Dockets UW-981198,UW-981199, and UW-981254 Page 1


BEFORE THE WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION


In the Matter of the Application for Sale and Transfer of Lake Lawrence Water 
Company to South Sound Utility Company, Inc. 

In the matter of the Application by South Sound Utility Company, Inc., to 
purchase Lake Lawrence Water Company.  

In the matter of the adoption of the tariff of Lake Lawrence Water Company by 
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		ORDER GRANTING
		APPLICATION
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On September 15, 1998, Lake Lawrence Water Company (Lake Lawrence) filed a 
transfer of property application to sell and transfer all its water system 
assets to South Sound Utility Company, Inc., (South Sound).  Also on September 
15, 1998, South Sound Filed an application to purchase Lake Lawrence Water 
Company.  Both applications were filed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 
80.12 RCW.  Lake Lawrence serves approximately 290 customers in Thurston 
County.  The terms and conditions of the transfer are set forth in an Agreement 
to Purchase said water company filed as an exhibit with the applications 
herein.  

On October 1, 1998, South Sound filed an application to adopt the current 
tariff of Lake Lawrence.  An adoption of tariff notice was filed with the 
application.  The purchase price of all of the assets of Lake Lawrence is 
$115,468.  The sale price is less than the net book value of the system’s 
historical cost of $126,001.
FINDINGS  

1. Lake Lawrence Water Company and South Sound Utility Company, Inc., are 
public service companies subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission under 
the provisions of chapter 80.12 RCW. 

2. As to form, the applications herein, meet the requirements of chapter 80.12 
RCW and the rules and regulations of the Commission adopted pursuant thereto.  

3. It appears, upon investigation, that the applications for sale, purchase and 
adoption are reasonable and consistent with the public interest and should 
therefore be approved.

O R D E R

1. Subject to the conditions of this order, Lake Lawrence Water Company is 
authorized to sell its assets and South Sound Utility Company, Inc., is 
authorized to purchase the assets of Lake Lawrence Water Company pursuant to 
the Agreement to Purchase filed as an exhibit to the applications herein. 

2. No material change, revision, or amendment to the agreement shall become 
effective without the Commission’s prior written approval.  

3. Effective October 15, 1998, South Sound Utility Company, Inc., will adopt 
the existing tariff of Lake Lawrence Water Company.    

4. South Sound Utility Company, Inc., shall file with the Commission, within 30 
days of final transfer of the transferred 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, estimates or determination of costs 
or any matters whatsoever that may come before it, 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 the 14th day of October, 1998.

WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION



CAROLE J. WASHBURN, Secretary