HomeMy WebLinkAbout980417.docxDECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:COMMISSIONER HANSEN
COMMISSIONER NELSON
COMMISSIONER SMITH
MYRNA WALTERS
STEPHANIE MILLER
DAVE SCHUNKE
DON HOWELL
BOB SMITH
GEORGE FINK
TONYA CLARK
BEV BARKER
DAVID SCOTT
WORKING FILE
FROM:SCOTT WOODBURY
DATE:APRIL 17, 1998
RE:CASE NOS. FLS-W-98-1 (FALLS WATER COMPANY, INC.)
SAR-W-98-1 (SARGENT WELL COMPANY)
PURCHASE/SALE AND PROPOSED TRANSFER OF CERTIFICATE
On April 3, 1998, Falls Water Company, Inc. (Falls Water) and Sargent Well Company (Sargent) filed a joint application with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (Commission) requesting a transfer of Certificate No. 318 from Sargent to Falls Water.
The applicants represent that Falls Water has agreed to purchase and Sargent has agreed to sell the Sargent water system for the sum of $2,500. The purchase price includes all rights, interest and real and personal property owned by Sargent for the production and distribution of potable water to the residents of the Sargent certificated area of service, an area in Bonneville County, Idaho, more particularly described as the Grayson Subdivision in the northeast one quarter, Section 10, Township 3 North, Range 38 East, Boise Meridian. The purchase will be finalized within 30 days of the approval of this application.
Sargent is a small water system that serves approximately 13 customers. The commodity charge for water service is a flat $25 per month. The system consists of a single well, a 10-horsepower pump and distribution facilities. Falls Water anticipates no change in the physical operation of the Sargent system in the near future and proposes that the current rates and tariffs of Sargent continue.
The applicants represent that the purchase of Sargent will bring to the Sargent customers the advantages of the back-up of a larger water purveyor. Falls Water currently provides water service to approximately 1,600 residential/commercial customers in an area south of Sargent. If the sale is approved, Sargent customers will be afforded around the clock engineering service and will benefit by having a system run by operators certified by the Idaho Water and Waste Water Operators Certification Board.
The applicants request that this matter be processed pursuant to the Commission’s Rules of Modified Procedure, i.e., by written submission rather than by hearing. Reference IDAPA 31.01.01.201-204. By agreement, Falls Water on April 1, 1998, began to operate the Sargent water system.
COMMISSION DECISION
Staff agrees with the applicants and recommends that the matter be processed pursuant to Modified Procedure.
∙Does the Commission find that Modified Procedure is appropriate? If not, what is the Commission’s preference?
Scott Woodbury
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