Agenda Date:              March 14, 2001
Item Number:  3A

Docket:  TC-010245    
Company Name: Bremerton-Kitsap Airporter, Inc., C-903

Staff:                           Bob Colbo, Transportation Program Staff

Recommendation:

Suspend the fuel supplement tariff application of Bremerton-Kitsap Airporter, 
Inc., C-903, contained in Docket TC-010245.

Discussion:  

On February 20, 2001, the above-named company filed proposed tariff revisions 
providing for Special Fuel Surcharge Supplement No. 11 naming increased one-way 
fares of $0.25 and round trip fares of $0.50.  This company serves Sea-Tac 
Airport from points in Kitsap County and also Ft. Lewis and McCord Air Force 
Base.  The proposed effective date per the LSN request accompanying the filing 
is March 20, 2001.

This filing was made in accordance with the technical requirements called for 
by the staff in the fuel surcharge methodology distributed to the bus industry 
last year when fuel prices began their upward spike.  It did not include an 
earnings test, but rather a comparison of January, 2000, base fuel price with 
the current, most recent price and the resulting anticipated increased fuel 
expenses.  From information gathered in the general rate increase from 
Bremerton-Kitsap Airporter, Inc., in suspended Docket TC-001846, it appears 
that this company is able to absorb whatever reasonably anticipated increased 
fuel expenses it may experience now and into the future.

It is therefore recommended that the Commission suspend the fuel surcharge 
tariff application of Bremerton-Kitsap Airporter, Inc., C-903, contained in 
Docket TC-010245.