rate it charges customers from $38.50 per
month to $57.65 per month.

At the workshop, commission staff will present an overview of the utility’s application and
answer questions. The workshop will be Tuesday, Aug. 15, at 5:30 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time,
6:30 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time. To participate over the phone, please call 1-415-655-0001
and enter meeting number 2633 940 2402 when prompted. To participate online, please visit
idahogov.webex.com and enter meeting number 2633 940 2402 (no spaces between numbers).
Then, click on the green “Join” button. At the next window, please enter this password:
TuesdayWorkshop. Next, please click on the green “Join Webinar” button. At the next window,
please enter your name and e-mail address, and then click on the “Next” button. Then click on
the green “Join Webinar” button.

Written comments on the utility’s application are being accepted until Sept. 20, 2023. Comments
are required to be filed through the commission’s website or by e-mail unless computer access is
not available. If using the commission’s website, please visit puc.idaho.gov and click on the
“Case Comment Form” link on the upper left side of the page. Please use case number KHW-W-
23-01 when filling out the form. Those submitting comments using e-mail are required to send
them to the commission secretary and Kootenai Heights Water at the e-mail addresses listed
below. If computer access is not available, comments can be mailed to the commission and the
utility at these addresses:

For the 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 Kootenai Heights Water System:

Water Systems Mgt., Inc.
Jeff Cowley
Bob Hansen
67 Wild Horse Trail
Sandpoint, ID 83864
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

For additional information on the application, please visit: puc.idaho.gov/case/Details/7017.