On May 15, 2009, the commission issued Order 06 -Second Prehearing Conference Order, which, in addition to addressing other issues, added a new starting date for the evidentiary hearing to be held in October, 2009. The evidentiary hearing will now being Monday, October 5, 2009, at 9:30 a.m.
The commission has suspended and consolidated tariff revisions filed by Avista Corporation, d/b/a Avista Utilities. The purpose of the filings is to increase rates and charges for electric and gas service provided to customers in the state of Washington. The company requests an electric rate increase of $69.8 million, or 16.0 percent, and a gas rate increase of $4.9 million or 2.4 percent. Avista also proposes to decrease the current Energy Recovery Mechanism surcharge by $32.4 million, or 7.4 percent for an overall net increase of 8.6 percent.
The commission held a prehearing conference on February 24, 2009, and entered a prehearing conference order on February 27, 2009, that adopts a procedural schedule. The commission will hold evidentiary hearings in this matter beginning on Tuesday, October 6, 2009, at 9:30 a.m. and continue daily thereafter, as necessary, until Friday, October 9, 2009.
The commission will also hold two public comment hearings on September 30, 2009, one in the Spokane Valley at 12:30 p.m. and one in downtwon Spokane at 5:30 p.m., to provide an opportunity for members of the public to provide oral or written comments to the commission.
On September 16, 2009, the commission issued a Notice Setting Prehearing Conference for September 23, 2009, beginning at 11:00 a.m. at the commission's headquarters. This prehearing conference will be to discuss the impact of the recently filed Partial Settlement Stipulation on the existing procedural schedule.
On September 24, 2009, the commission issued Order 09 - Third Prehearing Conference Order, which included an amended notice of hearing schedule, rescheduling the October 5, 2009 evidentiary hearing to now begin October 6, 2009, at 1:30 p.m.
(Docket 090134, see "Documents" link below for more information).
For more information, please contact Danny Kermode at (360) 664-1253 or by e-mail at dkermode@utc.wa.gov.
Posted/updated: 09/29/2009
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