20241112Comments_4.pdf

The following comment was submitted via PUCWeb:
Name: Robyn Coulter
Submission Time: Nov 8 2024 9:09AM
Email: robyn [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 2238 N Patricia Ln
Boise, ID 83704
Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power
Case ID: IPC-E-24-07
Comment: "I find it NOT acceptable to raise rates due to future building, infrastructure costs and labor
expenses.This is a responsibility that needs to fall on the contractors and builders. I am now in the
category of senior citizen and am pretty appalled at the current rates. My years spent living in Murray
Utah showed me that this not need be so costly. I also work as a case manager to help those less
fortunate than myself and help these people apply for HEAT assistance, something I do not qualify for as
I make just a smidgeon too much to qualify. "
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The following comment was submitted via PUCWeb:
Name: Jacob Anderson
Submission Time: Nov 12 2024 9:25AM
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 1022 E McKinley St
Boise, ID 83712
Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power
Case ID: IPC-E-24-07
Comment: "Idaho Power is proposing an increase to its energy charges while leaving the Export Credit
Rate the same as last year. I think this is inappropriate because if the cost of power generation has
increased,then it stands to reason that the value of avoided power generation (i.e.,the ECR) has also
increased.To be clear, this is not a request for the ECR to be equal to the energy charge to customers; it
is a request for the two to increase by the same percent by default unless a change is explicitly requested
and justified. "
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The following comment was submitted via PUCWeb:
Name: Matthew Schmitt
Submission Time: Nov 12 2024 10:31AM
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]

Address: 211 Evergreen Dr.
Boise, ID 83716
Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power
Case ID: IPC-E-24-07
Comment: "I recently read that Idaho Power Company is asking the IPUC to approve another rate hike
for 2025. 1 strongly oppose this rate increase. My wife and I are retired and struggling to get by on Social
Security. Our COLA for Social Security is not even close to keeping up with the increases asked for by
Idaho Power. Further,the service provided is well below expectations. We continually have suffered
through numerous power outages over the last year. I have counted eight outages of at least two hours.
We normally receive no explanation as to what caused these outages. Finally, Idaho power company
contracted with another company to do some line work in our subdivision, Wilderness Ranch.This
company drove their equipment over my property without even visiting with me about it. In the process
they ran over several young pine trees and killed them.
I understand the power company needs an adequate income in order to supply us with electricity. I do
not feel this adjustment is in line with current and projected inflation rates and I also feel that there is
definitely room for improvement in many areas of service from Idaho Power Company.
Thank you. Matthew Schmitt"
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The following comment was submitted via PUCWeb:
Name: William Whitley
Submission Time: Nov 12 2024 12:22PM
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 1106 W Logan St
Caldwell, ID 83605
Name of Utility Company: idaho power
Case ID: IPC-E-24-07
Comment: "Before Idaho Power is granted another rate increase, they need to provide a more detailed
look at the two largest items in the expenditures list concerning the generation and distribution of
energy. If they are heavily focused on green energy flops like windmills and distribution points like the
battery bank they had catch fire last year because they bought cheap Chinese made battery banks-then
they don't need to get a rate increase. Instead of wasting money on infrastructure that doesn't work as
promised and generation methods that at require so much initial investment and upkeep that they can't
make enough power to justify the operation and disposal costs, they need to be investing in long lasting
and efficient production and distribution. Wasteful companies that make poor decisions don't deserve to
burden their customers with increased rates. "
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