20240729Comments_2.pdf

The following comment was submitted via PUCWeb:
Name: Mia Riegel
Submission Time:Jul 28 2024 2:27PM
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 313 N Sailor Ave
Kuna, ID 83634
Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power
Case ID: IPC-E-24-07
Comment: "Please don't raise the rates OR give help those who are financially strained.
I live on Soc Sec and truly cannot sustain these increases, and I know I'm better off than others."
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The following comment was submitted via PUCWeb:
Name: Kevin Dickey
Submission Time:Jul 29 2024 11:42AM
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 2953 Honey Lane
Emmett, ID 83617
Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power
Case ID: IPC-E-24-07
Comment: "I am opposed to Idaho Power's proposed 2024 rate increase request.The reasoning they
state for the increase is "growing customer demand". The lowest proposed increase is for large power,
then residential, with irrigation power bearing the brunt of the increase--45+%greater increase than
large power. I highly doubt that irrigation demand is outstripping residential and large power demand.
The rate increase should be borne by large power and new residential. New power is expensive power,
much more expensive than the historic hydro power. Large power and new residential developments
should bear the cost, not the present residential owners or irrigation farmers.
If Idaho Power is going to increase rates 12.5% per year(17+%+7+% over two years), our electrical rates
will double in a little under 6 years based on the Rule of 72 (72/12.5 = 5.8 years). This when the quality
of the service is getting worse -- 15 minute windstorm = 8+ hours of lost service for some customers
recently.
Additionally, if Idaho Power is going to increase the rates that they charge,then they should also
increase the rates that they pay for solar generated electricity on their system. They just cut that rate
and they do not plan on increasing it even though they are asking to charge more.
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A more equitable solution would be to grandfather the rates of established users and have new power
users pay for the expensive capacity additions. Let those who are causing our costs to go up, pay for it.
Instead, Idaho Power is doing just the opposite. Ma and Pa are being forced to subsidize big tech and
transplants."
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