Agenda Date:    August 9, 2000
Item Number:
                 
Docket:    TC-001092
Company Name:   Pacific Northwest Transportation Services, Inc., C-862 
Staff:     Bob Colbo, Transportation Program Staff
Recommendation: 
Issue a complaint and order to suspend the proposed rate increase of Pacific 
Northwest Transportation Service, Inc., C-862, (PNWTS) in Docket TC-001092. 
Discussion: 
On July 14, 2000, the above-named company filed a general rate increase 
application proposed to become effective August 14, 2000. PNWTS provides 
scheduled and door-to-door bus service from Thurston and Pierce County 
locations to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The filing also contained a 
Less than Statutory Notice (LSN) application seeking a August 1, 2000 effective 
date. Since little justification material had been provided by the company, the 
Commission took no action on the LSN request at its Open Meeting of July 31, 
2000. The letter of transmittal accompanying the filing states the rates are 
proposed to increase between 15 and 20 percent. Present rates have been in 
effect since July, 1998, however the company has been in recently (Docket 
TC-001111) for fuel surcharge supplements.
As of this date, no additional verification data has been received. The company 
has therefore not demonstrated that the proposed rates are fair, just, and 
reasonable. It is therefore recommended that the Commission issue a complaint 
and order to suspend the proposed rate increase of Pacific Northwest 
Transportation Service, Inc., C-862 (PNWTS) in Docket TC-001092.