20220509Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1

DECISION MEMORANDUM

TO: COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSIONER CHATBURN
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL

FROM: DAYN HARDIE
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: MAY 10, 2022

SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF AVISTA UTILITIES APPLICATION FOR AN
ORDER APPROVING A CHANGE IN NATURAL GAS RATES AND
CHARGES; CASE NO. AVU-G-22-02.

On April 29, 2022, Avista Corporation dba Avista Utilities (“Company”) applied for
an order approving a revised schedule of rates and charges for natural gas service. The Company
requests its proposed rates—which would increase the Company’s revenue by $8.3 million or
about 10.5 percent—be included in the purchases gas cost adjustment (“PGA”), effective July 1,
2022. The Company believes that making this filing now limits the surcharge deferral for the
remainder of the PGA cycle. If approved, the average residential or small commercial customer
using 63 therms per month would see an increase of $5.44 per month, or about 9.7 percent.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Commission issue a Notice of Application and Notice of
Modified Procedure establishing a June 8, 2022, public comment deadline and a June 15, 2022,
Company reply deadline.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified
Procedure establishing a June 8, 2022, public comment deadline and a June 15, 2022, Company
reply deadline?

_____________________________
Dayn Hardie
Deputy Attorney General
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