20231121Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1

DECISION MEMORANDUM

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

FROM: ADAM TRIPLETT
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: NOVEMBER 21, 2023

SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF QUESTAR GAS COMPANY AND ENBRIDGE
QUAIL HOLDINGS’ JOINT APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF THE
PROPOSED SALE OF FALL WEST HOLDCO, LLC TO ENBRIDGE
QUAIL HOLDINGS, LLC; CASE NO. QST-G-23-01.

On October 20, 2023, Questar Gas Company, dba Dominion Energy Utah, (“Questar”) and
Enbridge Quail Holdings, LLC (“EQ Holdings”) filed a joint Notice and Application for approval
of EQ Holdings’ acquisition of Questar’s parent company, Fall West Holdco LLC. Questar is a
public utility distributing natural gas in Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming. Questar’s Idaho customers
reside exclusively within Franklin County. The Application outlines the multi-step corporate
reorganization process by which Questar will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of EQ Holdings
if the acquisition is approved.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Commission issue a Notice of Application and Notice of
Intervention Deadline establishing a 21-day intervention period.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Intervention
Deadline establishing a 21-day intervention period?

Adam Triplett
Deputy Attorney General
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