20230620Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1

DECISION MEMORANDUM

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

FROM: CLAIRE SHARP
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: JUNE 20, 2023

SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF ALGOMA WATER SYSTEM’S APPLICATION TO
INCREASE RATES FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL
CUSTOMERS; CASE NO. AWS-W-23-01.

On March 7, 2023, Algoma Water System dba Algoma Water (“Algoma” or “Company”)
applied to the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (“Commission”) to change rates for its residential
and commercial customers.1 The Company proposes to increase rates for residential customers to
$54.00 and increase rates for commercial customers to $89.00. The Company’s Application
includes its rate calculation and several exhibits. The Company did not request an effective date
in its initial filing. On April 7, 2023, the Company requested a June 1, 2023, effective date. Staff
recommended the Commission suspend the Company’s proposed effective date for 30 days and
five months, consistent with Idaho Code § 61-622(4).
On April 18, 2023, the Commission issued a Notice of Application and Notice of
Intervention Deadline, establishing a 21-day deadline for interested persons to intervene. Order
No. 35766. No one intervened.
On May 2, 2023, the Commission issued a Notice of Suspension of Proposed Effective
Date. Order No. 35766.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Commission issue a Notice of Modified Procedure establishing
an October 18, 2023, public comment deadline and a November 1, 2023, Company reply deadline.

1 The Company’s Application was not entered into the Commission’s case management system until April 6, 2023.
DECISION MEMORANDUM 2

COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Modified Procedure establishing an
October 18, 2023, public comment deadline and a November 1, 2023, Company reply deadline?

Claire Sharp
Deputy Attorney General

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