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ISLAND PARK WATER
COMPANY, INC.
PROPOSED TARIFF
Tariff No.Page I
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Name of
Utilty
ISLAND PAR WATER COMPANY (Approval Stamp)
SCHEDULE 1
FIXED YEARY RA IE $ 280.00
ALL CUSTOMERS
The Company shall follow the "Rules and Regulations of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission
governng Customer Relations of Gas, Electrc, and Water Public Utilities Under the Jursdiction
of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission."
DateIssued 2008
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J. Edwin Strobel
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ISLAND PARK WATER COMPANY (Approval Stamp)
SCHEDULE 1
RECONNECTION FEE Charges based on Time and Materials
And past due Water Account
The Company shall follow the "Rules and Regulations of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission
governing Customer Relations of Gas, Electrc and Water Public Utilties Under the Jurisdiction of
the Idaho Public Utilities Commission."
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ISS~LAN !A~",~TER COMPAN. INC.
By ./ ~/Î-- 3(/1 ~ . Title
// J. Edwin Strobel -V
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President
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ISLAND PARK WATER COMPANY (Approval Stamp)
General Rules and Regulations
For Small Water Utilities
1. General
1.1 The Customer, in receiving water service, and the Company, in providing
water service, both agree to abide be these Rules and Regulations.
1.2 In the event that there is a conflict between the Company's Rules and
Regulations, and the Utility Customer Relations Rules (UCCR) and the
Utility Customer Information Rules (UCIR) the Rules and Regulations of
the Commission shall take precedence unless an exception has been granted.
1.3 Any additions, deletions or modifications to these General Rules and
Regulations are to be made in the "Special Provisions" section attched as
Attachment 1. Any such changes are subject to approval by the Commission
prior to becoming effective.
2. Definitions
2.1 Biling Period - the period of time between bils from the company for
normal services rendered.
2.2 Commission - Idaho Public Utilities Commission
2.3 Commodity Charge - recuring charge based only on the quantity of water
used.
2.4 Company -Water Company
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2.5 Connection of Hook-Up Fee - non-recuring charge paid by a Customer
requesting service for a parial or full recovery of the Company's cost of
providing a new service connection.
2.6 Contribution in Aid of Constrction - non-recurng charge paid by a
Customer or Developer to. help defray the cost of system expansion.
2.7 Customer - a person, business or governent agency responsible for paying
bils and complying with the rules and regulations ofthe company.
2.8 Customer Charge - minimum recuring charge that does not include any
water.
2.9 Fixed Rate - a recuring charge of a fixed amount, usually in an un-metered
system.
2.10 Franchise Tax - tax imposed on a Company by a governental entity for the
privilege of doing business within its boundaries.
2.11 Minimum Charge - minimum recuring charge for a biling period that may
or may not include a specified quantity of water.
2.12 Non-Recurrng Charge - charges that are not assessed each biling period.
2.13 Premises - a Customer's property including out buildings which are
normally located on one lot or parcel of ground.
2.14 Rate Structue - a schedule of all recuring and non-recurring charges of the
company.
2.15 Reconnection Fee - charge paid by a Customer to the Company to restore
service after its disconnection.
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ISLAND PARK WATER COMPAN (Approval Stamp)
2.16 Recurrng Charges - charges that are assessed each biling period.
2.17 Tariff - rate schedule and Rules and Regulations which govern the
Company's service.
2.18 Utility Customer Informtion Rules CUCIR) -Information to Customers of
Gas, Electric, and Water Public Utilities - IDAPA 31.21.02
2.19 Utility Customer Relations Rules (UCRR) - The Customer Relations Rules
for Gas, Electric, and Water Public Utilities Regulated by the Idaho Public
Utilities Commission-IDAPA 31,21,01
3. Service for New Customers
3.1 The Company shall fuish service to applicants withn its service area under
the jurisdiction of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission in accordance with
rates and Rules and Regulations approved by the Commission.
3.2 Applicants for water service may be required to sign a standard form of
service application.
3.3 The Company shall not be obligated to provide servce at a service location
until any required deposit or guarantee of payment has been received by the
Company in accordance with the "Rules and Regulations of the UCRR.
3.4 Special contracts may be required where large investments in special
facilities are necessar to provide the requested service. The Company may
require contribution toward such investment and establish such minimum
charges as are deemed necessar. All such contracts are subject to the
approval of the Commission.
3.5 The Company reserves the right to place limitations on the amount and
character of water service it will supply and to refuse service to the new
Customers if, in its opinion:
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ISLAND PAR WATER COMPANY (Approval Stamp)
(a) The Company is required to refuse or limit service by regulatory
Authorities having jurisdiction over the Company.
(b) The requested service installation is of larger size than is necessary
To properly serve the premises.
(c) The permanency of the building, structue, or institution requested to
be served is such that the Company's investment in such service is
jeopardized.
(d) The depth of the Customer's service line is less than the minimum
depth required for frost protection.
(e) The Customer's proposed service, main or other appurenance does
not conform to good engineering design or meet the stadard
specifications of the Company.
(f) The Customer refuses to agree to abide by the Rules and Regulations
of the Company.
If the Company denies service to a potential Customer for any reason, it will
Immediately provide the applicant with a wrtten explanation of its decision
In accordance with the UCRR.
4. Deposits
4.1 Rules and Regulations regarding deposits to guarantee payment of bils can
be found in the UCRR.
5. Rates
5.1 Rates charged for water service and supply shall be those published in the
Company's tariff and approved by the Commission.
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6. Biling and Payment
6.1 All Customers wil be biled on a regular basis as indentified on the
applicable rate schedule.
6.2 If the system is metered, the Company shall tr to read the meters prior to
each biling uness specified differently on the applicable rate schedule. If
the Company's meter reader is unable to gain access to the premises to read
the meter, or in the event the meter fails to register, the Company may
estimate the Customer's water consumption for the curent biling period
based on known consumption for a prior similar period or average of the
several periods. Subsequent readings will automatically adjust for
differences between estimated and actual. Estimated bils shall car
appropriate notice to that effect.
6.3 All bils shall clearly indicate the balance due and shall be due and payable
within 15 days of the date rendered. All bils not paid within 15 days shall
be considered delinquent and service may be disconnected subject to the
provisions of the UCRR.
6.4 The minimum bil or customer charge shall apply when service is provided
for less than one month.
6.5 Owners or premises with one or more condominiums, buildings, stores,
aparments or any other divisions of like or similar character, all of which are
served from one (1) service connection are responsible for the entire water
charges. If the owner desires to cease being responsible for water bils for
such places and desires that the occupant of each division shall be
responsible for his!her respective bil, such transfer of responsibilty wil not
be accepted or recognized by the Company until the plumbing arrangements
of the building or premises are so changed by the owner or his!her agent as
to permit the Company, to its satisfaction, to serve each division or occupant
separately from the other occupants in the same building.
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6.6 Accounts will be continued and water bils rendered regularly until the
Company has been duly notified to discontinue service.
7. Metering (If Applicable)
7.1 Meters wil be installed by the Company near the Customer's property line
or at any other reasonable location on the Customer's premises that is
mutually agreed upon.
7.2 The Company's representative shall be given access to the Customer's
premises at all reasonable hours for the purpose of obtaining meter readings.
In the event of recurng inaccessibility, the Company, at its option, may
relocate its metering equipment at the Customer's expense.
7.3 The Company is responsible for the maintenance of its metering equipment.
Meters are considered to be suffciently accurate if tests indicate that meter
accuracy is within :: 2 percent. When for any reason a meter fails to register
within these limits of accuracy, the Customer's use of water wil be
estimated on the basis of available data and charges will be adjusted
accordingly. Corrected bils will then be sent out to the Customer and
additional payment or refund arangements made in accordance with the
UCRR.
7.4 The Company reserves the right to test and/or replace any meter. Upon
deposit of a "Meter Testing Fee" by a Customer, the Company will test the
Customer's meter. If the test indicates that the meter over-registers by more
than 2 percent, it will be replaced with an accurate meter at no cost to the
Customer and the "Meter Testing Fee" will be refuded and water bils will
be adjusted in accordance with the UCRR.
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7.5 At the Company's discretion, unetered Customers may be converted to
metered service if such transition occurs in a planned, systematic maner
without uneasonable discriminations and if the Company has an approved
metered rate.
7.6 The Company shall have the right to set meters or other devices without
notice to the Customer for the detection and prevention of fraud.
7.7 In any building where the meter is to be installed in the basement, the
incoming water pipe must enter the basement at least sixteen (16) inches
from the riser in order that a meter can be set in a horizontal position in the
basement. All pipes to the different pars of the building or grounds must
lead from the riser at least one (1) foot above the elbow.
8. Customer Plumbing and Appliances
8.1 All plumbing, piping, fixtures and appliances on the Customer's side of the
service connection shall be installed and maintained under the responsibility
and at the expense of the Customer or owner of the premises.
8.2 The plumbing, piping, fixtues and appliances shall be maintained in
conformity with all municipal, state and federal requirements. The natue
and condition of this plumbing, piping, and equipment shall be such as not to
endanger life or property, interfere with service to other Customers or permit
those with metered services to divert system water without meter
registration.
8.3 A stop-and-waste valve must be installed on the Customer's plumbing in a
place always accessible and so located as to permit shutting off the water for
the entire premises with the least possible delay.
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ISLAND PARK WATER COMPANY (Approval Stamp)
8.4 All persons having boilers, water tans or other equipment supplied by direct
pressure from the Company's mains should install a pressure relief valve, or
other device to serve the same purose, so as to prevent excess pressure from
forcing hot water and lor steam back into the water meter and mains of the
Company. All damage to the Company's property resulting from failure to
properly equip Customer plumbing with a relief valve shall be biled to the
Customer.
8.5 The Company is not obligated to perform any service whatever in locating
leaks or other trouble with the Customer's piping.
8.6 When the premises served by the Company, is also served in any maner
from another water supply of any kind, an approved back-flow prevention
device shall be installed at the service connection. Water service for either
stand-by or other purposes will not be fushed until piping and connections
are inspected and approved by a representative of the Company.
8.7 Propert owners will not be allowed to connect the water service of different
properties together.
8.8 All of the Customer's service pipes and fixtues must be kept in repair and
protected from freezing at his/her expense. When there are leaking or
defective pipes or fixtures, the water may be turned off at the option of the
Company until the proper repairs are made.
9. Installation of Service Connections
9.1 The service connection is the property of the Company and as such, the
Company is responsible for its installation and maintenance. It consists of
piping, curb stop and valve or meter box and a meter, if the system is
metered. The service connection transmits water from the Company's water
main to a valve or meter box generally located near the Customer's property
line. All piping. Valves or appliances beyond this point are the property and
responsibility of the Customer.
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9.2 The Company reserves the right to designate the size and location of the
service line, curb stop, meter (if applicable) and meter or valve box and the
amount of space which must be left unobstructed for the instalation and
futue maintenance and operation thereof.
9.3 Where a service connection is desired for premises on which there is no
permanent structure, the Company will install a service connection to said
premises only upon payment by the applicant of the estimated cost of said
service connection. If withi a period of five (5) years from the installation
of said service connection a permanent strctue is erected on the premises,
the Company will refund, with interest, the difference between any approved
new Customer charges in effect at the time of connection, and the applicant's
advance.
9.4 The extra costs of any out-of-the-ordinar circumstances requiring additional
equipment or special construction technques involved in the installation of a
service connection will be agreed to in advance by the Customer and the
Company.
10. Replacement or Enlargement of Service Connections
10.1 Unless otherwse provided herein, the Company shall replace or enlarge
service connections at its own expense, as follows:
(a) Whenever it is necessar to change the location of any service
connection due to relocation or abandonment of the Company's mains;
and
(b) For commercial or industrial services where the type or volume of use
has changed and the enlargement wil result in sufficient increase in
annual revenue to justify the enlargement.
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ISLAND PARK WATER COMPAN (Approval Stamp)
10.2 The relocation, enlargement or reduction of service connections for the
convenience of the Customer will be at the expense of the Customer. Prior
to such relocation, enlargement or reduction, the Customer will deposit the
estimated cost thereof with the Company. Within fifteen (15) days a refud
wil be made to the Customer in the amount by which the estimated cost
exceeds the actual cost. The amount by which the actual cost exceeds the
estimated cost shall be due and payable within fifteen (15) days after biling
for such deficiency.
10.3 Enlargement of any service connection wil be made only after such time as
the Customer's plumbing inside his!her premises shall have been enlarged
sufficiently to accommodate the additional capacity.
11. Disconnection and Reconnection of Service
11.1 When a Customer desires to discontinue service he/she shall give notice to
the Company at least two (2) days in advance and shall be responsible for all
water consumed for the two (2) days after the date of such notice.
11.2 The Company may discontinue a Customer's service on an involuntay basis
only in accordance with UCRR.
11.3 When it becomes necessar for the Company to involuntarily discontinue
water service to a Customer, service wil be reconnected only after all bils
for service then due have been paid or satisfactory payment arangements
have been made.
11.4 A reconnection fee will be charged each time a Customer is disconnected,
either voluntarly or involuntaily, and reconnected at the same premises.
The reconnection fee shall be paid before service is restored. Reconnection
fees wil not be charged for any situation or circumstance in which the
Customer's water supply is disconnected by the Company for its
convenience.
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ISLAND PARK WATER COMPANY (Approval Stamp)
11.5 The Company reserves the right at any time, upon notice, to shut off the
water for maintenance or expansion and, in emergencies, may do so without
notice. The Company shall at all times use reasonable diligence and care to
prevent interrption of said water service.
11.6 Except in the case of emergency, no one, except an authorized Company
representative, is allowed to turn-on or turn-off the water on the Company's
side of the service connection.
12. Extension of Water Mains
12.1 The extension of system water mains for the purose of providing new
service shall be done on a time and material basis.
13. Miscellaneous
13.1 No Customer shall permit any person from another premises to take water
from his!her water service or tap for more than one (1) week without wrtten
permission and consent of the Company.
13 .2 No person acting either on his!her own behalf or as agent of any person,
firm, corporation or municipality, not authorized by the Company, shall tae
any water from any fire hydrant on the Company's system except in the case
of Emergency.
13.3 No person shall place upon or about any hydrant, gate, box, meter, meter box
or other property of the Company, any building material or other substaces
so as to prevent free access at all times to the same.
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13.4 Service wil be maintained to domestic Customers on a preferential basis.
Delivery of water under all schedules may be restricted, interrupted or
curailed at the discretion of the Company in case of shortage or theatened
shortage of water.
13.5 No rate contract or application is assignable from one user to another, except
upon agreement of all paries concerned.
13.6 The representative of the Company shall be given access to the premises of
the Customer at all reasonable hours for obtaining meter readings, for
tung on or shutting off the flow of water, for inspecting, removing,
repairing or protecting from abuse or fraud any of the property of the
Company installed on the premises. Access shall be granted at all times for
emergency purposes.
13.7 No one, except an authorized agent of the Company, shall tamper with,
interfere with, make repairs, connections or replacements of or to any of the
Company's property.
13.8 Whenever an applicant desires service of a character for which there is no
available service classification, a contract may be executed in lieu of a tariff.
Any such contract is subject to the approval of the Idaho Public Utilities
Commission.
13.9 The Customer is held responsible for any violation of these Rules and
Regulations even though the breach is committed be someone employed
either directly or indirectly by the Customer.
13.10 Copies of the Company's rates and rules sumar of regulations will be
provided to Customers upon commencement of service; and, will be
provided to Customers anually in accordance with the UCRR and the
UCIR.
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