20140328Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM

TO: COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
COMMISSIONER REDFORD
COMMISSIONER SMITH
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL

FROM: NEIL PRICE
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: MARCH 28, 2014

SUBJECT: APPLICATION OF ACME WATER WORKS, INC. FOR A
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY, CASE
NO. AWW-W-13-01

On June 1, 2013, Acme Water Works, Inc. (“Acme” or “Company”) filed an
Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity authorizing the Company to
operate as a water utility in the State of Idaho. Application at 1. Additionally, Acme requests
authority to finance new construction through new hook-up fees. Id. at 3.
Thereafter, the Commission Staff (“Staff”) engaged in a prolonged discussion and
discovery process with the Company in order to obtain additional information and business
records.
THE APPLICATION
Acme included a copy of the Company’s registration as a corporation with the Idaho
Secretary of State. Acme’s Application states that the Company’s water system consists of “two
wells, a 200,000 gallons storage reservoir, distribution mains and fire hydrants.” Id. Acme
provides water service to “a small 260 equivalent residential units (ERU) on 107 lots located in
the area of Schweitzer Mountain Ski Resort, in Township 58N, Range 2W, Section 29, Bonner
County, Idaho.” Id. Acme has 20 residential customers and 6 unserviced “stand-by accounts.”
Id. at 3.
Acme’s Application includes a plat of Schweitzer Village, the Company’s requested
service area, in Bonner County, Idaho. Id. Acme states that there is “no other existing water
system located near the requested service area had capacity or could economically serve the
DECISION MEMORANDUM 2
area.” Id. Also included in the Application as attachments: a site plan developed by James A.
Sewell and Associates L.I.C., Consulting Engineers; Sanitary Survey conducted by the
Panhandle Health District in November 2011; Application for Water Permit; estimated cost for
utility construction and statement of anticipated annual maintenance costs; Income Tax
Statements (2010-2011), Company Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws; Company rules and
regulations; main extension rules; tariff rate schedules; sample invoice; and notices.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to process Acme’s Application for a Certificate of Public
Convenience and Necessity through Modified Procedure with a 42-day comment period?

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