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IDAHO PUBLIC
UTILITIES COMMISSION
In The Matter Of:
THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF QUESTAR GAS COMPANY'S, et al.
AMENDED NOTICE OF CUSTOMER HEARING
April 10, 2024
T&T Reporting, LLC
477 Shoup Avenue, Suite 105
Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402
(208) 529-5491
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RECEIVED
Friday, May 10, 2024 2:19PM
IDAHO PUBLIC
UTILITIES COMMISSION
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1 BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
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4 IN THE MATTER OF QUESTAR GAS )
COMPANY' S AND ENBRIDGE QUAIL ) CASE NO. QST-G-23-01
5 HOLDINGS, LLC' s JOINT )
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF THE ) AMENDED NOTICE OF
6 PROPOSED SALE OF FALL WEST ) CUSTOMER HEARING
HOLDCO, LLC TO ENBRIDGE QUAIL )
7 HOLDINGS, LLC. ) ORDER NO. 36130
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11 LOCATION: The Elks Lodge
1229 N. 8th E.
12 Preston, Idaho 83263
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DATE & TIME : April 10 , 2024 ; 1 : 00 p.m.
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24 Reported by: Karla Steed-Layfield, RMR, CSR #1182
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1 A P P E A R A N C E S
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Commissioner John R. Hammond, Jr.
3 Commissioner Edward Lodge
Assistant Attorney General Dayn Hardie
4 Jennifer Clark - Questar Gas Company
Kelly Mendenhall - Questar Gas Company
5 Austin Summers - Questar Gas Company
Jordan Stephenson - Questar Gas Company
6 Jennifer Reinhardt-Tessmer - Enbridge Quail Holdings
Brian Burnett - Enbridge Quail Holdings
7 Tia Earaneik - Enbridge Quail Holdings
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AMENDED NOTICE OF CUSTOMER HEARING - April 10, 2024
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1 P R O C E E D I N G S
2 MR. HAMMOND, JR. : Good afternoon.
3 This is the time and place for a customer
4 hearing in Case Number QST-G-23-01 , also
5 referred to as In the Matter of Questar Gas
6 Company' s and Enbridge Holdings , LLC ' s Joint
7 Application for Approval of the Proposed Sale
8 of Fall West Holdco, LLC to Enbridge Quail
9 Holdings , LLC.
10 The purpose of this hearing is to take
11 testimony from members of the public in
12 reference to Questar Gas Company ' s request that
13 was filed with the Commission on October 23rd,
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15 My name is Commissioner John Hammond. I 'm
16 the chair in today' s proceedings and to my
17 right is Commissioner Ed Lodge . Sitting in
18 between is lead Deputy Attorney General for the
19 State of Idaho and counsel for the Commission,
20 Dayn Hardie .
21 Today, we will take public testimony. The
22 transcript will be added to the underlying
23 record in this case . The commissioners will
24 review the facts and evidence in the record to
25 make the final decisions in this case .
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1 As an initial matter, let' s document for
2 purposes of the record the parties present and
3 their counsel . We can begin with staff' s
4 representation through Mr. Hardie.
5 MR. HARDIE : Dayn Hardie, counsel for the
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7 MR. HAMMOND, JR. : And for Questar Gas
8 Company?
9 MS . CLARK: Good afternoon. I 'm Jennifer
10 Clark. I 'm counsel for Questar Gas Company.
11 (reporter clarification)
12 MS . CLARK: I 'm sorry. Jennifer Clark,
13 Dominion Energy Utah. I have with me Kelly
14 Mendenhall, Austin Summers and Jordan
15 Stephenson.
16 MS . REINHARDT-TESSMER: Jennifer
17 Reinhardt-Tessmer. And I 'm here today on
18 behalf of Enbridge Quail Holdings . Joining me
19 is Brian Burnett and Tia Earaneik.
20 MR. HAMMOND, JR. : Have I missed anybody?
21 If there are any -- I don' t believe there ' s
22 anybody else . Please raise your hand if I 've
23 missed you.
24 I don' t think I need to cover this but I
25 will because it' s in my spreadsheet. The most
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1 important information apparently is that the
2 bathrooms are out the door to the left, down
3 the haul .
4 In the case of an emergency, please do not
5 use the elevator. I 'm not sure whether there ' s
6 an elevator, but don' t use that because that is
7 not going to get you anywhere in this building.
8 Run out to the golf course if you need to exit
9 for whatever reason.
10 I will explain procedures and parameters
11 of today ' s hearing -- well , first, actually let
12 me step back.
13 Is there anyone here that wishes to
14 testify in this case today?
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16 MR. HAMMOND, JR. : I don ' t believe
17 there ' s -- oh, Kevin wants to --
18 UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: No one has signed
19 in to testify.
20 MR. HAMMOND, JR. : I thought you were
21 going to come testify, Kevin.
22 So nobody has signed in to testify. I
23 think at this point since we have nobody here
24 that wishes to testify, we ' ll go off the record
25 for approximately ten minutes . During that
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1 time if anybody comes we can have them come up
2 to testify and we ' ll go back on the record.
3 But for now let' s be at ease . Thank you very
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5 (Pause in proceedings . )
6 MR. HAMMOND, JR. : Let' s go back on the
7 record here in the customer hearing, for the
8 customer hearing in Case Number QST-G-23-01 .
9 I don' t believe I have seen anybody else
10 that has walked in or expressed an interest in
11 testifying in today' s matter. Mr. Keith has
12 indicated that nobody has signed up to testify.
13 So at this point, since we don ' t have any
14 folks here to testify for purposes of this
15 hearing, we ' ll close the hearing. And I want
16 to thank you all for being here today. And we
17 with that, we ' ll adjourn. Thank you.
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19 (Hearing adjourned at 1 : 22 p.m. )
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1 REPORTER' S CERTIFICATE
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3 I , Karla Steed-Layfield, Certified Shorthand
4 Reporter ##1182 , State of Idaho, do hereby certify that the
5 foregoing transcript, consisting of pages 1 to 6 inclusive,
6 is a true and accurate record of the proceedings had on the
7 date and at the time indicated therein as stenographically
8 reported by me to the best of my ability, dated the 15th day
9 of April , 2024 .
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LA S. E7L9D
MISSION 0 47907
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TATE OF IDAHO
SION EXPIRES 01R812028
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Karla Steed-Layfield
20 Idaho CSR No. 1182
Notary Public in and for
21 the State of Idaho
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