20180906Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
COMMISSIONER RAPER
COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM:EDITH PACILLO
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: SEPTEMBER 4,2018
SUBJECT: AVISTA'S ANNUAL PGA FILING, CASE NO. AVU-G-18-04
On August 27, 2018, Avista Corporation dba Avista Utilities filed its annual
Purchased Gas Cost Adjustment (PGA) Application asking to decreose its annual revenues by
about $0.6 million(l%). Application at l.r The Company says its proposal will decrease rates
for an average residential or small commercial customer by $0.34 per month (0.7%). Id. at 5.
The Company states that it issued notice of this change via news release on August 24,2018. Id.
at 2. The Company asks that its Application be processed by Modified Procedure, and that the
new rates take effect November 1,2018. Id. at 5.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the case be processed through Modified Procedure, with
comments due by October 10, 2018 and reply comments due October 17,2018.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to process this through Modified Procedure, with
October 17 ,20182comments due by October 10,2018 and reply
th Pacillo
Deputy Attorney General
' The PGA mechanism is used to adjust rates to reflect annual changes in the Company's costs for the purchase of
natural gas from suppliers - including transportation, storage, and other related costs.
DECISION MEMORANDUM