Docket  UW-991913        Page 1

BEFORE THE WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION

In the Matter of the Application of
Rosario Utilities, L.L.C., to Increase
Rates for Water Service.

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		DOCKET UW-991913
		
		ORDERING QUARTERLY REPORTS


BACKGROUND

  On January 12, 2000, the Commission allowed a $22.00 per month water 
treatment surcharge ($1,427 one-time) and a $3,100.00 facilities charge to 
become effective.  The rates will repay a loan that Rosario Utilities, L.L.C., 
used to build a water treatment plant.  To ensure Rosario Utilities, L.L.C., 
uses the revenue from the rates to repay the loan, the Commission requires 
Rosario Utilities, L.L.C., to deposit the funds received into a separate 
reserve account, to be used exclusively for the purpose of making loan 
payments, and to submit quarterly reports.

  
FINDINGS

  THE COMMISSION FINDS:

  1. Rosario Utilities, L.L.C., a Washington business, is a public service 
company subject to the jurisdic-tion of this Commission under the provisions of 
Title 80 RCW.

  2. As to form, the application herein, meets the require-ments of Title 80 
RCW and the rules and regulations of the Commis-sion adopted pursuant thereto.


O R D E R 

  THE COMMISSION ORDERS:

  1. The funds received as a result of the water system treatment surcharge and 
facilities charge shall be deposited into a separate reserve account 
exclu-sively for the purpose of making loan payments.  This separate reserve 
account shall be listed on all company financial records and shall be 
considered a cash account asset (NARUC account #127).  Expenditures from the 
reserve account shall be treated for ratemaking purposes as customer 
contri-butions.

  2. The company shall submit to the Commission quarter-ly reports of the 
separate reserve account, monthly bank statements and loan payment records.  
This report shall consist of a Commission staff-approved Quarterly Report 
form.  Quarterly reports shall be filed 45 days following the last billing date 
of each quarter, starting with the quarter ended March 31, 2000, and continuing 
until notified by Commission staff letter to be no longer necessary or 
expiration of the affected tariff.

  3. 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, nor shall anything herein be 
construed as an acquies-cence in any estimate or determination of cost or any 
valuation of property claimed or asserted.

  DATED at Olympia, Washington, and effective this 12th day of January, 2000.

  WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION




      MARILYN SHOWALTER,         Chairwoman



      RICHARD HEMSTAD,         Commissioner