HomeMy WebLinkAbout20160812Application.pdfWILLIAMS · BRADBURY
ATTO R NEYS AT L A W
August 12, 2016
Jean D. Jewell
Commission Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
472 W. Washington Street
Boise, ID 83 702
RE: Interrnountain Gas Company General Rate Case No. INT-G-16-02
Dear Ms. Jewell:
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Enclosed for filing with the Commission are an original and nine copies of an Application by
Interrnountain Gas Company, dated August 12, 2016, for approval of revised natural gas rates.
The Company, in its Application, has requested the Commission to suspend this filing for 31
days.
Interrnountain Gas Company has also included for filing nine copies of its prepared direct
testimony and exhibits in support of its revised rates. Computer-readable copies of the
testimony and exhibits are included on the attached compact disc, as required under Rule
231.05.
Please direct any questions related to the transmittal of this filing to Mike McGrath at 208-
377-6168, or to Ronald L. Williams at 208-344-6633.
Sincerely,
Ronald L. Williams
Williams Bradbury, P.C.
Attorneys for Interrnountain Gas Company
I errnountain G s Company
irector, Regulatory Affairs
1015 W. Hays Street -Boise, ID 83702
Phone: 208-344-6633 -Fax: 208-344-0077 -www.williamsbradbury.com
APPLICATION OF INTERMOUNTAIN GAS COMPANY FOR GENERAL RATE INCREASE Page 1
Ronald L. Williams, ISB No. 3034
Williams Bradbury, P.C.
1015 W. Hays St.
Boise, ID 83702
Telephone: (208) 344-6633
Email: ron@williamsbradbury.com
Attorneys for Intermountain Gas Company
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF
INTERMOUNTAIN GAS COMPANY FOR THE
AUTHORITY TO CHANGE ITS RATES AND
CHARGES FOR NATURAL GAS SERVICE TO
NATURAL GAS CUSTOMERS IN THE STATE
OF IDAHO
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Case No. INT-G-16-02
Application is hereby made to the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (“Commission”) for
an Order granting Intermountain Gas Company (“Applicant”, “Intermountain”, or “Company”)
the authority to change its rates and charges for natural gas service to natural gas customers in the
State of Idaho, to be effective on and after September 12, 2016.
In support of this Application, Intermountain states as follows:
I.
The name of the Applicant is Intermountain Gas Company, an Idaho corporation whose
principle business office is 555 S. Cole Road, Boise, Idaho 83707. Communications in reference
to this Application should be addressed to the following:
APPLICATION OF INTERMOUNTAIN GAS COMPANY FOR GENERAL RATE INCREASE Page 2
Michael P. McGrath
Director, Regulatory Affairs
Intermountain Gas Company
555 S. Cole Road
PO Box 7608
Boise, ID 83707
Phone: (208) 377-6168
mike.mcgrath@intergas.com
Ronald L. Williams
Attorney for Intermountain Gas Company
1015 W. Hays Street
Boise, ID 83702
Phone: (208) 344-6633
ron@williamsbradbury.com
II.
Intermountain is a public utility gas corporation within the meaning of the Idaho Public
Utilities Law, duly exists under the laws of the State of Idaho, and is engaged in the distribution
of natural gas in southern Idaho. The Company is subject to the jurisdiction of this Commission.
Applicant’s certificate of public convenience and necessity, Certificate No. 219, was issued by
the Commission on December 2, 1955. Intermountain provides natural gas service in southern
Idaho to 75 communities in Idaho and approximately 334,650 customers. Applicant is a wholly
owned subsidiary of MDU Resources Group, Inc. (“MDU”) and shares in certain centralized
services provided MDU with other utilities also owned by MDU.
III.
Intermountain’s existing base rates and charges for natural gas service were approved by
the Commission in 1985. The existing rates and charges for natural gas service on file with the
Commission were approved by the Commission in Case No. INT-G-15-02, Order No. 33386, and
are incorporated herein as though fully attached hereto.
APPLICATION OF INTERMOUNTAIN GAS COMPANY FOR GENERAL RATE INCREASE Page 3
IV.
Attached as Attachment 1 hereto are copies of the Company’s tariff schedules showing
the proposed changes by striking over the existing rates and underlining the proposed rates.
Attachment 1 to this Application is also Exhibit 30 sponsored by Company witness Michael P.
McGrath.
V.
Applicant proposes to increase rates by $10.2 Million, or 4.06 %. Applicant alleges
that the proposed changes in rates and charges set forth on Attachment 1 are just and
reasonable and that the rate of return expected to be provided to the Applicant there under will
be 7.42%, which is a fair rate of return on Applicant's investment in property used and useful in
rendering gas utility service.
VI.
The revenue realized by Applicant under its presently authorized rates produces a rate
of return of 4.852%, based on a test year ending December 31, 2016. Applicant seeks
additional revenues to recover increased operating expenses and costs associated with plant
additions, and to produce a fair rate of return, thereby enabling it to continue to provide
adequate and reliable service to its customers. Unless the increased rates as requested in this
filing are approved, Applicant’s rates will not be fair, just and reasonable and Intermountain
will not have the opportunity to realize a fair rate of return on its investment in the state of
Idaho.
VII.
Applicant’s evidence in support of its need for increased rates is based on a 12-month test
year ending December 31, 2016. The test year is six months actual and six months forecasted,
APPLICATION OF INTERMOUNTAIN GAS COMPANY FOR GENERAL RATE INCREASE Page 4
with the forecasted months to be trued-up in January, 2017. Applicant’s rate base evidence is
presented on a 13 month average basis. A complete justification of the proposed increases in
rates is provided in the testimony and exhibits of Company witnesses. A brief summary of
Intermountain’s witnesses and their testimonies is described in the first portion of the testimony
of Mr. Scott Madison, Intermountain’s Executive Vice President.
VIII.
This Application has been brought to the attention of Intermountain’s customers through a
Customer Notice and by a Press Release sent to daily and weekly newspapers, and major radio and
television stations in Intermountain’s service area. The Press Release and Customer Notice are
attached as Attachment 2 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. Copies of this Application
have also been provided to those parties regularly intervening in Intermountain’s rate proceedings.
X.
Portions of the Company’s Application and accompanying testimony and exhibits are
based on computer models. Microsoft Excel based computer modeling, used by the Company
to calculate revenue requirement and upon which allocations of revenue requirement have been
based will be provided to Commission Staff on computer disk.
XI.
The Applicant stands ready for immediate consideration of this Application.
WHEREFORE, Applicant respectfully requests of the Commission:
1. That this Application be heard and acted upon at the earliest possible date,
2. That the Commission find that the Applicant's existing rates are unjust, unreasonable
and insufficient to provide Applicant with a fair rate of return and that the revised rates
and charges proposed in Attachment A of this Application are just and reasonable and
APPLICATION OF INTERMOUNTAIN GAS COMPANY FOR GENERAL RATE INCREASE Page 5
that Applicant be permitted to charge said rates to its customers, effective September
12, 2016.
3. That the Commission grant such other and further relief as the Commission may
determine proper in the circumstances.
DATED at Boise, Idaho, this 12th day of August, 2016.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Ronald L. Williams
____________________________________
Ronald L. Williams
Williams Bradbury, P.C.
1015 W. Hays St.
Boise ID, 83702
Telephone: 208-344-6633
ron@williamsbradbury.com
Attorneys for Intermountain Gas Company
ATTACHMENT 01 TO APPLICATION
ATTACHMENT 01
TO APPLICATION
(PROPOSED TARIFFS IN STRIKE-OUT
AND UNDERLINE FORMAT)
I.P.U.C. Gas Tariff
Rate Schedules
Fiftieth Revised Sheet No. 01 (Page 1 of 1)
Name Intermountain Gas Company
Issued by: Intermountain Gas Company
By: Michael P. McGrath Title: Director – Regulatory Affairs
Effective: July 1, 2016
Rate Schedule RS-1
RESIDENTIAL SERVICE
APPLICABILITY:
Applicable to any customer using natural gas for residential purposes, who does not have both natural gas
water heating and natural gas space heating.
RATE:
Monthly minimum charge is the customer charge.
For billing periods ending April through November
Customer Charge - $2.50 per bill
Per Therm Charge - $0.87267*
For billing periods ending December through March
Customer Charge - $6.50 per bill
Per Therm Charge - $0.76011*
*Includes the following:
Cost of Gas: 1) Temporary purchased gas cost adjustment ($0.00085)
2) Weighted average cost of gas $0.32764
3)Gas transportation cost $0.22910
Distribution Cost: April through November $0.31678
December through March $0.20422
PURCHASED GAS COST ADJUSTMENT:
This tariff is subject to an adjustment for cost of purchased gas as provided for in the Company's Purchased
Gas Cost Adjustment Schedule.
SERVICE CONDITIONS:
All natural gas service hereunder is subject to the General Service Provisions of the Company's Tariff, of
which this rate schedule is a part.
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
Approved Effective
June 20, 2016 July 1, 2016
Jean D. Jewell Secretary
I.P.U.C. Gas Tariff
Rate Schedules
Fiftieth Revised Sheet No. 02 (Page 1 of 1)
Name Intermountain Gas Company
Issued by: Intermountain Gas Company
By: Michael P. McGrath Title: Director – Regulatory Affairs
Effective: July 1, 2016
Rate Schedule RS-2
RESIDENTIAL SERVICE- SPACE AND WATER HEATING
APPLICABILITY:
Applicable to any customer using natural gas for residential purposes, which must include at a minimum,
both natural gas water heating and natural gas space heating.
RATE:
Monthly minimum charge is the customer charge.
For billing periods ending April through November
Customer Charge - $2.50 per bill
Per Therm Charge - $0.71185*
For billing periods ending December through March
Customer Charge - $6.50 per bill
Per Therm Charge - $0.67822*
*Includes the following:
Cost of Gas: 1)Temporary purchased gas cost adjustment ($0.00968)
2) Weighted average cost of gas $0.32764
3)Gas transportation cost $0.19789
Distribution Cost: April through November $0.19600
December through March $0.16237
PURCHASED GAS COST ADJUSTMENT:
This tariff is subject to an adjustment for cost of purchased gas as provided for in the Company's
Purchased Gas Cost Adjustment Schedule.
SERVICE CONDITIONS:
All natural gas service hereunder is subject to the General Service Provisions of the Company's Tariff, of
which this rate schedule is a part.
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
Approved Effective
June 20, 2016 July 1, 2016
Jean D. Jewell Secretary
I.P.U.C. Gas Tariff
Rate Schedules
Fifty-Second Revised Sheet No. 03 ( Page 1 of 2)
Name Intermountain Gas Company
Issued by: Intermountain Gas Company
By: Michael P. McGrath Title: Director – Regulatory Affairs
Effective: July 1, 2016
Rate Schedule GS-1
GENERAL SERVICE
APPLICABILITY:
Applicable to customers whose requirements for natural gas do not exceed 2,000 therms per day, at any point
on the Company's distribution system. Requirements in excess of 2,000 therms per day may be served under
this rate schedule upon execution of a one-year written service contract.
RATE:
Monthly minimum charge is the customer charge.
For billing periods ending April through November
Customer Charge - $2.00 per bill
Per Therm Charge - First 200 therms per bill @ $0.72918*
Next 1,800 therms per bill @ $0.70745* Next 8,000 Over 2,000 therms per bill @ $0.68643*
For billing periods ending December through March
Customer Charge - $9.50 per bill
Per Therm Charge - First 200 therms per bill @ $0.67833*
Next 1,800 therms per bill @ $0.65713*
Over 2,000 therms per bill @ $0.63667*
*Includes the following:
Cost of Gas: 1) Temporary purchased gas cost adjustment ($0.01323)
2) Weighted average cost of gas $0.32764
3) Gas transportation cost $0.19726
Distribution Cost: April through November:
First 200 therms per bill @ $0.21751
Next 1,800 therms per bill @ $0.19578
Over 2,000 therms per bill @ $0.17476
$0.16666
$0.14546
$0.12500
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
Approved Effective
June 20, 2016 July 1, 2016
Jean D. Jewell Secretary
$0.62243
$0.60829
$0.59464
$0.11076
Over 10,000 therms per bill @ $0.58667
$0.09662
$0.08297
$35.00
Next 8,000
December through March
First 200 therms per bill @
Next 1,800 therms per bill @
Over 2,000 therms per bill @
$0.07500
Block One:
Block Two:
Block Three:
Block Four:
September 12
Third
Block One:
Block Two:
Block Three:
Block Four:Over 10,000 therms per bill @
I.P.U.C. Gas Tariff
Rate Schedules
Fifty-Second Revised Sheet No. 03 ( Page 2 of 2)
Name Intermountain Gas Company
Issued by: Intermountain Gas Company
By: Michael P. McGrath Title: Director – Regulatory Affairs
Effective: July 1, 2016
Rate Schedule GS-1
GENERAL SERVICE
(Continued)
For separately metered deliveries of gas utilized solely as Compressed Natural Gas Fuel in vehicular internal
combustion engines.
Customer Charge - $9.50 per bill
Per Therm Charge - $0.63667 *
*Includes the following:
Cost of Gas: 1) Temporary purchased gas cost adjustment ($0.01323)
2) Weighted average cost of gas $0.32764
3)Gas transportation cost $0.19726
Distribution Cost: $0.12500
PURCHASED GAS COST ADJUSTMENT:
This tariff is subject to an adjustment for cost of purchased gas as provided for in the Company's Purchased
Gas Cost Adjustment Schedule.
SERVICE CONDITIONS:
1.All natural gas service hereunder is subject to the General Service Provisions of the Company's Tariff,
of which this rate schedule is a part.
BILLING ADJUSTMENTS:
1.Any GS-1 customer who leaves the GS-1 service will pay to Intermountain Gas Company, upon exiting
the GS-1 service, all gas and transportation related costs incurred to serve the customer during the GS-
1 service period not paid by the customer during the time the customer was using GS-1 service. Any
GS-1 customer who leaves the GS-1 service will have refunded to them, upon exiting the GS-1 service,
any excess gas commodity or transportation payments made by the customer during the time they were
a GS-1 customer.
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
Approved Effective
June 20, 2016 July 1, 2016
Jean D. Jewell Secretary
First 10,000 therms per bill @ $0.59464*
Over 10,000 therms per bill @$0.58667*
Block One: First 10,000 therms per bill @$0.08297
Block Two: Over 10,000 therms per bill @ $0.07500
September 12
Third
Block One:
Block Two:
$35.00
I.P.U.C. Gas Tariff
Rate Schedules
Ninth Revised Sheet No. 4 (Page 1 of 2)
Name Intermountain Gas Company
Issued by: Intermountain Gas Company
By: Michael P. McGrath Title: Director – Regulatory Affairs
Effective: July 1, 2016
Rate Schedule IS-R
RESIDENTIAL INTERRUPTIBLE SNOWMELT SERVICE
APPLICABILITY:
Applicable to any residential customer otherwise eligible to receive service under Rate Schedule RS-1 or
RS-2 who has added natural gas snowmelt equipment after 6/1/2010. The intended use of the snowmelt
equipment is to melt snow and/or ice on sidewalks, driveways or any other similar appurtenances. Any and
all such applications meeting the above criteria will be subject to service under Rate Schedule IS-R and will
be separately and individually metered. All service hereunder is interruptible at the sole discretion of the
Company.
FACILITY REIMBURSEMENT CHARGE:
All new interruptible Snowmelt service customers are required to pay for the cost of the Snowmelt meter set
and other related facility and equipment costs, prior to the installation of the meter set. Any request to alter
the physical location of the meter set and related facilities from Company’s initial design may be granted
provided, however, the Company can reasonably accommodate said relocation and Customer agrees to
pay all related costs.
RATE:
Monthly minimum charge is the Customer Charge.
For billing periods ending April through November
Customer Charge - $2.50 per bill
Per Therm Charge - $0.67822*
For billing periods ending December through March
Customer Charge - $6.50 per bill
Per Therm Charge - $0.67822*
*Includes the following:
Cost of Gas: 1) Temporary purchased gas cost adjustment ($0.00968)
2) Weighted average cost of gas $0.32764
3)Gas transportation cost $0.19789
Distribution Cost: $0.16237
PURCHASED GAS COST ADJUSTMENT:
This tariff is subject to an adjustment for cost of purchased gas as provided for in the Company's Purchased
Gas Cost Adjustment Schedule.
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
Approved Effective
June 20, 2016 July 1, 2016
Jean D. Jewell Secretary
$10.00
$0.63476
($0.00828)
$0.20275
$0.11265
September 12
Tenth
I.P.U.C. Gas Tariff
Rate Schedules
Ninth Revised Sheet No. 5 (Page 1 of 2)
Name Intermountain Gas Company
Issued by: Intermountain Gas Company
By: Michael P. McGrath Title: Director – Regulatory Affairs
Effective: July 1, 2016
Rate Schedule IS-C SMALL COMMERICAL INTERRUPTIBLE SNOWMELT SERVICE
APPLICABILITY:
Applicable to any customer otherwise eligible to receive gas service under Rate Schedule GS-1 who has
added natural gas snowmelt equipment after 6/1/2010. The intended use of the snowmelt equipment is to
melt snow and/or ice on sidewalks, driveways or any other similar appurtenances. Any and all such
applications meeting the above criteria will be subject to service under Rate Schedule IS-C and will be
separately and individually metered. All service hereunder is interruptible at the sole discretion of the
Company.
FACILITY REIMBURSEMENT CHARGE:
All new interruptible Snowmelt service customers are required to pay for the cost of the Snowmelt meter set
and other related facility and equipment costs, prior to the installation of the meter set. Any request to alter
the physical location of the meter set and related facilities from Company’s initial design may be granted
provided, however, the Company can reasonably accommodate said relocation and Customer agrees to pay
all related costs.
RATE:
Monthly minimum charge is the Customer Charge.
For billing periods ending April through November
Customer Charge – $2.00 per bill
Per Therm Charge – First 200 therms per bill @ $0.67833*
Next 1,800 therms per bill @ $0.65713*
Over 2,000 therms per bill @ $0.63667*
For billing periods ending December through March
Customer Charge – $9.50 per bill
Per Therm Charge – First 200 therms per bill @ $0.67833*
Next 1,800 therms per bill @ $0.65713*
Over 2,000 therms per bill @ $0.63667*
*Includes the following:
Cost of Gas: 1) Temporary purchased gas cost adjustment ($0.01323)
2) Weighted average cost of gas $0.32764
3) Gas transportation cost $0.19726
Distribution Cost: First 200 therms per bill @ $0.16666
Next 1,800 therms per bill @ $0.14546
Over 2,000 therms per bill @ $0.12500
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
Approved Effective
June 20, 2016 July 1, 2016
Jean D. Jewell Secretary
$35.00
$0.62243
$0.60829
$0.59464Next 8,000
Over 10,000 therms per bill @ $0.58667
Over 10,000 therms per bill @ $0.07500
Next 8,000
$0.11076
$0.09662
$0.08297
Block One:
Block Two:
Block Three:
Block Four:
September 12
Tenth
Block One:
Block Two:
Block Three:
Block Four:
I.P.U.C. Gas Tariff
Rate Schedules
Sixtieth Revised Sheet No. 7 ( Page 1 of 2)
Name Intermountain Gas Company
Issued by: Intermountain Gas Company
By: Michael P. McGrath Title: Director – Regulatory Affairs
Effective: July 1, 2016
Rate Schedule LV-1
LARGE VOLUME FIRM SALES SERVICE
AVAILABILITY:
Available at any mutually agreeable delivery point on the Company's distribution system to any existing
customer receiving service under the Company’s rate schedule LV-1 or any customer not previously served
under this schedule whose usage does not exceed 500,000 therms annually, upon execution of a one-year
minimum written service contract for firm sales service in excess of 200,000 therms per year.
MONTHLY RATE:
Per Therm Charge:
250,000 therms per bill @ $0.49512*
500,000 therms per bill @ $0.45663*
Block One: First
Block Two: Next
Block Three: Amount Over 750,000 therms per bill @ $0.33442*
*Includes the following:
Cost of Gas: 1) Temporary purchased gas cost adjustment
Block One and Two ($0.02707)
Block Three $0.00017
2) Weighted average cost of gas $0.32764
3)Gas transportation cost (Block One and Two only)$0.12999
$0.06456
$0.02607
$0.00661
PURCHASED GAS COST ADJUSTMENT:
This tariff is subject to an adjustment for cost of purchased gas as provided for in the Company's Purchased
Gas Cost Adjustment Schedule.
SERVICE CONDITIONS:
1.All natural gas service hereunder is subject to the General Service Provisions of the Company's
Tariff, of which this Rate Schedule is a part.
2. The customer shall negotiate with the Company, a Maximum Daily Firm Quantity (MDFQ) amount,
which will be stated in and will be in effect throughout the term of the service contract.
In the event the Customer requires daily usage in excess of the MDFQ, and subject to the
availability of firm interstate transportation to serve Intermountain's system, all such usage may
be transported and billed under either secondary rate schedule T-3 or T-4. The secondary rate
schedule to be used shall be predetermined by negotiation between the Customer and Company,
and shall be included in the service contract. All volumes transported under the secondary rate
schedule are subject to the provisions of the applicable rate schedule T-3 or T-4.
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
Approved Effective
June 20, 2016 July 1, 2016
Jean D. Jewell Secretary
Demand Charge:$0.30000 per MDFQ therm
$0.45149
$0.43889
$0.32977
$0.02093
$0.00833
$0.00196
mutually agreeable
excess
will
LV-1.
Additionally, all excess MDFQ above the customer's contracted MDFQ for the month will be billed at the monthly
Demand Charge rate.
September 12
Sixty-First
Distribution Cost: Block One: First 250,000 therms per bill @ Block Two: Next 500,000 therms per bill @
Block Three: Over 750,000 therms per bill @
I.P.U.C. Gas Tariff
Rate Schedules
Third Revised Sheet No. 7 ( Page 2 of 2)
Name Intermountain Gas Company
Issued by: Intermountain Gas Company
By: Michael P. McGrath Title: Director – Regulatory Affairs
Effective: July 1, 2016
Rate Schedule LV-1
LARGE VOLUME FIRM SALES SERVICE
(Continued)
3.Embedded in this service is the cost of purchased gas per the Company's PGA, firm interstate
pipeline reservation charges, and distribution system costs.
BILLING ADJUSTMENTS:
1.Any LV-1 customer who exits the LV-1 service at any time (including, but not limited to, the expiration
of the contract term) will pay to Intermountain Gas Company, upon exiting the LV-1 service, all gas
and/or interstate transportation related costs to serve the customer during the LV-1 contract period not
paid by the customer during the LV-1 contract period. Any LV-1 customer will have refunded to them,
upon exiting the LV-1 service, any excess gas and/or interstate transportation related payments made
by the customer during the LV-1 contract period.
2.In the event that total deliveries to any existing customer within the most recent three contract periods
met or exceeded the 200,000 therm threshold, but the customer during the current contract period used
less than the contract minimum of 200,000 therms, an additional amount shall be billed. The additional
amount shall be calculated by billing the deficit usage below 200,000 therms at the LV-1 Block 1 rate
adjusted for the removal of variable gas costs. The customer’s future eligibility for the LV-1 Rate
Schedule will be renegotiated with the Company.
In the event that total deliveries to any new customer did not meet the 200,000 therm threshold
during the current contract period, an additional amount shall be billed. The additional amount shall
be calculated by billing the customer's total usage during that contract period at the Rate Schedule
GS-1 Block 3 rate, and then subtracting the amounts previously billed during the annual contract
period. The customer's future eligibility for the LV-1 Rate Schedule will be renegotiated with the
Company.
EXIT FEE PROVISIONS:
1.Any LV-1 customer, upon subsequent execution of a T-3 or T-4 contract, will pay to Intermountain each
month for a period of two (2) years, an Interstate Pipeline fixed cost collection rate of $0.015 per therm
times the customer’s monthly T-3 or T-4 usage, up to and including 750,000 therms, not to exceed the
customer’s historic high usage for that same month, such usage as measured by the most recent three
(3) year period.
2.In lieu of paying the Exit Fee Provision, as stated in the above paragraph #1, the existing LV-1 customer
will provide to Intermountain a one year or more advanced written notice of the customer’s intent to
contract for T-3 or T-4 service.
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
Approved Effective
June 20, 2016 July 1, 2016
Jean D. Jewell Secretary
4.
3.The monthly demand charge will be
equal to the MDFQ times the demand
charge rate. Demand charge relief will be
afforded to those LV-1 customers when
circumstances impacted by force majeure
events prevent the Company from
delivering natural gas to the customer's
meter.
Purchased
Gas Cost
("PGA")
incurred on the
customer's behalf
who has
exited the
LV-1 service
PGA related credits
attributable to the said
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I.P.U.C. Gas Tariff
Rate Schedules
Eleventh Revised Sheet No. 8 ( Page 1 of 2)
Name Intermountain Gas Company
Issued by: Intermountain Gas Company
By: Michael P. McGrath Title: Director – Regulatory Affairs
Effective: October 1, 2015
Rate Schedule T-3 INTERRUPTIBLE DISTRIBUTION TRANSPORTATION SERVICE
AVAILABILITY:
Available at any point on the Company's distribution system to any customer upon execution of a one
year minimum written service contract.
MONTHLY RATE:
Block One:
Block Two:
Block Three:
First 100,000 therms transported @ $0.05465*
Next 50,000 therms transported @ $0.02205*
Amount Over 150,000 therms transported @ $0.00792*
*Includes temporary purchased gas cost adjustment of $(0.00095)
ANNUAL MINIMUM BILL:
The customer shall be subject to the payment of an annual minimum bill of $30,000 during each annual
contract period, unless a higher minimum is required under the service contract to cover special
conditions.
PURCHASED GAS COST ADJUSTMENT:
This tariff is subject to an adjustment for cost of purchased gas as provided for in the Company's Purchased
Gas Cost Adjustment Schedule.
SERVICE CONDITIONS:
1.The Company, in its sole discretion, shall determine whether or not it has adequate capacity to
accommodate transportation of the customer's gas supply on the Company's distribution system.
2.All natural gas service hereunder is subject to the General Service Provisions of the Company's
Tariff, of which this Rate Schedule is a part.
3.Interruptible Distribution Transportation Service may be made firm by a written agreement between
the parties if the customer has a dedicated line.
4.If requested by the Company, the customer expressly agrees to immediately curtail or interrupt its
operations during periods of capacity constraints on the Company’s distribution system.
5.This service does not include the cost of the customer's gas supply or the interstate pipeline
capacity. The customer is responsible for procuring its own supply of natural gas and transportation
to Intermountain's distribution system under this rate.
6.
7.An existing LV-1, T-4, or T-5 customer electing this schedule may concurrently utilize Rate
Schedule T-3 on the same or contiguous property.
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
Approved Effective
Sept. 29, 2015 Oct. 1, 2015
Per O.N. 33386
Jean D. Jewell Secretary
The customer understands and agrees that the Company is not responsible to deliver gas supplies
to the customer which have not been nominated and accepted for delivery by the interstate
pipeline.
$0.01414
$0.00519
$0.00132
September 12, 2016
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Per Therm Charge:
I.P.U.C. Gas Tariff
Rate Schedules
Tenth Revised Sheet No. 9 ( Page 1 of 2)
Name Intermountain Gas Company
Issued by: Intermountain Gas Company
By: Michael P. McGrath Title: Director – Regulatory Affairs
Effective: October 1, 2015
Rate Schedule T-4 FIRM DISTRIBUTION ONLY TRANSPORTATION SERVICE
AVAILABILITY:
Available at any mutually agreeable delivery point on the Company's distribution system to any customer
upon execution of a one year minimum written service contract for firm distribution transportation service
in excess of 200,000 therms per year.
MONTHLY RATE:
Commodity Charge:
Block One: First 250,000 therms transported @ $0.05777*
Block Two: Next 500,000 therms transported @ $0.01928*
Block Three: Amount over 750,000 therms transported @ $0.00455*
*Includes temporary purchased gas cost adjustment of $(0.00206)
PURCHASED GAS COST ADJUSTMENT:
This tariff is subject to an adjustment for cost of purchased gas as provided for in the Company's Purchased
Gas Cost Adjustment Schedule.
SERVICE CONDITIONS:
1.This service excludes the service and cost of firm interstate pipeline charges.
2.The customer is responsible for procuring its own supply of natural gas and interstate
transportation under this Rate Schedule. The customer understands and agrees that the Company
is not responsible to deliver gas supplies to the customer which have not been nominated,
scheduled, and delivered by the interstate pipeline to the designated city gate.
3.All natural gas service hereunder is subject to the General Service Provisions of the Company’s
Tariff, of which this Rate Schedule is a part.
4.The customer shall nominate a Maximum Daily Firm Quantity (MDFQ), which will be stated in the
contract and in effect throughout the term of the service contract.
5.An existing LV-1, T-3, or T-5 customer electing this schedule may concurrently utilize Rate
Schedule T-4 on the customer’s same or contiguous property.
BILLING ADJUSTMENTS:
1.In the event that total deliveries to any existing T-4 customer within the most recent three contract
periods met or exceeded the 200,000 therm threshold, but the customer during the current contract
period used less than the contract minimum of 200,000 therms, an additional amount shall be
billed. The additional amount shall be calculated by billing the deficit usage below 200,000 therms
at the T-4 Block 1 rate. The customer's future eligibility for the T-4 Rate Schedule will be
renegotiated with the Company.
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
Approved Effective
Sept. 29, 2015 Oct. 1, 2015
Per O.N. 33386
Jean D. Jewell Secretary
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Rate Schedule T4
FIRM DISTRIBUTION ONLY TRANSPORTATION SERVICE
(Continued)
In the event that total deliveries to any new T-4 customer did not meet the 200,000 therm threshold during
the current contract period, an additional amount shall be billed.The additional amount shall be
calculated by billing the customer’s total usage during that contract period at the Rate Schedule GS-1
Block 3 rate,adjusted for the cost of gas,and then subtracting the amounts previously billed during the
annual contract period.The customer’s future eligibility for the T-4 Rate Schedule will be renegotiated
with the Company.
2.Usage above 750,000 therms in any given month which is in excess of the customer’s historical maximum
above 750,000 therms for that same month will be billed at the currently effective T-4 Block 2 price.The
historical maximum is the maximum usage by the customer during that same month measured over the
previous three (3)year contract period.
3.Any T-4 customer who exits the T-4 service will pay to Intermountain Gas Company,upon exiting the T-4
service,all Purchased Gas Cost (“PGA”)related costs incurred on the customers behalf not paid by the
customer during the T-4 contract period.Any T4 customer who has exited the T-4 service will have
refunded to them,upon exiting the T-4 service,any PGA related credits attributable to the customer
during said contract period.
Issued by:Intermountain Gas Company
By Michael P.McGrath Title:Director Regulatory Affairs
L Effective:1,2015
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IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
Approved Effective
March 23, 2015 April 1, 2015
Jean D. Jewell Secretary
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3. In the event the Customer requires daily usage in excess of the MDFQ, and subject to the availability of firm
distribution capacity to serve Intermountain's system, all such excess usage will be billed under rate schedule
T-4. Additionally, all excess MDFQ above the customer's contracted MDFQ for the month will be billed at the
monthly Demand Charge rate.
September 12, 2016
Third
I.P.U.C. Gas Tariff
Rate Schedules
Ninth Revised Sheet No. 10 (Page 1 of 2)
Name Intermountain Gas Company
Issued by: Intermountain Gas Company
By: Michael P. McGrath Title: Director – Regulatory Affairs
Effective: October 1, 2015
Rate Schedule T-5
FIRM DISTRIBUTION SERVICE WITH MAXIMUM DAILY DEMANDS
AVAILABILITY:
Available at any mutually agreeable delivery point on the Company’s distribution system to any existing T-
5 customer whose daily contract demand on any given day meets or exceeds a predetermined level
agreed to by the customer and the Company upon execution of a one-year minimum written service
contract for firm distribution service in excess of 200,000 therms per year.
MONTHLY RATE:
Firm Service Rate Per Therm
Demand Charge:
Firm Daily Demand $0.84253
Commodity Charge:
For Firm Therms Transported $0.00111*
Over-Run Service
Commodity Charge:
For Therms Transported In Excess Of MDFQ: $0.04370*
*Includes temporary purchased gas cost adjustment of $(0.00135)
PURCHASED GAS COST ADJUSTMENT:
This tariff is subject to an adjustment for cost of purchased gas as provided for in the Company's Purchased
Gas Cost Adjustment Schedule.
SERVICE CONDITIONS:
1.All natural gas service hereunder is subject to the General Service Provisions of the Company’s
Tariff, of which this Rate Schedule is a part.
2.The customer shall nominate a Maximum Daily Firm Quantity (MDFQ), which will be stated in and
will be in effect throughout the term of the service contract.
3.The monthly Demand Charge will be equal to the MDFQ times the Firm Daily Demand rate. Firm
demand relief will be afforded to those T-5 customers paying both demand and commodity charges
for gas when, in the Company’s judgment, such relief is warranted.
4.The actual therm usage for the month or the MDFQ times the number of days in the billing month,
whichever is less, will be billed at the applicable commodity charge for firm therms.
5.All therms not billed at the commodity charge for firm therms transported rate will be billed
at the Overrun Service rate.
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
Approved Effective
Sept. 29, 2015 Oct. 1, 2015
Per O.N. 33386
Jean D. Jewell Secretary
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
Approved Effective
March 23, 2015 April 1, 2015
Jean D. Jewell Secretary
I.P.U.C. Gas Tariff
Rate Schedules
First Revised Sheet No. 10 (PaQe 2 of 2)
Name
of Utility lntermountain Gas Company
Rate Schedule T-5
FIRM DISTRIBUTION SERVICE WITH MAXIMUM DAILY DEMANDS
(Continued)
6. The customer is responsible for procuring its own supply of natural gas and interstate
transportation under this Rate Schedule.
7. Under the overrun portion of the service contract, the customer expressly agrees to interrupt
its operations during periods of curtailment.
8. Embedded in this service is the cost of firm distribution capacity.
9. The customer understands and agrees that the Company is not responsible to deliver gas
supplies to the customer which have not been nominated and scheduled for delivery by the
interstate pipeline.
10. The customer shall negotiate a Maximum Daily Firm Quantity (MDFQ) amount, which will be
stated in and will be in effect throughout the term of the service contract. The MDFQ shall not
exceed the customer's historical maximum daily usage, as agreed to by the Company.
In the event the Customer requires daily usage in excess of the MDFQ, all such usage may be
transported and billed under either secondary rate schedule T-3 or T-4. The secondary rate
schedule to be used shall be predetermined by negotiation between the Customer and
Company, and shall be included in the service contract. All volumes transported under the
secondary rate schedule are subject to the provisions of the applicable rate schedule T-3 or
T-4.
BILLING ADJUSTMENTS:
1. In the event that total deliveries to any existing T-5 customer within the three most recent
contract periods met or exceeded the 200,000 therm threshold, but the customer during the
current contract period used less than the contract minimum of 200,000 therms, an
additional amount shall be billed. The additional amount shall be calculated by billing the
deficit usage below 200,000 therms at the T-4 Block 1 rate. The customer's future eligibility for
the T-5 Rate Schedule will be renegotiated with the Company.
2. Any T-5 customer who exits the T-5 service at any time (including, but not limited to, the
expiration of the contract term) will pay to lntermountain Gas Company, upon exiting the T-5
service, all Purchase Gas Cost Adjustment ("PGA") related costs incurred on the customer's
behalf not paid by the customer during the T-5 contract period. Any exiting T-5 customer will
have refunded to them upon exiting the T-5 service any PGA related credits attributed to the
customer during the T-5 contract period.
Issued by: lntermountain Gas Company
By: Michael P. McGrath Title: Director -Regulatory Affairs
Effective: April 1, 2015