Docket No. 4618 - Providence Water Supply Board - General Rate Application to Collect Additional Revenues of $8,328,042 for a Total Cost of Service of $77,728,472 (filed 05/16/2016)

Status of Docket: Closed.

D. PUC Orders issued:

• PUC Order No. 23666 authorizing Providence Water Board to collect $5,821,862 increase in its reveneu recquirement, to support a total cost of service of $75,305,829. Order issued 9/16/19.
• PUC Errata Order No. 23724 issued 11/21/19.
• PUC Order 29924 approving Providence Water Supply Board reuest to transfer $5,526,671 or the entire balance of the restricted fund, whichever is less, to its Infrastructure Replacement Fund. Order issued 10/8/20.

C. Providence Water's Compliance Filings w/ PUC Report & Order23666

• Infrastructure/Capital Program Report for period January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017
  
   
• Quarterly report on restricted funds & reconciliation for the period ending 3/31/2018
• Quarterly report on restricted funds & reconciliation for the period ending 6/30/2018
• Quarterly report on restricted funds & reconciliation for the period ending 9/30/2018
• Quarterly report on restricted funds & reconciliation for the period ending 12/31/2018
• Quarterly report on restricted funds & reconciliation for the period ending 3/31/2019
• Quarterly report on restricted funds & reconciliation for the period ending 9/30/2019
• Quarterly report on restricted funds & reconciliation for the period ending 12/31/2019
• Quarterly report on restricted funds & reconciliation for period ending March 31, 2020
• Quarterly report on restricted funds & reconciliation for period ending June 30, 2020
  
   
• Private Side Lead Service Replacement Program (9/25/19)

B. FILINGS RELATING TO PROVIDENCE WATER'S REQUEST TO TRANSFER FUNDS FROM RESTRICTED REVENUE RESERVE (submitted 10/27/17):

• Procedural Schedule
• Providence Water's request to transfer funds from its restricted revenue reserve to its operating account (10/2717)
• Bristol County Water Authority's (BCWA) Objection to Providence Water's Request to Transfer Funds and 1st Set of Data Request Providence Water (11/2/17)
  • Providence Water's Objection to BCWA's Data Request 1-4(g) (11/8/17)
  • BCWA's Motion to Strike and Compel Response to BCWA Data Request 1-4(g) (11/20/17)
  • Providence Water's Objection to BCWA's Motion to Strike and Compel Response to BCWA Data Request (11/22/17)
• Providence Water's Letter to correct the testimony of Nancy Parillo (11/20/17)
• Providence Water's response to PUC's 1st Set of Data Requests (11/22/17)
• Providence Water's response to BCWA's 1st Set of Data Requests (11/22/17)
• Providence Water's response to BCWA's 2nd Set of Data Requests (1/9/18)
• BCWA's Supplemental Objection To Providence Water’s Request To Transfer Funds (5/11/18)
• City of Warwick Position Statement (5/11/18)
• Providence Water's Response to 1) BCWA's Supplemental Objection and 2) City of Warwick (5/18/18)
• Division of Public Utilities and Carriers' Position Statement (5/18/18)
  
   
• Providence Water's Revenue Reserve Supplemental Filing requesting to transfer funds from the restricted revenue reserve to the operating revenue reserve (10/17/18)
• Providence Water's response to BCWA's 3rd Set of Data Requests (12/11/18)
• Providence Water's response to BCWA's 4th Set of Data Requests (1/8/19)
• BWCA's Objection Providence Water Revenue Reserve Supplemental Filing(1/10/19)
• Providence Water's Response to PUC's 2nd Set of Data Requests (1/11/19)
• Division of Public Utilities' Position Memorandum Regarding Providence Water's Supplemental Filing on October 17, 2018 (1/14/19)
• Providence Water's Response to BCWA's 5th Set of Data Requests (2/1/19)

A. FILINGS RELATING TO PROVIDENCE WATER'S RATE FILING SUBMITTED ON 5/16/2016:

• Procedural Schedule
• Revised Procedural Schedule
• Notice of Hearings
• PUC Order No. 23666 authorizing Providence Water Board to collect $5,821,862 increase in its reveneu recquirement, to support a total cost of service of $75,305,829. Order issued 9/16/19.

1. Filings submitted by the Providence Water Supply Board:

• Providence Water Supply Board submitted on May 16, 2016, a Request for Rate Relief to collect additional revenues in the amount of $8,328,042 to support total cost of service of $77,728,472. The application includes the testimony and exhibits of the following witnesses and filing requirements in support of its application:
  • Transmittal letter, notice, current tariffs and proposed tariffs, and appendices
  • Direct Testimony & Exhibit of Ricky Caruolo
  • Direct Testimony & Exhibits of Gregg Giasson
  • Direct Testimony & Exhibits of Nancy Parrillo
  • Direct Testimony & Exhibits of Harold J. Smith
    • First revised rate model of Harold Smith
    • Second revised rate model of Harold Smith
  • Rebuttal Testimony of Ricky Caruolo
  • Rebuttal Testimony of Gregg Giasson
  • Rebuttal Testimony of Nancy Parillo
  • Rebuttal Testimony of Harold J. Smith

2. Filings submitted by the Intervenors and the Division of Public Utilities and Carriers:

• Division - Direct Testimony of Jerome D. Mierzwa
• Division - Direct Testimony of Ralph Smith
• Division - Surrebuttal Testimony of Ralph Smith
• Division - Surrebuttal Testimony of Jerome D. Mierzwa
  
   
• Kent County Water Authority (KCWA) - Motion to Intervene
• KCWA - Direct Testimony of Christopher P.N. Woodcock
• KCWA - Surrebuttal Testimony of Christopher P.N. Woodcock
  
   
• Bristol County Water Authority (BWCA) - Motion To Intervene
• BWCA - Direct Testimony of Pamela Marchand
• BWCA - Surrebuttal Testimony of Pamela Marchand
  
   
• City of Warwick - Motion to Intervene
• City of Wariwick - Position Statement
• City of East Providence - Motion to Intervene

3. Settlement Agreement and Compliance Tariffs

• Settlement Agreement executed between the Providence Water Supply Board and the Division of Public Utilities. At an Open Meeting on February 10, 2017, the PUC rejected the Settlement Agreement. Vote 2-1. Providence Water was instructed to file compliance tariffs reflecting the PUC's decision on the various issues deliberated upon at the open meeting.
  
   
• Providence Water - Compliance Tariff Filing
• KCWA - Objection to Providence Water's untimely of any Compliance Filings
• Providence Water - Revised Compliance Tariff Filing in conformance w/ PUC's February 16, 2017 open meeting decision.
• Division's Memorandum on Providence Water's Compliance Filings
  
   
• BCWA’s Motion For Relief From Order (4/6/17)
  • Division's Objection to Bristol County Water’s Motion for Relief from Order (4/17/17)
  • Providence Water's Objection to Bristol County Water’s Motion for Relief from Order (4/17/17)
  • KCWA's Memorandum in Support of BCWA;s Motion for Relief from Order (4/21/17)

4. Public Comments:

• Steve Hamburg
• Donald Pryor

5. Responses to Data Requests:

• Providence Water's responses to Division 1-1 through 1-9
• Providence Water's responses to Division 1-10 through 1-27
• Providence Water's updated response to Division 1-27(c,d,e and f)
• Providence Water's responses to Division 1-28 through 1-31
• Providence Wtaer's updated response to Division 1-27
• Providence Water's responses to Division's 2nd set of data requests
• Providence Water's revised responses to Division's data requests 2-1 and 2-3
• Providence Water's responses to Division's 3rd set of data requests
• Providence Water's responses to Division's 4th set of data requests
• Providence Water's responses to Division's 5th set of data requests
  
   
• Providence Water's response to KCWA's 1st set of data requests
• Providence Water's response to KCWA's 2nd set of data requests
• Providence Water's response to KCWA's 3rd set of data requests
• Providence Water's response to KCWA's data request 3-1 updated
  
   
• Providence Water's response to PUC's 1st set of data requests
• Providence Water's response to PUC's 2nd set of data requests
  • Attachment to PUC's data response 2-11A
  • Atttachment to PUC's data response 2-11B
• Providence Water's responses to PUC's Settlement Data Request Set 1
• Providence Water's responses to PUC's Settlement Data Request Set 2
• Providence Water's responses to PUC's Record Requests 1,3,5,6 and 7
• Providence Water's responses to PUC's Record Requests 10, 11, 12,16, 19, 22, 23, 24, & 26
• Providence Water's responses to PUC's Record Requests 2, 4, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 25, 28 - 30
• Providence Water's revised response to PUC's Record Request 28
  
   
• Providence Water's response to BCWA's 1st set of data request
  • Providence Water's response to BCWA 1-18(d) - Solar Feasibility Study
  • Providence Water's updated response to BCWA 1-18(a)
• Providence Water's response to BCWA's 2nd set of data request & 3rd set of data request
• Providence Water's response to BCWA's 4th set of data request
• Providence Water's response to BCWA's 5th set of data request
• Providence Water's response to BCWA's 6th set of data request
  
   
• Bristol County Water's response to Providence Water's 1st set of data requests
  
   
• Division of Public Utilities' response to PUC's 1st set of data requests
• Divison of Public Utilities' response to PUC's Record Request 9
  
   
• Kent County Water's response to PUC's Record Request 27