20231122Veolia Whitney Fire District Press Release.pdf

Case No. VEO-W-23-04
Order No. 36006
Contact: Adam Rush
Office: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

NEWS RELEASE: Water utility applies to commission to assume ownership of fire hydrants
belonging to fire protection district.

BOISE (Nov. 22, 2023) – Veolia Water Idaho has applied to the Idaho Public Utilities
Commission to transfer ownership of
fire hydrants belonging to the Whitney Fire Protection District to Veolia.

Veolia and Whitney each own fire hydrants within Veolia’s service area in the City of Boise and
Ada County. Veolia said many
fire hydrants owned by the fire district need maintenance, which is burdening the district’s fire
protection responsibilities. Veolia is proposing to take
ownership of the hydrants over a five-year period.

Veolia and the fire district have reached an agreement that would include the conveyance of
hydrants to Veolia. There are approximately 70 private
hydrants in the Whitney Fire Protection District. If the commission approves the agreement,
Veolia plans to begin billing the owners of those
hydrants as allowed by commission-approved tariffs.

Veolia also is seeking commission approval to install new fire hydrants in locations where
existing hydrants are too distant from each other to comply
with fire code.

The commission can approve, deny or modify the application.

The commission is accepting written comments on Veolia’s application until Jan. 18, 2024.
Comments are required to be filed through the commission’s
website or by e-mail unless computer access is not available. To submit written comments
electronically, please visit puc.idaho.gov and click on the
“Case Comment Form” link on the upper left side of the page. Please fill out the form using case
number VEO-W-23-04. To file by e-mail, send
comments to the commission secretary and Veolia at the e-mail addresses listed below. If
computer access is not available, comments should be mailed
to the commission and Veolia 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 Veolia:

Preston N. Carter
Morgan D. Goodin
Givens Pursley LLP
601 West Bannock Street
P.O. Box 2720
Boise, ID 83701-2720
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

Additional information is available at puc.idaho.gov/case/Details/7186.