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IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
MINUTES OF DECISION MEETING
June 25, 2019 – 1:30 P.M.
In attendance were CommissionersPaul Kjellander, Kris Raper and Eric Anderson. Commissioner Kjellander called the meeting to order.
The first order of business was APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING on Tuesday, June 11, 2019. The Commission voted unanimously to approve the minutes as written.
Commissioner Kjellander made a motion to amend the agenda and add an item to the Consent Agenda; item 4.A vote was taken on the motion and it carried unanimously.
The second order of business was CONSENT AGENDA:
2. Action Item: Dayn Hardie’s June 5, 2019, Decision Memorandum re: Idaho Power’s Application forAuthority to Modify Schedule 15, Dusk to Dawn Customer Lighting, and Schedule 41, Street Lighting Service, to Allow for Light-Emitting Diode Technology; Case No. IPC-E-19-17.
3. Action Item:Karl Klein’s June 7, 2019, Decision Memorandum re: Renewing Contract with John Coyle to Assist in Litigation.
4. Action Item: Carolee Hall’s June 11, 2019 Decision memorandum re: Columbine Telephone Company, Inc. (Columbine or the Company). Filed a Petition for a Safety Valve Waiver of FCC Threshold Requirements for Numbering Resources in the Driggs, Idaho Rate Center; Case No. COL-T-19-01.
Commissioner Kjellander made a motion to approve Staff’s recommendation for items 2, 3 and 4 on the Consent Agenda. A vote was taken on the motion and it carried unanimously.
The next order of business was MATTERS IN PROGRESS:
5. Action Item:Edward Jewell’s June 7, 2019, Decision Memorandum re: Industrial Customers of Idaho Power’s Petition to Intervene in the Matter of the Application of Idaho Power Company to Study the Costs, Benefits, and Compensation of Net Excess Energy Supplied by Customer On-Site Generation; Case No. IPC-E-18-15.
Mr. Jewell review his Memo and stated; Industrial customers filed a late petition to intervene. He asked if the Commission wised to grant ICIP’s petition to intervene.
Commissioner Raper moved that; the Commission grant the petition to intervene in IPC-E-18-15 by the Idaho Industrial Customers of Idaho Power the late intervention with all our normal language about not preventing disruption, prejudice to existing parties or undue broadening of the issues pursuant to the procedural rules.A vote was taken on the motion and it carried unanimously.
6. Action Item:Edward Jewell’s June 7, 2019, Decision Memorandum re: Industrial Customers of Idaho Power’s Petition to Intervene in the Matter of the Application of Idaho Power Company to Study Fixed Costs of Providing Electric Service to Customers; Case No. IPC-E-18-16.
Mr. Jewell review his Memo and stated;Industrial customers filed a late petition to intervene. He asked if the Commission wised to grant ICIP’s petition to intervene.
Commissioner Raper moved that; the Commission grant the petition to intervene in IPC-E-18-16 by the Idaho Industrial Customers of Idaho Power the late intervention with all our normal language about not preventing disruption, prejudice to existing parties or undue broadening of the issues pursuant to the procedural rules based on their late intervention status.A vote was taken on the motion and it carried unanimously.
Commissioner Kjellander stated, there was no further business before the Commission and he adjourned the meeting.
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