20211109Comments(15)_15.pdf

From:PUC Consumer Comments
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:Notice: A comment was submitted to PUCWeb
Date:Monday, November 8, 2021 5:00:07 PM
The following comments were submitted via PUCWeb:
Name: George Aston
Submission Time: Nov 8 2021 4:19PMEmail: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]Address: 3029 E Shadowband Ct
Eagle, ID 83616
Name of Utility Company: Eagle Water
Case ID: EAG-W-18-01
Comment: "I am very opposed to the sale of Eagle Water to Suez/Veolia. I feel that water is avery important resource and needs to be kept under local management. Suez/Veolia don't not
have a good record. Also, the price increases that have be stated are crazy. Eagle Water hassome of the best quality aquifers and I don't want our water mixed and overly chlorinated.
Please don't allow this sale to go through. "
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Name: Monica McDonaldSubmission Time: Nov 8 2021 4:45PM
Email: [e-mail]: 208-914-1117
Address: 288 Amanita StEagle, ID 83616-5064
Name of Utility Company: Eagle Water sale to Suez
Case ID: EAG-W-18-01
Comment: "My husband and I are opposed to the sale of Eagle Water to Suez/Veolia. We have
lived in Eagle for 6 years and have enjoyed our high quality aquifer water, that will no longerbe as pure when it is mixed with other water and chlorinated. Water is a valuable resource that
should be run by a public utility which prioritizes local customers, not by a private and foreigncompany driven by profits. While we understand that there will be likely rate increases either
way, we would like Eagle Water to be part of the Eagle Water Department instead to preservethe purity of our water."
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Name: Deena Oppenheim
Submission Time: Nov 8 2021 4:57PMEmail: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]Address: 424 N Ever After Way
Eagle, ID 83616
Name of Utility Company: Eagle Water
Case ID: EAG-W-18-01
Comment: "I was among the first to express concern regarding Suez purchasing Eagle Waterand now I am among the last to hope for NO SALE to Veolia (taking over Suez): * I want the
excellent local aquifer water to stay here in Eagle and not be co-mingled with surface waterand heavily chlorinated * I am deeply concerned that foreign owned Veolia has an even
WORSE reputation vs. Suez and they are taking over Suez to become a giant controller of theTreasure Valley Water . Importantly, the facts/policies submitted to the PUC on the Suez deal
are not even valid anymore given the new ownership. AND there was no transparency asoriginally promised. * I understand that whoever takes over Eagle Water, my rates/bills will
dramatically increase AND if the behemoth takes over I will have very little sway in eithercost or quality --- the more locally owned/controlled the better * My mayor and city council
promised us greater input and the ability to pursue other (better) options --- they reneged aftersecuring election. BUT if the PUC denies going forward with this horrid deal - we can at least
have an opportunity to get what was promised Thank you for your time and wisdom "
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Name: Arleen WinklerSubmission Time: Nov 8 2021 4:48PM
Email: [e-mail]: 818-398-7660
Address: 1828 N Longridge PlaceEagle, ID 83616
Name of Utility Company: Eagle Water Co.
Case ID: EAG-W-18-01
Comment: "We are senior citizens on limited income. We object to Suez Water, a foreign
company, taking over our water supply. We see no reason to have to pay our water bill to SuezWater, to a company that has more negativity because of it's rates and quality of water. We
have not met a Suez customer that has any thing positive to say about Suez. We also stronglyobject to having our money end up in France as opposed to staying in Eagle. Arleen Winkler"
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Name: Sarah Whitney
Submission Time: Nov 8 2021 4:36PMEmail: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]Address: 855 Farrington Dr
Eagle , ID 83616
Name of Utility Company: Eagle Water Co
Case ID: EAG-W-18-01
Comment: "I oppose the takeover of the Eagle Water Co. The quality of water will be affectedby adding chlorine. My neighborhood would like to have it remain under local control not
some foreign company. "
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Name: Stanley NelsonSubmission Time: Nov 8 2021 4:53PM
Email: [e-mail]: 208-850-1857
Address: 288 AmanitaEagle, ID 83616
Name of Utility Company: Eagle Water
Case ID: EAG-W-18-01
Comment: "To whom it may concern; I want to express concern about keeping our water high-
quality aquifer water from being mixed with surface water and having massive amounts ofchlorine added to it, about keeping decisions now and in the future about our most critical
natural resource under local control, and about keeping a huge foreign-owned company with aterrible reputation from expanding its monopoly over much of Ada County's water. I ask IPUC
to consider the fact that Suez is no longer that company that will be gaining control overEagle's water because their North American operations have been bought out by Veolia, an
even larger French-owned company and the transition will be completed within the nextcouple of months. While I know our rates will increase under any new ownership of Eagle
Water Company, I would much rather take this opportunity to add our water to the EagleWater Department. I'm very disappointed that the Mayor and City Council in Eagle settled the
lawsuit out of court and made a decision not to move forward with plans to purchase EagleWater Company based on inadequate information that was provided by Suez and Norm
Bangle without doing any independent research to verify that information, and they made thisdecision with no public input and no transparency. Thank you for your consideration. "
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Name: Bryant Kusy
Submission Time: Nov 8 2021 4:55PMEmail: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]Address: 1070 n Snead pl
Eagle, ID 83616
Name of Utility Company: Eagle Water Company
Case ID: EAG-W-18-01
Comment: "I am against Suez taking over management of Eagle’s water. I worry they willinflate the costs and sell our water to other municipalities. As a company I am not happy w
their record of responsibility when water quality is concerned. Their fee schedule hike is alsounreasonable and may cause undue hardship to Eagle residents. "
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Name: Kevin Sublett
Submission Time: Nov 8 2021 4:46PMEmail: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]Address: 2268 e Courtland drive
Eagle, ID 83616
Name of Utility Company: Eagle water
Case ID: EAG-W-18-01
Comment: "I am opposed to the sale of Eagle water. This sale is purely political and hasscandal written all over it. The water utility should stay within the city of Eagle and have the
best interest of the users. I feel that the sale of the utility to a huge company will cause largefee increases and less service. We in Eagle don't want clorinated water."
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Name: Richard Rieber
Submission Time: Nov 8 2021 4:53PMEmail: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]Address: 1764 E Bishop Way
Eagle, ID 83616
Name of Utility Company: Idaho power
Case ID: EAG-W-18-01
Comment: "Dear IPUC: I am sending my comments in opposition to the acquisition of EagleWater Company by Sues/Veolia. As a retired water manager with the Bureau of Reclamation,
I find it amazing that anyone would even consider letting a foreign company, such as Sues,take over a locally owned company. Sues is no longer the company taking over Eagle Water. I
am very disappointed that the mayor of Eagle and the city council settled the lawsuit out ofcourt without input from the citizens of Eagle. I am in opposition of Suez acquiring Eagle
Water because the majority of Suez patrons put up with heavily chlorinated water forconsumption. This is inexcusable! Please allow the city of Eagle to reconsider the acquisition
of Eagle Water. Thank you."
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Name: RONALD VIANOSubmission Time: Nov 8 2021 4:07PM
Email: [e-mail]: 208-861-3216
Address: 704 N NICKLAUS LNEAGLE, ID 83616
Name of Utility Company: Eagle water
Case ID: EAG-W-18-01
Comment: "I encourage you to deny the purchase of Eagle Water by Suez. This decision
should be put to the vote of all Eagle citizens. The current city council's only reason for sellingeagle water is because Avimore cannot provide adequate water for their home owners. Eagle
residents should not be required to subsidize Avimore."
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Name: John BertulisSubmission Time: Nov 8 2021 4:14PM
Email: [e-mail]: 208-407-1068
Address: 1634 E Stadler CtEagle, ID 83616
Name of Utility Company: Eagle Water Company
Case ID: EAG-W-18-01
Comment: "The sale of Eagle Water Company to Suez is not a good decision. Many people
that have Suez water pay 300 times what we pay now. This will really hurt the elder people ofour community that are on fixed incomes. We should be grandfathered in at the current prices.
Hopefully, something can be done to stop this. "
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Name: Deborah MoodieSubmission Time: Nov 8 2021 4:22PM
Email: [e-mail]: 949-922-3757
Address: 2554 E Lakefork DrEagle, ID 83616
Name of Utility Company: Eagle Water
Case ID: EAG-W-18-01
Comment: "Since receiving the first notice a couple years ago that Eagle Water was about to
sold to Suez I have been alarmed and commented then that I was opposed. After attending ameeting at City Hill I felt certain that the City of Eagle was against the sale and would seek to
join all Eagle residents under the cities water company. The packed room was filled with otherresidents like me who were upset and opposed to the sale. There has to be another viable and
fair solution besides selling to a company who is in the middle of selling their No. America holdings to yet another co. with another poor reputation. I fully expect an increase on my
water bill but am retired on a fixed income and the rates that Suez presented were excessive and for much poorer quality water- comingling our good deep water with more chemicals.
Other Treasure Valley residents I know hate the service their receive from Suez. Commission pls. stop this sale and allow for a better solution that will take into account the majority of
residents who remain strongly opposed and feel powerless. "
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Name: Elaine BarsottiSubmission Time: Nov 8 2021 4:44PM
Email: [e-mail]: 530-828-6202
Address: 1851N Rivington WayEagle, ID 83616
Name of Utility Company: Suez
Case ID: EAG-W-18-01
Comment: "I am opposed to the sale of Eagle water to a foreign water company. My neighbors
are concerned that they have not been heard over these few years of voicing their concerns for this to not to go through. The quality and astronomical rates are of the highest concern. Please
listen to your residents. Thank you."
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Name: barb jekel
Submission Time: Nov 8 2021 2:17PMEmail: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]Address: 2862 N. HAVEN DR.
Eagle, ID 83616
Name of Utility Company: private well
Case ID: EAG-W-18-01
Comment: "Ada County Area of Impact, (AOI), has in its areas adjacent to City of Eagle, over 2,000 wells; both entities sharing supply from same aquifer. These wells are open to potential
affect if new and deeper wells are driven by an Eagle designated water company, whichever it
is transferred to from Eagle Water Company. So, it is vital to monitor closely just how much
water is being pumped. I write with concerns regarding what has actually been established as
stringent restriction and oversight as to where the water goes, how it is used, and a hard scribed agreement that it will only be delivered for local use and not transported or piped
outside specific, well defined, designated and agreed to boundaries. I hope all the terms of
agreement can be made public, and offered for public review, being as water is a public
natural resource."
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Name: Susan Wendt
Submission Time: Nov 8 2021 2:12PM
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 734 N Caracaras Pl
Eagle, ID 83616
Name of Utility Company: Eagle Water Company
Case ID: EAG-W-18-01
Comment: "Dear PUC: The Suez application to buy EWC is a predatory acquisition. We
should restrict foreign direct investment in our national treasures! Please oppose
DENATIONALIZATION of this vital enterprise, EWC. Thank you, Susan Wendt"
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