PUBLIC NOTICE OF HEARING ON THE JOINT APPLICATION OF VOYAGER AT WHITE MOUNTAIN LAKES WATER COMPANY AND SILVER CREEK WATER COMPANY TO TRANSFER THE ASSETS AND CERTIFICATE OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY OF VOYAGER AT WHITE MOUNTAIN LAKES WATER COMPANY AND FOR RELATED APPROVALS.(DOCKET NOS. W-21391A-26-0051 AND W-01983A-26-0051)
Summary On March 13, 2026, Voyager at White Mountain Lakes Water Company, Inc. (“Voyager” or “VWML”) and Silver Creek Water Company (“Silver Creek” or “SCWC”), collectively the Companies, filed a Joint Application with the Arizona Corporation Commission (“Commission”) for approval to transfer the utility assets and Certificate of Convenience and Necessity (“CC&N”) of Voyager to Silver Creek pursuant to Arizona Revised Statutes (“A.R.S.”) § 40-285 and Arizona Administrative Code (“A.A.C.”) R14-2-402. The Joint Application also requests the authority to charge the existing rates and charges of Voyager, including the continuation of its emergency rate surcharge until the earlier of (1) a decision by the Commission on the rate application filed by Voyager in Docket No. W-01983A-25-0268, or (2) a decision by the Commission on the first rate application filed by Silver Creek following its acquisition of VWML assets and CC&N; the authorization of an acquisition premium; and to grant such other relief as the Commission deems appropriate.
THE COMMISSION IS NOT BOUND BY THE PROPOSALS OF VOYAGER AND SILVER CREEK, STAFF, OR ANY INTERVENORS. THE COMMISSION WILL DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE RELIEF TO BE GRANTED IN RESPONSE TO VOYAGER'S AND SILVER CREEK'S APPLICATION BASED ON THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED IN THIS MATTER.
How You Can View or Obtain a Copy of the ApplicationCopies of the Application are available from Voyager at White Mountain Lakes Water Company, Inc. and Silver Creek Water Company at 8367 Silver Creek Drive, White Mountain Lake, Arizona 85901; on Voyager's website at www.voyagerwmlwater.com; at the Commission's Docket Control Center at 1200 West Washington Street, Phoenix, Arizona, and the Commission's office at 400 West Congress Street, Suite 218, Tucson, Arizona, during regular business hours; and on the Commission website (www.azcc.gov) using the e-Docket function and the Docket Number shown above.
Arizona Corporation Commission Public Hearing InformationThe Commission will hold a hearing on this matter beginning July 1, 2026, at 9:00 a.m., at the Commission's offices at 1200 West Washington Street, HR 2, Phoenix, Arizona 85007.
A public comment meeting will be held at the beginning of the first day of hearing, and comment may be provided in person or telephonically. To provide telephonic public comments, call 1-877-309-3457 and enter passcode 24641845163##.
Written public comments may be submitted by mailing a letter referencing Docket No. W-21391A-26-0051 AND W-01983A-26-0051 to Arizona Corporation Commission, Consumer Services Section, 1200 West Washington, Phoenix, AZ 85007, or by submitting comments on the Commission's website (www.azcc.gov) by clicking on “Divisions” and then “Hearing,” scrolling down to “eFiling Services,” and clicking on “Make a Public Comment in a Docket.” If you require assistance, you may contact the Consumer Services Section at 602-542-4251 or 1-800-222-7000.
If you do not intervene in this matter, you will receive no further notice of the proceedings in this matter unless you sign up to Follow the Docket. However, all documents filed in this matter are available online (usually within 24 hours after docketing) at the Commission's website (www.azcc.gov) using the e-Docket function. Information on how to Follow a Docket is available on the Commission's website clicking on “Divisions” and then “Hearing” and then “Following a Docket.”
About InterventionThe law provides for an open public hearing at which, under appropriate circumstances, interested persons may intervene. An interested person may be granted intervention if the outcome of the case will directly and substantially impact the person, and the person's intervention will not unduly broaden the issues in the case. Intervention, among other things, entitles a party to present sworn evidence at hearing and to cross-examine other parties' witnesses. Intervention is not required for you to appear at the hearing and provide public comment, to file written comments in the docket for the case, or to receive emailed notice of each filing made in the case by following the docket.
Information about what intervention means, including an explanation of the rights and responsibilities of an intervenor, is available on the Commission's website (www.azcc.gov) by clicking on “Divisions” and then “Hearing” and then “Intervene in a Case.” The information includes a Sample Intervention Request and a Fillable Intervention Request Form.
To request intervention, you must file a written request to intervene, either (a) by filing a hard copy request (meeting filing requirements) with Docket Control (Docket Control, 1200 West Washington, Phoenix, AZ 85007), or (b) by eFiling the request. Your request must be filed or eFiled no later than June 8, 2026. Instructions and restrictions for eFiling are available on the Commission's website at http://azcc.gov/hearing/efiling. You also must serve a copy of the request to intervene on each party of record, on the same day that you file the request to intervene with the Commission.
Your request to intervene must contain the information below:1. Your name, address, and telephone number;2. The docket number for the case in which you are requesting to intervene;3. A short statement explaining:a. Your interest in the proceeding (e.g., a customer of the regulated company involved, a property owner in an area to be affected by the case, etc.),b. How you will be directly and substantially affected by the outcome of the case, andc. Why your intervention will not unduly broaden the issues in the case;4. A statement certifying that you have sent a copy of your request to intervene to the regulated company or its attorney and to all other parties of record in the case and showing the names of the parties to whom service was provided and the addresses (which could be email addresses) used; and5. If you are not represented by an attorney who is an active member of the Arizona State Bar, and you are not representing yourself as an individual, sufficient information and any appropriate documentation to demonstrate compliance with Arizona Supreme Court Rules 31.1, 31.2, 31.3, 38, 39, and 42, as applicable. This only applies if you are NOT representing yourself and you are not a licensed attorney.
The granting of motions to intervene shall be governed by A.A.C. R14-3-105, except that all motions to intervene must be filed on or before June 8, 2026.
ADA/Equal Access InformationThe Commission does not discriminate on the basis of disability in admission to its public meetings. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter, as well as request this document in an alternative format, by contacting the ADA Coordinator for the Hearing Division, E-mail HearingDivision@azcc.gov, voice phone number 602-542-4250. Requests should be made as early as possible and no later than 48 hours in advance of the event to allow time to arrange the accommodation.
Published in the White Mountain Independent: # May 15, 2026000939
