DOCKET UW-971390 Page 1

BEFORE THE WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION


WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND )
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, )
   )
  Complainant, ) DOCKET UW-971390
   )
 vs.  )
   ) ORDER DISMISSING     ) COMPLAINT AND ORDER
Gamble Bay Water, Inc., ) SUSPENDING TARIFF
   ) REVISION AND APPROVE
   ) TARIFF REVISION
  Respondent. )   
                                   )
 )


  On September 15, 1997, Gamble Bay Water, Inc., filed for general rates in the 
annual amount of $1,771, for the customers of the Rim Rock water system.  
Gamble Bay serves approximately 181 customers on Bainbridge Island and near 
Poulsbo.  Rim Rock serves approximately 54 customers near Fall City in King 
County.

  The company is requesting the increase in general rates to the level charged 
by the Randles prior to the sale of Rim Rock water system to Gamble Bay Water, 
Inc.  The proposed rates will generate approximately $1,771 in additional 
revenues per year.

  Staff has reviewed the books and records of Gamble Bay Water, Inc., for Rim 
Rock for the test period ending June 30, 1997.  The proposed rates will 
generate approximately $1,771 in additional revenues per year.  The company is 
aware that they will continue to operate Rim Rock water system at a loss.  
Staff is of the opinion that the proposed rates are acceptable for rate making 
purposes.  

FINDINGS

  1. Gamble Bay Water, Inc. is a water company and as such is a public service 
company subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission

  2. The tariff revision presently under suspension herein is not considered to 
be unreasonable.

  3. It is not contrary to the public interest that the Complaint and Order 
Suspending Tariff Revision in this docket be dismissed and that the tariff 
revision become effective 
November 15, 1997.

  4. This order shall in no way affect the authority of this Commission over 
rates, service, accounts, valuations, 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 costs, or any 
valuation of property claimed or asserted.

O R D E R

  THE COMMISSION THEREFORE ORDERS That the Complaint and Order Suspending 
Tariff Revision in this docket, dated 
October 8, 1997, be and the same is hereby dismissed, and that the tariff 
revision filed herein September 15, 1997, be and the same shall become 
effective November 15, 1997.

  DATED and signed at Olympia, Washington, and effective the 6th day of 
November, 1997.

  WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION



      ANNE LEVINSON, Chair



      WILLIAM R. GILLIS, Commissioner