20180412order_no_34030_intermountain_gas.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
April 12,2018
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE INVESTIGATION )CASE NO.GNR-U-18-01
INTO THE IMPACT OF FEDERAL TAX )CODE REVISIONS ON UTILITY COSTS AND )
RATEMAKING )ORDER NO.34030
On March 23,2018,Intermountain Gas Company applied to decrease rates,effective
April 1,2018,to reflect the impact of the federal tax code revisions.Because the Company filed
its Application less than 30 days before the new rates were to take effect,Idaho Code §61-307
precludes the Company from making the proposed changes until 30 days after the Application was
filed;i.e.,until April 23,2018.See Idaho Code §61-307 and Rule 123 ofthe Commission's Rules
of Procedure,IDAPA 31.01.01.123.
After the Company filed its Application,Staff recommended that the Commission
suspend the Company's proposed effective date because the case will likely extend beyond April
23,2018.Specifically,Staff recommended the Commission suspend the Company's April 1,2018
proposed effective date for 30 days and five months (i.e.,until October 1,2018),or until the
Commission issues an earlier order accepting,rejecting,or modifying the Company's proposed
schedules.See Idaho Code §§61-622.Staff reported that the Company concurred with Staff's
suspension recommendation.
SUSPENSION
After reviewing the record,the Commission finds it cannot consider the Application
before the proposed effective date of April 1,2018,even as deferred by operation of law to April
23,2018,because of other demands on the Commission's time and the complexityof the issues.
The Commission further finds that the Application is sufficiently important to require the
Commission's investigation of the reasonableness of the proposed changes in rates and charges.
Consequently,the Company's proposed rate changes are suspended for 30 days plus five months
from the proposed effective date of April 1,2018,until October 1,2018,or until the Commission
issues an earlier order accepting,rejecting,or modifying the Company's proposed schedules.
Idaho Code §§61-622.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Company's proposed changes in rates and charges
are suspended for 30 days plus five months from the proposed effective date of April 1,2018,until
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October 1,2018,or until the Commission issues an earlier order accepting,rejecting,or modifying
the Company's proposed schedules.
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise,Idaho this /3
day of April 2018.
PAUL KJELLANDER,PRESIDENT
KRISTINE ER,MIS ONER
ERIC ANDERSON,COMMISSIONER
ATTEST:
Diane M.Hanian
Commission Secretary
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