HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000522_sw.docDECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER HANSEN
COMMISSIONER SMITH
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
MYRNA WALTERS
RON LAW
LOUANN WESTERFIELD
TONYA CLARK
DON HOWELL
STEPHANIE MILLER
DAVE SCHUNKE
MADONNA FAUNCE
ALDEN HOLM
WORKING FILE
FROM:
DATE: MAY 22, 2000
RE: CASE NO. INT-G-00-01 (Intermountain Gas)
PURCHASE GAS ADJUSTMENT (PGA) TRACKER
$36.4 MILLION (28%) REVENUE INCREASE—SURCHARGE
On May 19, 2000, Intermountain Gas Company (IGC; Company) filed an Application with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (Commission) for authority to place into effect new rate schedules that would result in an overall increase of approximately $36.4 million (28%) in its annualized revenues. The Company has requested an effective date of July 01, 2000. The increase reflects a change in the Company’s cost of gas and the elimination and/or imposition of a number of temporary gas and transportation cost adjustments, surcharges and credits. The Company in its filing also proposes to balance out its purchase gas cost adjustment (PGA) Account 186. The PGA account is a deferral mechanism for over- and under- collections and for realized savings on spot market gas purchases.
The Company contends that the public interest does not require a hearing on its Application and requests that the matter be handled pursuant to Modified Procedure, i.e., by written submission rather than by hearing. Reference Commission Rules of Procedure, IDAPA 31.01.01.201-204. Staff concurs with the Company’s requested procedure.
Commission Decision
Does the Commission agree that it is appropriate to process the Company’s Application in Case No. INT-G-00-01 pursuant to Modified Procedure?
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