Agenda Date:   December 29, 1999
Item Numbers:

Dockets:       TG-991856, TG-991857, and TG-991858

Company Names: Rabanco Ltd & Rabanco Recycling, Inc., d/b/a
               Rabanco Companies, G-12 (SeaTac)
               Fiorito Enterprises, Inc., & Rabanco Companies,
               d/b/a Kent Meridian Disposal Company, Kent
               Disposal, Meridian Valley Disposal, G-60
               Rabanco Ltd & Rabanco Recycling, Inc., d/b/a
               Rabanco Companies, G-12 (Eastside)
               

Staff:         Bob Colbo, Transportation Program Staff

Recommendation:

Suspend the filings for the above-named companies and dockets, and grant 
temporary rates.

Discussion:

On November 30, 1999, the above companies, all under common ownership and 
control, filed proposed tariff revisions naming revised residential and 
multi-family deferred recycling credits to become effective January 1, 2000.  
Docket TG-991858 for Eastside also contains a supplement increasing the city of 
Clyde Hill’s utility tax rate up to 11.11 percent.

SeaTac serves in southern King County west of Interstate 5 in and around SeaTac 
Airport.  Kent-Meridian serves southeastern King County from Kent to Auburn.  
Eastside serves on the east side of Lake Washington from Bellevue north to the 
Snohomish County line.

Existing credits expire December 31, 1999, and these filings are a part of the 
normal annual review of the value of the commodities collected in the carriers’ 
deferred recycle programs and the resulting impacts on the net charges 
customers pay for the service.  The credit (the commodities have value) is the 
sum of the estimated future value of commodities (based on the current three 
month average) plus an adjustment for any differences between what was 
estimated the prior year and subsequent actual results.

For these filings, the carriers have elected to base their future estimate of 
commodity value using actual results obtained over the last twelve months, not 
the most recent three month activity.  The resulting credits to customers, 
while larger than current credits, are less than would be the case of using the 
more recent three month data.  The three month average approach is the method 
used by all other carriers with deferral programs. It is the approach favored 
by the Staff and has been approved by the Commission in various orders issued 
to other carriers in prior deferred recycle dockets.

TG-991856, TG-991857, and TG-991858
December 29, 1999
Page 
A representative sample of residential curbside recycle present, proposed, and 
Staff suggested credits follows:
  
     Staff
 Present Proposed Suggested 

SeaTac Disposal

     Base Amount $0.65 $0.78 $1.21
     Def’d Adjustment -0.02 0.11 0.11
     Net Credit 0.63 0.89 1.32

  
Kent-Meridian Disposal

     Base Amount $0.86 $0.95 $1.41
     Def’d Adjustment -0.04 0.06 0.05
     Net Credit 0.82 1.01 1.46

Eastside Disposal

     Base Amount $1.16 $1.29 $2.05
     Def’d Adjustment -0.11 0.08 0.08
     Net Credit 1.05 1.37 2.13



It is therefore recommended that the Commission suspend the filings for the 
above-named companies and dockets, and grant temporary rates.