Docket No. 4025 - City of Newport Water Division - Application for authority to implement new rates designed to generate additional revenues of $3,353,023 or 35.6% to support a total operating revenue requirement in the amount $12,754,756.

The impact of the proposal on rates will be an increase of 28.8%. (filed 12/9/08)

Report and Order(s):

• Commission Report and Order No. 19940 granting Newport Water to receive a total cost of service of $11,528,666, which equates to a revenue increase of $2,044,097, effective for usage on and after July 1, 2009. Written Order issued 3/29/10.
• Intervenor Portsmouth Fire and Water District appealed Order No. 19940 to the Supreme Court. On January 9, 2012, the Supreme Court issued an Order remanding the case back to the Commission with directives that the Commission make sufficiently findings on the matter. The Commission issued Order No. 20792 in response to the Supreme Court's charge. Remand Order issued 8/10/12.

II. Docket No. 4025-A - Filings submitted post Report and Order No. 19940 (September 2009 - present):

• Newport Water Division - Miscellaneous Petition for Relief from Order and that it be allowed to withdraw $122,032 from its restricted Operating Revenue Allowance account to recover revenue shortfall (4/18/11)
• Division of Public Utilities (Division) - Motion for Extension of Time (4/26/11)
• Newport Water Division - Response to Division's 1st set of data requests (5/2/11)
• Division - Letter summarizing review of Newport's Petition and indicating no opposition (5/10/11)
• PUC issues Order No. 20387 granting Newport Water's Miscellaneous Petition to Withdraw From Restricted Operating Revenue Account (written Order issued 7/5/11)

I. Docket No. 4025 - Filings related to the Newport Water's inital rate application and prior to the Report & Order No. 19940 (August 2009):

Procedural Schedule for the docket - Evidentiary hearings will commence on May 27, 2009; a public comment evening hearing will be held on March 26, 2009 in Newport City Hall, Newport, RI.

Notice of Hearing



Filings and pleadings submitted by the Newport Water Division



Newport Water Division's - Rate application, current & proposed rates and filing requirement in compliance with Section 2.9 of PUC rules. The application includes testimony and exhibits of the following witnesses:

• Direct testimony of Julia Forgue, P.E. (12/9/08)
• Direct testimony & schedules of Harold J. Smith (12/9/08)
• Rebuttal testimony of Harold J. Smith (4/29/09)
• Direct testimony of Laura Sitrin (12/9/08)
• Rebuttal testimony of Laura Sitrin (4/29/09)
• Pre-Hearing Brief (5/26/09)
• Brief (6/18/09)
• Compliance tariff filing in conformance with PUC's open meeting decision authorizing Newport Water the collection of additional revenues in the amount of approximately $1.7 million (filed 7/17/09)
• Motion for Relief from Order seeking an extension of time to file COSS from September 1 to November 1, 2009 (filed 9/4/09)

Filings and pleadings submitted by the Division of Public Utilities and Intervenors:

• Division of Public Utilities - Direct testimony of Thomas Catlin (4/1/09)
• Division of Public Utilities - Surrebuttal testimony of Thomas Catlin (5/13/09)
• Division of Pulbic Utilities - Pre-Hearing Brief (5/26/09)
• Division - Brief (6/18/09)
• Dept. of Navy - Motion to Intervene (1/20/09)
• Dept. of Navy - Direct testimony of Ernest Harwig (4/1/09)
• Dept. of Navy - Surrebuttal testimony of Ernest Harwig (5/13/09)
• Dept. of Navy - Brief (6/18/09)
• Portsmouth Water and Fire District (PWFD) - Motion to Intervene (1/20/09)
• PWFD - Direct testimony of Christopher Woodcock (4/1/09)
• PWFD - Surrebuttal testimony of Christopher Woodcock, including updated and corrected schedules (5/13/09)
• PWFD- Pre-Hearing Brief (5/26/09)
• PWFD - Brief (6/18/09)

Parties' Responses to Data Requests:

• Newport Water - Response to Division's 1st set of data requests (1/28/09)
• Newport Water - Response to Division's 2nd set of data requests (3/9//09)
• Newport Water - Response to Division's 3rd set of data requests (5/12/09)
• Newport Water - Response to Division's 4th set of data requests (5/12/09)
• Newport Water - Response to PWFD's 1st set of data requests. (2/6/09); Also NWD response to data requests PWFD 1-9 and NWD response to PWFD 1-15(f)(2) .
• Newport Water - Supplemental response PWFD's data requests 1-14 (2/19/09)
• Newport Water - Response to PWFD's 2nd set of data request (3/18/09)
• Newport Water - Supplemental response to PWFD's data requests 2-1 (3/25/09)
• Newport Water - Response to PWFD's 3rd set of data requests (4/23/09)
• Newport Water - Response to PWFD's 4th set of data requests (4/30/09)
• Newport Water - Response to PWFD's data request 5-3 (5/12/09)
• Newport Water - Response to PWFD's data request 5-1 & 5-2 (5/22/09)
• Newport Water - Response to PWFD's records requests (5/29/09)
• Newport Water - Response to Navy's 1st set of data requests (3/5/09)
• Newport Water - Response to Navy's 2nd set of data requests (5/12/09)
• Newport Water - Response to PUC's 1st set of data requests (5/11/09)
• Newport Water - Supplemental response to PUC data request 1-5 (5/12/09)
• Newport Water - Response to PUC's 2nd set of data requests (5/22/09)
• Newport Water - Response to PUC's 3rd set of data requests (5/22/09)
• PWFD - Response to Newport Water's 1st set of data requests (2/26/09)
• PWFD - Response to Newport Water's 2nd & 3rd set of data requests. Response to data requests NWD 2-1, 2-2, 2-13 and 2-14 is available for examination at PUC's office. (4/24/09)
• Dept. of Navy - Response to Newport Water's 1st set of data requests (3/11/09)
• Dept. of Navy - Response to Newport Water's 2nd set of data requests (4/27/09)
• Division - Response to Newport's 1st set of data requests (4/16/09)