20230905Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSIONER LODGE
COMMISSION SECRETARY
LEGAL
FROM:MICHAEL LOUIS,COMMISSION STAFF
DAYN HARDIE,DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE:SEPTEMBER 5,2023
RE:IN THE MATTER OF INTERMOUNTAIN GAS COMPANY'S TARIFF
ADVICE NO.23-02;CASE NO.INT-G-23-01.
On May 5,2023,Intermountain Gas Company ("Company")filed Tariff Advice
No.23-02 ("Tariff Advice"),proposing a revision to General Service Provisions,Section C,
Sheet 3 of the Company's gas tariff.The proposed revision would eliminate abandonment of
company-owned gas facilities as an event triggering a charge to the customer abandoningthe
facilities.
On May 30,2023,the Commission issued a Notice of Application and Notice of
Modified Procedure,converting the Tariff Advice into Case No.INT-G-23-01 and setting a June
15,2023,public comment deadline and a June 29,2023,Company reply deadline.Order No.
35793.
On August 15,2023,the Commission approved the Application and ordered the
Company to (1)supplement the Company's gas tariff with additional language clarifying the
difference between "relocation"and "abandonment,"(2)update the tariff so only relocation will
continue as an event triggering a charge imposed upon a customer,and (3)revise the tariff as a
compliance filing consistent with these findings.Order No.35890.
On August 18,2023,the Company submitted its compliance filing with the revised tariff
for Section C of the Company's General Service Provisions for Residential and Commercial
Customers ("Revised Tariff").
I The Company resubmitted revised tariffs on August 23,2023,and August 29,2023 at the request of Staffto ensure
the Tariffs have the correct effectivedate.
DECISION MEMORANDUM -1 -September 5,2023
STAFF REVIEW
Staff reviewed the Revised Tariff and believes it conforms with Order No.35890.
Specifically,the Company adequatelydifferentiated "abandonment"from "relocation"of
facilities by providing definitions of both terms in the Definition of Terms section included in the
Revised Tariff.The definitions clearly delineate the difference,such that "relocation"indicates a
continuation of service,while "abandonment"does not.Furthermore,the Revised Tariff
includes language requiring the applicant for "relocation"to pay for the cost of the service.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Commission approve the Revised Tariff effective as of the
service date of the final compliance order.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to approve the Company's proposed Revised Tariff effective
as of the service date of the final compliance order?
Mike Lodis
Engineering Program Manager
Udmemos/INT-G-23-01 Decision Memo
DECISION MEMORANDUM -2 -September 5,2023