20180406Decision Memo.pdf

DECISTON MEMORANDI'M
TO:COMMISSIONER KJELLAI{DER
COMMISSIONER RAPER
COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STATF
FROM:CAMILLE CHRISTEN
DEPUTY ATTOR}{EY GENERAL
DATOI APRIL 6,2018
THE APPLICATION OF INTERMOI.INTAIN GAS COMPANY FOR AN
ACCOUNTING ORDER REGARDING THE TREATMENT OT COST
ASSOCTATED WITH CUSTOMtrR PAYMENT TRANSACTTONS
HANDLBD BY WESTERN UNION, CASB NO.INT.G.18.O1.
On February 22,2018, Intermountain Gas Company applied for au&ority to create a
regulatory asset to capture the costs associated with customer payment transactions handled by
Western Union, estimated to total $75,000 to $125,000 annually. The Company asks that it be
authorized to (l) recover the regulatory asset in the Company's Purchased Gas Cost Adjustment
(PCA) beginning in 2019, and (2) defer costs into the regulatory asset until the earlier of
February 1,2AZl, or when the Company files a general rate case.
The Commission issued a Notice of Application and set a deadline for interventions.
Order No. 34009. No petitions to intervene were received. Staff and the Company then
discussed and agreed upon a proposed schedule for processing the case, described below.
STATF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Cornmission issue a Notice of Modified Procedure, with
comments due May 10,2018, and reply comments, if any, due May 17,2018.
COMI},IISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Modified Procedure, with comments
due May 10,2018, and reply comments, if any, due May 17,2018?
Christen
DECISION MEMORANDUM
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Deputy Attorney General
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