20230926Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1

DECISION MEMORANDUM

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

FROM: DAYN HARDIE
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: SEPTEMBER 26, 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 (“Company”) applied 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 set an intervention
deadline for interested parties. Order No. 35745. No one intervened.
On May 2, 2023, the Commission issued a Notice of Suspension of Proposed Effective
Date. Order No. 35766.
On June 27, 2023, the Commission issued a Notice of Modified Procedure setting public
comment and Company reply deadlines. Order No. 35827.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Commission schedule a virtual public workshop on October 11,
2023, to be hosted by Staff, and a customer hearing on October 18, 2023 at 1:00 p.m.

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 schedule a virtual public workshop hosted by Staff on
October 11, 2023, and a customer hearing at 1:00 p.m. on October 18, 2023?

Dayn Hardie
Deputy Attorney General

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