20240827Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSIONER LODGE
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: ADAM TRIPLETT
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: AUGUST 27, 2024
SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF JIM NAUMANN'S FORMAL COMPLAINT
AGAINST IDAHO POWER COMPANY; CASE NO. IPC-E-24-34.
On August 14, 2024, Jim Naumann filed a formal complaint with the Idaho Public
Utilities Commission ("Commission") against Idaho Power Company ("Company"). Mr.
Naumann alleges that, while expanding his garage sometime before June 15, 2024, the Company
required him to install a new 160-foot power line "from the street to the house." Complaint at 1.
According to Mr. Naumann, the Company falsely asserted that the existing power line
was too short and could not be spliced. Mr. Naumann alleges that splicing the existing line was
unnecessary as the wires were in a conduit and the new meter box is nearly a yard closer to the
distribution box than the old meter box. Mr. Naumann further alleges that the trench for the new
conduit damaged his sprinkler system and an "area of old sage this is irreplaceable." Id. Mr.
Naumann seeks financial compensation from Idaho Power for the allegedly "unnecessary work."
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the Commission issue a Summons to the Company directing it
to answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint within twenty-one (21) days.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Summons to the Company directing it to
answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint within twenty-one (21) days?
Adam Triplett
Deputy Attorney General
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