BEFORE THE WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION

In the Matter of the Application to )
Transfer of Water Systems  )  DOCKET UW-960684
from Harold and Veree Parks, d/b/a )
Satellite Water Systems to   ) ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION
Lewis County Utility Corporation )
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  On May 23, 1996, Harold and Veree Parks, d/b/a Satellite Water Systems 
(Satellite)filed a joint application with Lewis County Utility Corporation 
(LCUC) for authority to transfer the following systems from Satellite to LCUC:

 Aust Water System
 Covington Water System
 Crowder Water System
 Deschutes Glen Water System
 Harmon Water System
 Ivan Street Acres Water System
 Jenni Water System
 Little Donkey Water System
 Marshall Water System
 Nisqually Water System
 Prairie Villa Water System
 Rich Road Water System
 Rixie Road Water System
 Sargent Road Water System
 Seed Water System
 Shadowood Water System
 Tall Timbers Water System
 Tilley Road Water System
 Tolmie Park Water System
 Valley Meadows Water System

  These water systems currently serve 273 customers in Thurston and Lewis 
counties.

  LCUC falls under the jurisdiction of the Washington Utilities and 
Transportation Commission with the approval of this transfer.  An initial 
tariff was filed to recognize this. Satellite is currently regulated by the 
Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission.

  The terms and conditions of the transfer are set forth in an Agreement to 
Transfer these water systems filed with the Commission on May 23, 1996.  
Satellite will sell plant to LCUC for a mutually agreed amount of $74,300.





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FINDINGS

  THE COMMISSION FINDS:

  1. Harold and Veree Parks d/b/a Satellite Water Systems, a Washington 
company, and Lewis County Utility Corporation, a Washington corporation, are 
public service companies subject to the jurisdiction of this Commission under 
the provisions of chapter 80.12 RCW.

  2. As to form, the application herein, meets the require-ments of chapter 
80.12 RCW and the rules and regulation of the Commis-sion adopted pursuant 
thereto.

  3. It appears, upon investigation, that the Agreement to Transfer is 
reasonable and consistent with the public interest and should therefore be 
approved.


O R D E R 

  THE COMMISSION ORDERS:

  1. Subject to the conditions of this order, Harold and Veree Parks d/b/a 
Satellite Water Systems, is hereby authorized to transfer water systems to 
Lewis County Utility Corporation, pursuant to the Agreement to Transfer filed 
with the Commission on May 23, 1996.

  2. No material change, revision, or amendment to the agreement described in 
ordering paragraph no. 1 of this order shall become effective without the 
Commission's prior written approval.

  3. Applicants shall file with the Commission, on or before the effective date 
of the transfer agreement, updates to the respective tariffs reflecting the 
changes in systems and adopting the rates of the transferring company to the 
accepting company to be used for the transfered water systems’ customers until 
such time as the Commission approves new rates for this system.

  4. Applicants shall file with the Commission, within 30 days of final 
transfer of the transfered water systems, for its prior written approval, the 
journal entries by which they propose to record on their books the sale and 
transfer authorized herein.

  5. This order shall in no way affect the authority of this Commission over 
rates, service, or accounts, evaluations, esti-mates, or determination of cost 
or any matters whatsoever that may come before it, including rates relating to 
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agreement or payments of the elements which are the subject of this order, nor 
shall anything herein be construed as an acquiescence in any estimate or 
determination of cost or any valuation of property claimed or asserted.

  DATED at Olympia, Washington, and effective this 26th day of June, 1996.

  WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION



      STEVE KING, Acting Secretary