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IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIONAPPROVED EFFECTIVE
T arriff No.Page
111"125 'JAN 1 - 'LP.C. No.
Cancelina
Name of Utility
Bar Circle "5" Water Company
~m.~t( SECRETARY
(Approval Stamp)
METERED WATER RATES
Monthl
0 - 7 500 gallons
Over 7 500 gallons
$27.43
$1.per additional thousand gallons
NOTE:
Bills for water service will be rendered monthly and are payable within fifteen (15)
days of the billing date.
Per Commission Order No.30970
Issued January 11 , 2010 Effective January 1 2010
Title
President
Tarriff No.
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIONPageAPPROVEDEFFECTIVE
I.P.C. No.!AN25 '10 JAr. 1 - '
CancelinQ
Name of Utility
Bar Circle "5" Water Company
~.
~J SECRETARY
(Approval Stamp)
NON RECURRING CHARGES
Applicable:To all customers bills.
Reconnection Charges: A reconnection charge will be assessed to any customer who has
been involuntarily disconnected in compliance with the Idaho Public Utilities Commision
Uniform Customer Relations Rules (UCRR). Charges do not apply to customers
who have been involuntarily disconnected for the convenience of the Company.
Reconnection Charge during normal business hours
Reconnection Charge for times outside of normal business hours
$20.
$40.
Customer Requested Service Calls:
During Normal Business Hours
Other Than Normal Business Hours
Service call charges will be waived if the service call results in repair
to Company s equipment through no fault of the customer.
$0.
$20.
Normal Business Hours are 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday through Friday excluding
Legal Holidays recognized by Idaho State Government Offices.
Returned Check Charge: In the event a customers check is returned by the Company s bank for
any reason , the Company will charge the customers account a reprocessing fee of $20.
Per Commission Order No.30970
Issued January 11 , 2010 Effective January 1 , 2010
Title
President
Tariff No.APPROVED
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
EFFECTIVEPage
I.P.C. No.IAN25 '
Cancelina
Name of Utility
Bar Circle "5" Water Company
JAN 1 - '1l;
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SECRETARY
(Approval Stamp)
COMMERCIAL FIRE PROTECTION SERVICE
Applicable to all commercial customers for private fire protection upon the
customers premises.
For each fire hydrant $17.
For each separate building sprinkler connection $88.
Per Month
Per Month
Billing for each service will be charged in advance at the beginning of each month.
Per Commission Order No.30970
Issued January 11 , 2010 Effective
Title
President
January 1 , 2010
Tarriff No.Page IDAHO rY6b!C UTILITIES COMMISSIONAPPi1~V~O EFFECTIVE
M~~ '10 FEB 10'
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SECRETARY
(Approval Stamp)
LP.C. No.
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Name of Utility
Bar Circle "5" Water Company
NEW CUSTOMER CONNECTION CHARGES
For a first time connection to the Bar Circle "S" Water Company system when an
existing service line and meter base are already in place on the property the charge
is $400.00.
If there is no service line tap to the Company s water mains or meter box in place on
the property the charge is $2 500.00.
When the installation of a new service line requires the Company to bore a line under
a road , all additional costs will be charged to the customer on a time and materials
basis. The new customer may, at their option , hire a Bar Circle "S" Company approved
independent contractor to perform the road bore and connection. The Company
will require such contractor to show proof of bonding, licensing and insurance and have
at least five (5) years of experiencine at hot tapping water lines. Bar Circle "
Water Company s Water Master will inspect and approve all the work being
performed to insure compliance with the Company s installation requirements.
Per Commission Order No. 31002
Issued February 23 , 2010 Effective February 10 , 2010
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UNIFORM MAIN EXTENSION RULE FOR WATER UTILITIES
A. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS
1. Applicability
All extensions of diatdbution I18W froB the utility existing
distribution syst.., to serve new customers, except for thole speci-fically ucluded below, shall be .ade under the provisions of thisRule UDlen specific authority 18 fint. obtaiD.ed fr08 the Cc_issiol1
to deviate therefr08. A..iD. exUUion contract. shall be executed by
the utility and the applicant or applicuts fol' the ..in extension
before the utility cOl88nces conltnctioR work OR .aid eztenaions or,if col18tncted by applicant or applicants, before the facilitiescOilprisiq the utA uteuioD al'l trauflrrecl to the utility.
b. Iztensiou lolely for fire hydrant, private fire pRtection, resale,te8poral'1, standby, 01' suppl_ntal senice sball not be _de underthis Iule.
c. The utility ,I88Y, but will not be requirecl to, ute .zteaions UDder
this Rule ill. eas88Uts 01' ripts-of-way wilen fiDal Irade. have not
b88D established, 01' wh.re street Irad.. have DOt been broupt to
thOle eltablished by public authority. If uteuioa are ude when
Irades have not been eltablisbad and there ii ' a reasonable probabilitythat the existinl Irade will be chanlH, the utility shall require
that the applicant or applicants for the 88ill ezteatoD deposit, atthe tiM of executioll of the lAiD ezteuioll alre8ll8Dt, the estimatednet. cost of relocatua, raisil1l, or lowednl facilities upou estab-
Usblleut of final Iradel. Adjutment of an1 difference between the
amount so deposited and the actual COlt of relocatiDl, raisinl, or
lowerinl facilities aball be ude vitIUA ten (10) days after, the
utility hal ascertained such actual COlt. The net deposit repre-
sential actual cost is not subject to refund. The entire deposit
related to the proposed relocation, raisinl, or lowerial shall be
refunded when such displacements are deterBined by proper authority to
be not required.
Definitions
SODa Fide Customer - for the purposes of this Rule, shall be a . cus-
toiler excluding any customer formerly served at the same location)
who has given satisfactory evidence that service will be reasonably
permanent to the property which has been improved with a building of a
permanent nature, and to which service has commenced. The provisionof service to a real estate developer or builder, during the con-
struction or development period, shall not establish him as a bona
fide customer.
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Real t"state Developer or Build - for p~rp?S~s of this Rule, shall
include any individual, assocutlon of lnd~vlduals, partnership, or
corporation that divides a parcel of land lnto two (2) or lDore por-
tiOd.
Adjusted Construction Cost ~ for the purposes of this Rule, shall be
reasonable and shall not exceed the costs recorded in conformity with
generally accepted water utility accountinl and sound engineering
practices, and as specifically defined in the Uniform System of
Accounts for Water Utilities prescribed by the CO88ilsion, of instal-
liAa facilities of adequate capacity for the service requested. If
the utility, at its option, should taltall facilities with a larger
capacity or relultiAl in . Ireater footale of exteDIion than required
for the semce, the "adjusted construction COlt" for the purposes of
this Rule, shall be deteJ:1lined by the application of &11 adjustment
factor to actual coutruction cOlt of facilities installed. This
factor lhall be the ratio of eeti8ated COlt of required facilities to
esti8ated cost of actual facilities' inltalled.
d. C088ission'" sball mean the Idaho Public Utilities CO88ilsion.
. 3. Ownerahip, nesill1 and Coutruction of Facilities
a. Any facilities 1utalled hereunder lhall b. t- lole property of the
utility. IA those inltancel ilL which title to certa1l1 portiol18 of the
iI1Itallation, such ae fire hydrants, vill be ald by a political
subdivision, such facilities sball DOt be 1I1cluded a. a part of the
111111 exteuioll under this Rule.
b. The .ize, tne, quality of ..tenall, and their location shall be
specified by the utility; and the actual construction shall be done by
the utility or by a coutruCt.inl aleney acceptable to it.
Where the property of all applicant il located adjacent to a right-of-
way, exceedinl 70 f.et. 111 width, for a street, hilhway or other public
purpole, re.ardlell of the width of the traveled way or pavement; or a
freeway, waterway or railroad right-of-way, the utility may elect to
install a ..in extensioll OD the sam. lide thereof al the property of
the applicant, and the estimated and adjusted construction costs in
such case shall be based upon such an extension.
When an extension must comply with an ordinance, regulation, or speci-
fication of public 'authority, the estimated and adjusted construction
cOStl of said extension shall be based upon the facilities required to
comply therewith.
Estimates, Plans and Specifications
Upon request by a' potential applicant for a main extension, the util-
ity shall prclJare, without charge, a preliminary sketch and rough
estimates of the cost of installation to be advanced by said appli-
cant.
UNIFORM MAIN EXTENS ION RULE
b. Any. applicant fat.a ...i~_e~tension request~nl the utility to prepare
detailed plana, specifications and cost estlmatel shall ,be required to
deposit with the utility an amount ~q~l to the estllUted cost of
preparatton of such material. The utlllty shall, upon request, make
available within 45 days after receipt of the deposit referred toabove, IU~ plans, IpecificatioAl and COlt est~atel of the proposed
main extension. If the extension is to include overlizinl of facili-
ties to be dona at the utility s expense, appropriate details shall be
set forth in the plans,. specifications and COlt estimatel.
In the evemt a lIIin extension contract with the utility is executed
vithin 180 days after the utility fumilhel the detailed plans andspecificationl, the deposit shall beco.. a part of the advance, andshall be refllAded in accordance vith the tema of the -in exteDIioncontract. If such contract il not so executed, the deposit to cover
the COI~ of prepariDa pl&l18, specificatioaa and cost elt18ates shall
be forfeited by the applicant for the 881m exteaaion aad the I8CUDt of
the forfeited deposit lhall be credited to tba aCcoUAt 01.' accoUllts tovla1ch the 8Zpeue o~ prepld.nl slid uterill ':'11 ~rled.
d. Wba detailed plau, Ipecificatioaa ad coat eltillatel are requastH,
the Ipplicaa.t for a _in ezulUlion sball funilh a up to a suitable
Icale llaoviq the street and lot layouts ad, vb8a requelteel by the
utility, contours or other indication of tba nlative elevation of thevarious parts of the Irea to be developed. If c:baqel are _de lubse-
quent to the presentation of WI up by the applicut, and these
cJwa.es require additional upeue in reviliq plaut lpecificatioDSucI cOlt eitillltel, WI additiollll Dpellle lhall be bome by thea"licut, not subject to refund, ud tile additional ezpeue thus
recovered sball be creeli ted to the accoUAt or accoats to which the
additional expense vas charled.
Tilliul and Ad~ustment of Advances
Ualesl the applicant fo~ the main exteDlion elects to arranle for the
installation of the extension himself, as peraited by Section C.c.,
the full a8QUDt of the required advance or an acceptable surety bond
must be provided to the utility at the time of execution of the mainextension alre88ent.
If the applicant for a main extension posts a surety bond in lieu of
cash, such surety bond must be replaced with cash not leis than ten(10) calendar days before construction is to commence; provided,
however, that if special facilities are required primarily for the
service requested, the applicant for the extension may be required to
deposit sufficient cash to cover the cost of such special facilities
before they are ordered by the utility.
An applicant for a main extension who advances funds shall be provided
with a statement of actual construction cost and adjusted constructioncost showing in reasonable detail the cost incurred for material,labor, any other direct and indirect costs. overheads, and totalcosts; or unit costs; or contract costs, whichever are appropriate.
UNIFORM MAIN EXTENS ION RULE
Said - stateMnt shall be submitted within sixty (60) days after the
actual construction costs of the installation have been ascertained by
the utility. In the event that the actual construction costs for the
entire iutallation shall not have been detel'llined within 120 days
after completion of construction work, a preliminary determination
actual and adjusted construction costs shall be sub8itted , based upon
the best available information at that time.
e. Any differences between- the adjusted construction costa and the amount
advanced shall be shown al a revision of the aaount of advance and
shall be payable wiWA thirty (30) daya of sub.inion of the state-
ment.
AalilDMnt of Kain Extel18ion Contracts
Any contract entered into under Sectionl I and C of this Rule, or underliBilar pro91.iol18 of fo~r rule., say b. a.lianed, after settlement of
adJuated col18truction colt., after written notice to the utility by the
holder of said contract a. shown by the utility l record.. Such aslign-
I118Dt lhall apply only to tho.e refunds which bec.. due .ore than thirty(30) clava after the data of r~ceipt by the utility of the notice of.s.illUl8D.t. The utility shall not be required to ..a 8117 one refUnd
paJ88Dt UDder such contract to 8Ore than a .iAlle allisaa8.
InterpretatioDS and Deviations
In ca.e of di.l.re...nt or di.pute re.ardinl the application of any pro-
vision of thia Rule, or iA circ.stances wiler. the application of thisRule appears unreasonable to either party, the utility, applicant orapplicant.
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refer the utter to the C088i1lion for detemination.
EXTENSIONS TO SERVE INDIVIDUALS
Free-Footal. AllowaDce
The utility shall extend its water distr:i,bution mains to serve new bonafide customers at its own expense, other than to serve subdivisions,
tracts, housins projects, industrial developments or organized commercial
districts, when the required total length of main extension from the
nearest existinl utility facility is not in excess of fifty (SO) feet per
service connection.
Advances
If the total length of main extension is in excess of fifty (50) feet perservice connection applied for, tae applicant or applicants for such
service saall be required to advance to the utility, before construction
is commenced, that portion of the estimated reasonable cost of such exten-
sion which ~xceeds the estimated reasonable cost of SO feet of the main
extension per service connection, exclusive of the cost of service pipes,
UNIFORM MAIN EXTENSION RULE
meter boxtl and _terSe Such estimated reasonable cost shall be based
upon the COlt of a aain not in excess of six (6) inches in diameter except
where a lar.er aain il required by the special needs of the applicant or
applicantl. The 88Qunt of the advance is subject to adjustment in accor-
dance vitA the provisionl of Section A.e. of tbil Rule.
Refund.
The lIOn.,. 10 advanced sha11 be refunded by the utility, in cash, withoutinterelt, il1 paYMnta equal to the ac1j11lted contruction COlt of fifty
(SO) feet of the 1118111 atenliol1 for which advance waa ude, for each
. additioaal I.rvice colUUlctioD _de to laid gin ext8niol1 ucluaivCl of
that of any c:utoMr fo1'88rly .erve4 111 a realoaable llUDer at the salle
location. At the requelt of the applicant, nfUAdl lhall b. ude within
180 daYI after the date of fint l.mCI to a bona fide c:uatoeer. If no
requelt il received froll applicant, the utility lhall initiate refunds 011
811 aDDWIl b..i.. 110 nf1lD4a lull be ..- aftar . period of ten (10),..8n froe tile date of cOlipletion of the ..ia uteuion an4 the totalrel1ll1d sball not aceed the 8IIOunt advanced.
4. Exception
.1'8 a arcup of fi.8 (5) or 801'8 individual applicat8 nqueata service
fra8 tb8 I'" gun ion , or ia UDUIual cale. after obtaWDa COI8islion
authorization. the utility, at ita option, MY require that the iAclividualor iAclivi4ual. advance the eat1re COlt of the 88in uteuioll .1 hereinprovided a4 the utility .Ihall refund thi. advance a. pRvided in Section
2. of thi. Rale.
. C. EXTENSIONS TO SERVE SUBDIVISIONS, TRACTS, HOUSING PROJECTS,
IlfDUSTRIAI. DEVELOPttEHTS OR ORGANIZED COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS
1. AdvancII
8. Unlill the procedure outlined in Section C.c. is followed, an appli-
cant for a 88in ext:euioD to serve a new subdivision, tract , housing
project or induatrial dayelopaent or orsal1ized cOI88rcial districtshall be r~uir.d to advance to the utility, before construction isco_nced, t!I8 eltillated reasonable COlt of the extension to be
actually installed, frO8 the nearest utility facility at Leist equal
in size or capacity to the main required to serve both the new cus-
tomers and a reasonable estimate of the potential customers who might
be served directly fr08 the main extension without additional exten-sion. The costs of the extension shall include necessary service
stubs, or service pipes, fittings, gates and housing therefor, and
meter boxes, but shall not include meters. To this shall be added the
cost of fire hydrants when requested by the applicant for the main
extension or required by public authority, whenever such hydrants are
to become the property of the utility.
UNIFORl1 MAIN EXTENSION RULE
If, f~r any purpose, speci~l facilities ~re req~i~e~ primarily for the
service requested, the cost of such specla~ facl11tles may be included
in the advance, subject to refund, as herelnafter p!ovided! aloag with
refunda of the advance of the cost of the extenslon facllities des.
cribed in Section C. 1. a. above.
In lieu of providinl the advances in accordance wi th Sections C. 1. a .
and C.b., the applicant for a main extension shall be permitted, ifqualified in the judpent of the utility, to construct and install thefac:Uities lWuelf, or arran.e for their inatallatioa. purluaa.t tocompetitive biddia.a procedures initiated by hi8 aa.d li8ited to quali-fied bidden. The cost, includinl the cost of inapectioa. aa.d super-visioD by the utility, shall be paid directly by applicnt. The
applicaDt shall provide the utility with a ItatellUt of actual con-
structioD cost in reasonable detail. The 88Ount to be treated as an
advaDce subject to refund shall be the le.ser of (1) the actual COlt,. or (2) the price quoted in the IItility s detailed COlt estiute. The
iaatallatioD shall be in accordance with the plaaa and specificationssub8itted by the utility pursuant to Section A.
2. Refund.
a. The UIOunt advanced unGer 5ectiol18 C.a., C.b., uut C.c. shall be
.ubject to refuncl by the utility iA calb, without interest, to theparty 01' partiel entitled thereto a. set fortia the follovinl twopara,raja. The total UIOUDt 10 refUDdeci lull nOt Gcud the total
of the lIIOunt advanced. Except al hereinafter pron", the refundssull be ude in amwal, seaiannual or quarterly paYII8Dtl, at the
electioD of the utility, and for a period not to ucen tventy (20)yeaI'I after the date of the contract.
b. Whenever COltl of Mia ateuiou have beeD advanced pursuant toSections C. 1. a. or C. 1. c., the utility shall determine the revenue
received fro. cultOllerl other than residential, includinl fire pro-
tection alencies, supplied by service pipes connected directly to the
extension for which the COlt WI. advanced. The refund shall be 22
percent of the revenue so received.For residential customers con-
nected directly to the e.tension for which the cost val advanced, the
utility shall refund 22 percent of the averale revenue per residential
customer of the entire sYltem for the immediately precedinl 12-monthperiod. (See Section C.d. and B.
c. Whenever costs of special facilities have been advanced pursuant to
Section. C.b. or C.c., the amount so advanced shall be divided bythe nWllber of lots to be served by the special facilities. This
advance per lot shall be refunded for each lot on which, one or morebona fide customers are served by those facilities.
With respect to a contract entered into on and after the effective
date of this Rule, if, at any time during the 20-year refund period
specified above, 80 percent of the bona fide customers for which the
UNIFORM MAIN EXTENSION RULE
extenalon or special facilities were designed are being served there-
frOR the utility shall immediately notify the contract holder of that
fact: and at that time shall become obligated to pay, in casb, any
balance which may remain unrefunded at the end of said 20-year period.
Such balance shall be refunded in five (S) equal annual installments,
payable beaiDDinl 21 years after the date of the contract.
Where a contract has been entered into under a former main extension
, rule, and where 80 pes:cent of the bona fide CustOIlfl:i:S for which the
ext8D8ion or special facilities were designed are betas served there-
fro., the utility lIIay nelotiate and enter into a new and substitute
contract, identical in all respects with the orilwl contract, in-
clud1l11 the orisinal termination date, except that said substitutecontract lull include the followinl provisions: "HotWit.h8tanding anyother provisions hereof, any unrefunded balance resainina at thetemination date of thia contract lull be paid in five (S) equalamwal inatallmenta beainninl 0118 (1) year after said teminationdaU.
Temination of Main Extension Contracts
I. Any contract entered into under Section C of 'thi. Rule, or Wl.dersillilar proviliona of fomer rules, .., be pucha.ed by the utilityand teminated, after first obtaininl the aut!1orizatiol1 of the Cos-IItssioll, at' any tiM after the DU8ber of bona fiele cuatoaers therec8iv1l11 service fro. ,the extension for which the advance WI. udeequals at least 60 percent of the total nWlber of bona fide cuato_rsfor which such extension was desilDed by the utility and the terms are
otherwise IlUtully alreed to by the partie. or their a.lianees andthatSectioD C.b. and Section C.c. hereof are cOllplieel with.
b. The utility, in requesting authorization for luch termination, lhallfurnish to. the COBDission the followinl inforaatioll in writinl by anadvice letter in the event the t~rmination is to be accomplished by
payment in calh, or by a formal application:
(1) A copy of the uin extension contract, together with data ade-
quately describing the developlllent for which the advance was made
and the total adjusted construction cOlt of the extension.
(2) The balance unpaid on the contract, as above defined, as of the
date of termination and terms under which the obligation is re-
quested to be terminated.
(3) The name of the holder of the contract when terminated.
(4) The total number of bona fide customers for which the extension
was designed and the number of bona fide customers actually re-ceiving service on said extension as of the proposed termination
date of contract.
UNIFORM MAIN EXTENSION RULE
c. Discounts obt~ined by the utility from contracts terminated under the
provisions of this Section shall be accounted for by credits to
Account 265 - Contributions in Aid of Construction.
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