20231115Algoma Workshop and Customer Hearing Press Release.pdf

Case No. AWS-W-23-01
Order No. 35943
Contact: Adam Rush
Office: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

NEWS RELEASE: Workshop, customer hearing will be held on water utility’s application to
increase rates.

BOISE (Oct. 4, 2023) – Idaho Public Utilities Commission staff have scheduled a workshop and
customer hearing to share information and take testimony on an application from Algoma Water
System to increase the rates for service it provides to residential and commercial customers.

The utility is asking for approval from the commission to increase rates for residential customers
to $54.00 per month and increase rates for commercial customers to $89.00 per month.

An online workshop will be held Wednesday, Oct. 11, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Pacific Daylight
Time. The workshop will offer an overview of the application and commission staff’s analysis
regarding how Algoma’s proposed rate increase would impact customers if approved. At the
workshop, attendees may ask staff questions. To participate online, please visit
idahogov.webex.com, and enter meeting number 2633 090 8387. Then click on the green “Join”
button. At the next window, please enter this password: AlgomaWorkshop. 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.

To participate over the phone, please call 1-415-655-0001 and enter meeting number 2633 090
8387 when prompted.

The customer hearing will be Wednesday, Oct. 18, to take testimony from customers and the
public. The testimony will become part of the formal record. The hearing will begin at 1:00 p.m.
Pacific Daylight Time and conclude at 3:00 p.m. or after all testimony has been submitted,
whichever comes first. It will be held at the Sandpoint Community Hall, 204 S. 1st Avenue,
Sandpoint, ID 83864. Those interested in listening to the hearing can call 1-415-655-0001 and
enter meeting number 2630 107 4654 when prompted. In-person attendance is required to submit
testimony.

Additional information is available at puc.idaho.gov/case/Details/7027.