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Idao Public Utilties Commssion
P. O. Box 83720
Boise, Idao 83720-0074
2011 AUG 23 AM 8: 12
21 AugwÂ~J
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Commissioners;
So, it isn't enough that Idaho Power wants us rate payers to pay their employees
retirement pay but now Unied Water wants us to pay thm for NOT USING water as
they worked so hard to have us do.
First of all, it IS NOT the ratepayers responsibilty to pay for retirement for any
one except ourselves if we happen to have ajob that offers such a luxu. Many of us
worked jobs that DID NOT OFFER any such lux such as jantor and nursing work,
which is what I did at station pay. I do NOT have the luxuious retirement pay that the
Idao Power Company wants ME to help pay for. It is Idao Power Company's
responsibilty to pay whatever they are offering out of THEIR PROFITS, which are
considerable. They ask every year for a rate increase but we who live on half a shoestrig
never see a raise in what little dole we . are allowed. Seems Social Security is deemed a
hadollt that, thtlugh we paid. into it, we are not supposed to have. Seems you idiots
would rather;we live in. the streetsand beg rather tha maintain the homes we worked to
get whenwewere.ableto work.
Now poor Suez Water Company, which IS NOT an AMRICAN company to
begin with, wants more profit. They have raised our rates every year since we were taken
off South County Water except for 1 year. Guess they forgot that year. They now chage
us $18.10 even if we do not use 1 drop of water. Most times that is 3 times what we pay
for the COmmodity we are SUPPOSED to get and pay for. For what? Supposedly to
maintain the lines that really they never do here. All they do is dump in tons of
unecessar chlorine and make our once drinable water hader and taste lie garbage. It
most liely is too although they say it is comig from the well we had under South
County Water. Many have had to get softeners and buy bottled water now at much added
expense that we did not have before.
They have hared and hared and hared that we MUST CONSERVE water and
have increased rates to help them profit for no servce to that end. NOW, since people
have. let their yards dr up and do not use water poor Suez Water WANTS A .20%
RAISE! They wanted less use and now that many people are too damed poor to use
water they want us to now pay MORE so they keep those nice fat profits going. Sorr,
but I was raised in the Eas where you worked to mae a living. Ifwork fell off so did the
pay. There was no such thing then of chaging more for no servce. The motto was "An
honest day's work for an honest day's pay".. Now it seems that the motto is "More pay for
no work."
1 strongly object to payig 1 cent more for water that is already priced too high
just1)llse some foreigaomfit thi that Aiericans OWE them since WE
AMRICASNS AR.ALL RICH. Wht a laugh i Most of us are poor or strggling and
have been all along. It is just most of us who are native and not black do the best we can
to care for ourselves but Commssions lie yours seem to th that businesses always
need more money. You seem to th that we who are poor or middle class grow money
on tress in our yards and tax us to death. Well, our house gives us no income but drais it
very nicèly. Businesses, on the other hand, mae money from their buildings from which
they conduct their overpriced businesses with the blessings of the governent. It is done
under the gue that they are creating jobs. Another fallacy and big laugh for few jobs are
created once the utilty is operating. Most increases are wanted to pay already wealthy
stockholders although it is given the disguise of being used to IMPROVE (?)
inastrcture, which never happens.
Disgusted and NOT wealthy old citizen,-71~, ~ ¡¿ /~
Mrs. Sandr R. Hickstein
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Jean Jewell
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Jean Jewell
Monday, August 22, 2011 2:42 PM
Jean Jewell
FW: comments on United Water rate increase request
From: rick stone (mailto:verc(Ccableone.net)
Sent: Monday, August 08,2011 3:16 PM
To: Randy Lobb; Stacey Donohue
Subject: comments on United Water rate increase request
Please do not rant the increase United Water is re uestìn .
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Jean Jewell
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drmenasco~msn.com
Monday, August 22, 2011 1 :30 PM
Jean Jewell; Beverly Barker; Gene Fadness
PUC Comment Form
A Comment from Rose Menasco follows:
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Case Number: UWI-W-11-02
Name: Rose Menasco
Address: 7994 Desert Ave
City: Boise
State: idaho
Zip: 83709
Daytime Telephone: [phone]
Contact E-Mail: drmenasc~msn.com
Name of Utility Company : United Water Idaho
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Please describe your comment briefly:
United Water wants an increase for users who have done what they asked, namely to lower
their consumption. They already have increased our summer usage which they say is to reflect
their cost increase' s due to usage. Now they want to increase our rates due to a decrease in
our usage. Since we have no way of watering our lawn without their water, we have reduced
the size of lawn and the amount watered on the remaining lawn. If you take a look at our
subdivision you will see a lot of dead lawns simpley because there is no way people can
afford to pay their rate increase based on our bill the average $5.82 raise per month is
totally incorrect. We are not in favor of any increase based on my fixed income.
Rose Menasco
The form submitted on http://www.puc.idaho.gov/forms/ipuc1/ipuc.html
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Jean Jewell
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tantor~cableone. net
Monday, August 22, 2011 8:01 AM
Jean Jewell; Beverly Barker; Gene Fadness
PUC Comment Form
A Comment from Jack & Joan Trueblood follows:
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Case Number: UWI-W-11-02
Name: Jack & Joan Trueblood
Address: 2757 Starlington Dr.
City: Boise
State: Idaho
Zip: 83712
Daytime Telephone: [phone]
Contact E-Mail: tantor~cableone.net
Name of Utility Company : United Water Idaho
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Please describe your comment briefly:
We are opposed to the 19.9 percent increase proposed by United Water Idaho. We are retired,
on a fixed income. We cannot simply go to the pension fund and ask for an increase because
utilities, groceries, gas and about everything else has gone up. On decreased water usage: We
object to the fact that UWI encourages water conservation, but now wants to penalize its
customers for being conservative. On infrastructure costs: It looks like UWI invested in
facili ties to provide water to proposed developments which were never built because the
economy tanked. If so, that is not our fault. Even if their costs are legitimate, they are
asking way too much. Please do not grant UWI' s request.
The form submitted on http://www . puc. idaho. gov /forms/ipuc1/ipuc. html
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Jean Jewell
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asobtzak~peoplepc.com
Sunday, August 21, 2011 4:33 AM
Jean Jewell; Beverly Barker; Gene Fadness
PUC Comment Form
A Comment from Alan Sobtzak follows:
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Case Number: UWI-W-11-e2
Name: Alan Sobtzak
Address: 7e65 Snohomish
City: Boise
State: ID
Zip: 837e9
Daytime Telephone: 2e8- 362 -7ge7
Contact E-Mail: asobtza~peoplepc.com
Name of Utility Company : United Water
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Please describe your comment briefly:
It is obvious these people haven~t a clue what is happening economically in this country.
There has not been a pay increase for state employees for three years~ the cost of living for
basic needs continue to rise~ a large part of the population is on fixed incomes~ people are
cutting back on buying and conserving whenever and wherever they can~ and now because of
their conservation efforts United Water wants to penalize them for not using enough water.
Where is the justice? I only hope that the representatives serving on the Public Utilities
Commission have more of a clue than those managing United Water.
The form submitted on http://www . puc. idaho. gov Iforms/ipuc1/ipuc. html
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Jean Jewell
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jcbljboise§cableone. net
Saturday, August 20, 2011 3:45 PM
Jean Jewell; Beverly Barker; Gene Fadness
PUC Comment Form
A Comment from James Bussey follows:
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Case Number: UWX-W-I/-O;;
Name: James Bussey
Address: 7201 valley hts. Dr.
City: Boise
State: id
Zip: 83709
Daytime Telephone:
Contact E-Mail: jcbljboise~cabieone.net
Name of Utility Company: United Water
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Please describe your comment briefly:
I object to the rate increase requested by United Water. I and many of my neigbors
currently pay over $150 per month to keep our yards and gardens alive. Many neighbors have
already given up and let their yards dry up. The increase will force more of us to stop
watering and further lower the water consumption. The neighborhoods that do not have
irrigation need the help PUC can provide to form water systems that do not use potable water
as is currently required of new subdivisions. Thank you. James Bussey
The form submitted on http://www . puc. idaho. gov /forms/ipuc1/ipuc. html
IP address is 96.18.223.180
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