20230627Notice_of_Modified_Procedure_Order_No_35827.pdf

NOTICE OF MODIFIED PROCEDURE
ORDER NO. 35827 1
Office of the Secretary
Service Date
June 27, 2023
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

IN THE MATTER OF ALGOMA WATER’S
APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO
INCREASE ITS RATES AND CHARGES FOR
WATER SERVICE IN THE STATE OF
IDAHO
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CASE NO. AWS-W-23-01

NOTICE OF MODIFIED
PROCEDURE

ORDER NO. 35827

On March 7, 2023, Algoma Water System dba Algoma Water (“Company” or “Algoma”)
applied to the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (“Commission”) to change rates for its residential
and commercial customers.1 Application at 1. The Company proposes to increase rates for
residential customers to $54.00 per month and increase rates for commercial customers to $89.00
per month. Id. The Company’s Application includes its rate calculation and several exhibits. The
Company did not request an effective date in its Application. In a filing made on April 7, 2023,
the Company requested a June 1, 2023, effective date.
On April 18, 2023, the Commission issued a Notice of Application and Notice of
Intervention Deadline. Order No. 35745. No one intervened.
On May 2, 2023, the Commission issued a Notice of Suspension of Proposed Effective
Date. Order No. 35766.
We now issue this Notice of Modified Procedure establishing deadlines for public
comments and the Company’s reply.
NOTICE OF MODIFIED PROCEDURE
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Commission has determined that the public
interest may not require a formal hearing in this matter, and it will review the case through written
submissions under the Commission’s Rules of Modified Procedure Rules 201-204 of the Idaho
Public Utilities Commission’s Rules of Procedure, IDAPA 31.01.01.201-204. The Commission
notes that Modified Procedure and written comments have proven to be an effective means for
obtaining public input and participation.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that persons desiring to state a position on this
Application may file a written comment explaining why they support or oppose the Application.

1 The Company’s Application was not entered into the Commission’s case management system until April 6, 2023.
NOTICE OF MODIFIED PROCEDURE
ORDER NO. 35827 2
Persons who would like a hearing must specifically request a hearing in their written comments.
Persons shall have until October 18, 2023, to file written comments. Comments must be filed
through the Commission’s website or by e-mail unless computer access is unavailable. To
comment electronically, please access the Commission’s website at www.puc.idaho.gov. Click the
“Case Comment Form” and complete the form using the case number as it appears on the front of
this document. To file by e-mail, the customer must e-mail the comments to the Commission
Secretary and the Company at the e-mail addresses listed below. If computer access is unavailable,
then comments may be mailed to the Commission and Company at these addresses:
For the Idaho Public Utilities
Commission:

Commission Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0074
[e-mail]

Street Address for Express Mail:

11331 W. Chinden Blvd.
Building 8, Suite 201-A
Boise, ID 83714

For Algoma:

Bob Hansen
Jeff Cowley
Algoma Water System
67 Wild Horse Trail
Sandpoint, ID 83864
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Company must file any reply comments by
November 1, 2023.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that if no written comments or protests are received
within the time limit set, the Commission will consider this matter on its merits and enter its order
without a formal hearing. If written comments are received within the time limit set, the
Commission will consider them and, in its discretion, may set the same for formal hearing.
ORDER
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Company’s Application be processed by
Modified Procedure. Persons interested in submitting written comments must do so by October
18, 2023. The Company must file any reply comments by November 1, 2023.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that parties comply with Order No. 35375, issued April 21,
2022. Generally, all pleadings should be filed with the Commission electronically and will be
deemed timely filed when received by the Commission Secretary. See Rule 14.02. Service between
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parties should continue to be accomplished electronically when possible. However, voluminous
discovery-related documents may be filed and served on CD-ROM or a USB flash drive.
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this 27th day of
June 2023.

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ERIC ANDERSON, PRESIDENT

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JOHN R. HAMMOND JR., COMMISSIONER

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EDWARD LODGE, COMMISSIONER

ATTEST:

_________________________________
Jan Noriyuki
Commission Secretary

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