The Settlement

Under the terms of the written settlement agreement (Settlement), Hillview's current rates will not be changed because they will produce revenue at a level sufficient to satisfy Hillview's stipulated revenue requirement. In effect the outcome is a "wash": it merely revises a number of individual items to address ORA's objections or incorporate information Hillview furnished in response to ORA's criticisms, without producing any change in rates. The parties include a comparison exhibit (Appendix A to the Settlement) with their motion.

The Settlement also imposes a moratorium on new service connections. Hillview is experiencing a chronic shortage of potable water due to uranium contamination of some of its wells, and the moratorium is necessarily included in the Settlement to address this problem.

The entire Settlement, including its appendices, is attached to our decision.