modproc.app.doc

BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

in the matter of THE APPLICATION OF CAPITAL WATER CORPORATION FOR AUTHORITY TO USE EXISTING SURCHARGE MONIES TO PAY FOR INCREASED ELECTRIC POWER COSTS. )
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION

NOTICE OF MODIFIED PROCEDURE

NOTICE OF COMMENT/PROTEST DEADLINE

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on March 23, 2001, Capitol Water Corp. (Capitol Water; Company) filed a Letter Application with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (Commission) requesting authority to use monies in its existing surcharge account to pay for increased electric power costs. Capitol Water provides water services in Boise to approximately 2754 customers. The Company receives electric service from Idaho Power Company.
Capitol Water maintains that it does not have revenue in sufficient amounts to absorb a high percentage increase in power costs. The Company provides the following information to illustrate the effect a power increase will have:
1. Total power costs for the year 1998 was $46,543.64.

2. Total power costs for the year 1999 was $45,545.50.

3. Total power costs for the year 2000 was $42,196.14 (power consumption in this year was less because Well No. 5 had to be abandoned due to trichlorethylene (drycleaning fluid) found in the well water.

The average cost of power for the last three years is $44,764.
In anticipation of increased power costs, the Company is requesting the Commission to consider the following proposal as a solution. Capitol Water would pay power bills amounting to $44,764 (past three year average). After this amount has been paid by Capitol Water, monies from the surcharge account would be used for the remainder of the year (2001). If the power rates remain high in the year 2002, the same procedure would be used for that year also. The surcharge account balance as of February 2001 is $54,654.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Commission has reviewed the Company’s Application and has preliminarily found that the public interest regarding the requested authorization to use money in its existing surcharge account to pay for increased electric power costs may not require a hearing to consider the issues presented and that the Application may be processed under Modified Procedure, i.e., by written submission rather than by hearing. Reference Commission Rules of Procedure, IDAPA 31.01.01.201-204.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Commission will not hold a hearing in this proceeding unless it receives written protests or comments opposing the use of Modified Procedure and stating why Modified Procedure should not be used. Reference IDAPA 31.01.01.203.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the deadline for filing written comments or protests with respect to the Application and the Commission’s use of Modified Procedure in Case No. CAP-W-01-01 is Friday, July 13, 2001. Persons desiring a hearing must specifically request a hearing in their written protests or comments.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that if no written comments or protests are received within the deadline, the Commission will consider the matter on its merits and enter its Order without a formal hearing. If comments or protests are filed within the deadline, the Commission will consider them and in its discretion may set the matter for hearing or may decide the matter and issue its Order on the basis of the written positions before it. Reference IDAPA 31.01.01.204.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Company’s Application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection during regular business hours at the Commission office. Written comments concerning this Application should be mailed to the Commission, the Company at the addresses reflected below.

COMMISSION SECRETARY
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
PO BOX 83720
BOISE, IDAHO 83720-0074

Street Address for Express Mail:

472 W WASHINGTON ST
BOISE, ID 83702-5983 BOB PRICE, PRESIDENT
CAPITAL WATER COMPANY
2626 EL DORADO
BOISE, ID 83704
All comments should contain the case caption and case number shown on the first page of this document.
DATED at Boise, Idaho this day of June 2001.

PAUL KJELLANDER, PRESIDENT

MARSHA H. SMITH, COMMISSIONER

DENNIS S. HANSEN, COMMISSIONER

ATTEST:

Jean D. Jewell
Commission Secretary

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NOTICE OF APPLICATION
NOTICE OF MODIFIED PROCEDURE
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Office of the Secretary
Service Date
June 27, 2001