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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20250114Telephonic Hearing.pdf 1 BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION 2 3 IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION ) 4 OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR AN ) CASE NO. IPC-E-24-41 ORDER APPROVING THE TRANSFER OF ) 5 CERTAIN ASSETS ASSOCIATED WITH ) TRANSMISSION PLANT HELD FOR ) 6 FUTURE USE ) 7 ) 8 9 10 BEFORE 11 COMMISSIONER ERIC ANDERSON (Presiding) COMMISSIONER JOHN HAMMOND 12 COMMISSIONER EDWARD LODGE 13 14 15 PLACE : Commission Hearing Room 16 11331 West Chinden Blvd. Building 8, Suite 201-A 17 Boise, Idaho 18 19 20 DATE : January 14, 2025 21 22 VOLUME I - Pages 1 - 6 23 24 25 CSB REPORTING 1 COLLOQUY 208 . 890 . 5198 1 A P P E A R A N C E S 2 3 For the Staff: Chris Burdin Deputy Attorney General 4 IPUC 11331 W. Chinden Blvd. , 5 Bldg. No . 8, Suite 201-A PO Box 83720 6 Boise, ID 83720-0074 7 For Idaho Power Company: Lisa Nordstrom 8 (Telephonically) Idaho Power Company PO Box 70 9 Boise, ID 83707-0070 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 CSB REPORTING 2 APPEARANCES 208 . 890 . 5198 I BOISE, IDAHO, TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2025, 11 : 00 A. M. 2 3 4 COMMISSIONER ANDERSON: Well, good 5 morning. This is the time and place for a telephonic 6 hearing in Case No . IPC-E-24-41, also referred to as in 7 the matter of the application of Idaho Power Company for 8 an order approving the transfer of certain assets 9 associated with transmission plant held for future use . 10 The purpose of this hearing is to take 11 testimony from members of the public in reference to 12 Idaho Power' s request for asset transfer that was filed 13 with the Commission on November 5th, 2024 . 14 My name is Eric Anderson, Commissioner in 15 charge of this hearing. I 'm joined today, also, by 16 Commissioner John Hammond and Commissioner Ed Lodge . We 17 comprise the Commission in this case . We will make 18 deliberations after this hearing. 19 Today' s objective is to take telephonic 20 live public testimony which will be added to the 21 underlying record in this case . The Commission will 22 review facts and evidence in the record to make its final 23 decision for this proceeding. 24 As an initial matter, let ' s document for 25 purposes of the record the parties present and their CSB REPORTING 3 COLLOQUY 208 . 890 . 5198 1 counsel . We will begin with Staff' s representation. 2 MR. BURDIN: Thank you, President 3 Anderson. I 'm Chris Burdin representing Commission Staff 4 in this proceeding. 5 COMMISSIONER ANDERSON: Thank you, 6 Mr. Burdin, welcome, and Idaho Power Company. 7 MS . NORDSTROM: Good morning. My name is 8 Lisa Nordstrom and I 'm counsel for Idaho Power. 9 COMMISSIONER ANDERSON: Thank you, 10 Ms . Nordstrom. No one is on the line yet . We do have a 11 court reporter for this hearing. Today we have Connie 12 Bucy creating an official transcript for our record. 13 I can make the announcement -- it looks 14 like we do have a couple people on line, so in that 15 event, let me explain the procedures and parameters for 16 today' s hearing. When we call your name, we will unmute 17 your phone to allow you to testify. You will be sworn in 18 as you would in any other official court proceeding. 19 I will ask you to identify yourself for 20 the record, which will include your name, spelling your 21 last name, address, and whether you are a customer of 22 Idaho Power. When you are completed with your statement, 23 the attorneys for the parties will be provided an 24 opportunity to ask you any questions that they may have . 25 This prospect should not discourage you CSB REPORTING 4 COLLOQUY 208 . 890 . 5198 1 from testifying because normally the questions aren' t 2 asked and they' re friendly questions . The attorneys 3 rarely ask questions, also, so with that, let me go ahead 4 and see if anybody wishes to testify at this time . 5 Is there anybody raising their hand? 6 Press Star 3 on your phone if you wish to testify. No 7 one currently has pressed Star 3 to testify, so at this 8 point in time, I think what I will do and for those on 9 the phone, also, I 'm going to take a 10-minute recess and 10 we will come back and see if anybody has changed their 11 mind and wishes to testify, so with that, we are at 12 recess for 10 minutes . 13 (Recess . ) 14 COMMISSIONER ANDERSON: I 'd like to extend 15 the invitation to anybody that wishes to testify, please 16 press Star 3 to testify. 17 We don' t see anybody motivated to do that, 18 so we will at this point bring this meeting to a close 19 and we are adjourned. 20 Thank you very much. 21 (The hearing adjourned at 11 : 10 a.m. ) 22 23 24 25 CSB REPORTING 5 COLLOQUY 208 . 890 . 5198 1 A U T H E N T I C A T I O N 2 3 4 This is to certify that the foregoing 5 telephonic proceedings held in the matter of Idaho Power 6 Company for an order approving the transfer of certain 7 assets associated with transmission plant held for future 8 use, commencing at 11 : 00 a.m. , on Tuesday, January 14, 9 2025, at the Commission Hearing Room, 11331 West Chinden 10 Blvd. , Building 8, Suite 201-A, Boise, Idaho, is a true 11 and correct transcript of said telephonic proceedings and 12 the original thereof for the file of the Commission. 13 14 15 16 CONSTANCE S . BUCY 17 Certified Shorthand Reporter #187 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 CSB REPORTING 6 AUTHENTICATION 208 . 890 . 5198