20210715Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
COMMISSIONER RAPER
COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM:JOIIN R. HAMMOND, JR.
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: JULY 15,2021
SUBJECT:AVISTA'S APPLICATION FOR AN ORDER APPROVING A CHANGE
IN NATURAL GAS RATES AND CHARGES TO REBATE CERTAIN
DEFERRED CREDIT BALAI\CES, CASE NO. A\rII-G-21-03
On July 2, 2021, Avista Corporation dba Avista Utilities ("Company'') filed an
Application for an Order Approving a Change in Natural Gas Rates and Charges to Rebate
Certain Deferred Credit Balances asking to decrease its annualized revenues by about $1.9
million (2.9%). Application at 1. The Company proposes to refund to customers deferred credit
balances associated with depreciation expense, Accumulated Funds Used During Construction
(AFUDC), and CARES Act benefits.
The Company says its proposal, if approved, will decrease rates for an averago
residential or small commercial customer using an average of 63 therms per month by $1.44 per
month (2.9%). Id. The Company states that it is providing notice of this Application to its
customers in compliance with Commission authorities. Id. at 2. The Company asks that its
application be processed by Modified Procedure, and that the new rates take effect September 1,
2021. Id. at l.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the case be processed through Modified Procedure, with a 21-
day comment period and a 7 day reply comment period.
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COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified
Procedure, with a 2l-day comment period end a 7 day reply comment poriod?
Hamrnond, J1.
Attorney General
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