The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) will hold a hearing on Brooke Utilities request for a water augmentation surcharge in Mesa del Caballo at 10 a.m. on May 18 at the Commission’s offices, 1200 West Washington Street, Room 100, Phoenix.
Public comments will be taken at the beginning of the hearing. Written public comments may also be submitted by mailing a letter referencing Docket Nos. W-03514A-10-0116 and W-03514A-10-0117 to Arizona Corporation Commission.
Interested parties who can't attend can listen from home. The Mesa del Water Committee is also working to arrange carpools.
The web address to listen is: http://www.azcc.gov/divisions/it/audio.asp. You can also call the "Listen Line" at (602) 542-0ACC (0222).
The water committee filed a motion to be an intervenor at the hearing.
The committee also wants to call residents' attention to an unsigned notice posted on mailboxes throughout the community regarding the fines proposed by Brooke for violating conservation stages. The committee says the notice is inaccurate and would like the opportunity to talk to not only whomever posted it, but to anyone else who has questions.
In a response from the water committee also posted on the mailboxes, the committee notes that fines are being increased for the first time in 12 years. The response also notes that Brooke will pass the cost of hauling water on to consumers without making a profit.
"Every home will have an allotment of water for basic needs based on the higher of the home’s use from either the preceding month’s usage or the same month last year," the response explains. "No fines would be imposed unless you exceed these or violate one of the stages’ restrictions."
Contact one of the water committee members with questions or concerns. Members are Ed Schwebel (468-3712), Randy and Minnie Norman (474-4454) and Irene Schwartzbauer (474-3660).
The document filed by Brooke Utilities reads, in part, as follows:
Summary
On March 31, 2010, Payson Water Company (“PWC” or “Company”) filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission (“Commission”) an application for the emergency implementation of a water augmentation surcharge for customers served by its Mesa del Caballo (“MDC”) water system due to potential water shortages during the summer season. Concurrently, the Company also filed an application for proposed changes to its Curtailment Tariff for its MDC System, which contains specific requirements as to when water augmentation will be necessary.
Proposed Water Augmentation Surcharge
The Company has proposed a water augmentation surcharge intended to collect costs for water augmentations made during the previous month. Each charge will be determined by taking the total monthly cost, and pro-rating the surcharge to each specific customer (currently 375) based on that customer’s total consumption for the month in which water augmentation is necessary. As currently proposed, those customers who use more water will pay a larger proportionate share of water augmentation costs than those customers who use less water.
Under the Company’s proposed revisions to its Curtailment Tariff, water augmentation activity is triggered when the MDC system reaches Stage 3, 4 or 5 conditions for water supply.
If you have any questions about these applications, you may contact the Company at Robert T. Hardcastle, c/o Brooke Utilities, P.O. Box 82218, Bakersfield, California 93380.
The Commission’s Utilities Division Staff has not yet made a recommendation regarding the Company’s surcharge request and proposed changes to its curtailment Tariff, and the Commission will determine the appropriate relief to be granted based on the evidence of record in this proceeding. The Commission is not bound by the proposals made by the Company, Staff, or any intervenors and, therefore, the relief granted may differ from the proposed surcharge described above.
How You Can View Or Obtain a Copy of the Financing Applications
Copies of the applications are available from the PWC by contacting its Call Center at (800) 270-6084 and providing your mailing address and/or email address, and on the Internet via the Commission’s website (www.azcc.gov) using the e-Docket function.
Arizona Corporation Commission Public Hearing Information
The Commission will hold a hearing on this matter beginning on May 18, 2010 at 10 a.m., or as soon thereafter as practicable, at the Commission’s offices, 1200 West Washington Street, Room 100, Phoenix, Arizona 85007. Public comments will be taken at the beginning of the hearing. Written public comments may also be submitted by mailing a letter referencing Docket Nos. W-03514A-10-0116 and W-03514A-10-0117 to Arizona Corporation Commission, Consumer Services Section, 1200 West Washington, Phoenix, Arizona 85007, or by e-mail. For a form to use and instructions on how to e-mail comments to the Commission, go to http://www.azcc.gov/divisions/utilities/forms/public_comment.pdf. If you require assistance, you may contact the Consumer Services Section at 1-800-222-7000.
About Intervention
The law provides for an open public hearing at which, under appropriate circumstances, interested parties may intervene. Any person or entity entitled by law to intervene and having a direct and substantial interest in the matter will be permitted to intervene. If you wish to intervene, you must file with the Commission no later than May 14, 2010.
1. The name, address and telephone number of the proposed intervenor and of any person upon whom service of documents is to be made if different than the intervenor;
2. A short statement of the proposed intervenor’s interest in the proceeding; and
3. A statement certifying that a copy of the Motion to Intervene has been mailed to PWC or its counsel and to all parties of record in the case.
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