20231208Final_Order_No_36018.pdf

ORDER NO. 36018 1
Office of the Secretary
Service Date
December 8, 2023
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

IN THE MATTER OF ATOMIC WATER
WORK’S APPLICATION FOR A
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE
AND NECESSITY
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CASE NO. ATW-W-23-01

ORDER NO. 36018

On January 31, 2023, Atomic Water Company, LLC, (“Company”) applied to the Idaho
Public Utilities Commission (“Commission”) for a Certificate of Public Convenience and
Necessity (“CPCN”), to provide water service in the unincorporated town of Atomic City in
Bingham County, Idaho.
On October 31, 2023, the Commission issued Order No. 35973, granting the Company’s
request for a CPCN and establishing rates to collect an annual revenue requirement of $17,096. In
addition to granting a CPCN and setting rates, the Commission also directed the Company to
submit conforming tariffs in compliance with Commission approved rates and charges no later
than 30 days following the service of Order No. 35973.
On November 16, 2023, the Company submitted a Compliance Filing with revised tariffs
reflecting the rates approved in Order No. 35973. Commission Staff reviewed the filing and, at the
Commission’s November 21, 2023, decision meeting, recommended that the Commission accept
the filing with an effective date of October 31, 2023.
COMMISSION FINDINGS AND DECISION
The Commission has jurisdiction over the Company’s Application and the issues in this
case under Title 61 of the Idaho Code including Idaho Code §§ 61-301 through 303. The
Commission is empowered to investigate rates, charges, rules, regulations, practices, and contracts
of all public utilities and to determine whether they are just, reasonable, preferential,
discriminatory, or in violation of any provisions of law, and to fix the same by order. Idaho Code
§§ 61-501 through 503.
Having reviewed the record and the Company’s submission, the Commission finds that the
Company has complied with Order No. 35973.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Company’s Compliance Filing is accepted, effective
October 31, 2023.
ORDER NO. 36018 2
THIS IS A FINAL ORDER. Any person interested in this Order may petition for
reconsideration within twenty-one (21) days of the service date upon this Order regarding any
matter decided in this Order. Within seven (7) days after any person has petitioned for
reconsideration, any other person may cross-petition for reconsideration. Idaho Code §§ 61-626.
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho, this 8th day of
December 2023.

ERIC ANDERSON, PRESIDENT

JOHN R. HAMMOND JR., COMMISSIONER

EDWARD LODGE, COMMISSIONER
ATTEST:

Monica Barrios-Sanchez
Interim Commission Secretary

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