20250430Comments_16.pdf

The following comment was submitted via PUCWeb:
Name: Jared Jenkins
Submission Time: Apr 29 2025 9:42PM
Email: snookered50(a)yahoo.com
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 118 W Cedar Street
Parker, Id 83438
Name of Utility Company: Rockymountain
Case ID: IPC-E-25-1
Comment: "Idaho Power's request to slash roof top solar returns by 80 % are not justified.
Please reject the utility's request :'
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The following comment was submitted via PUCWeb:
Name: Mary Krone
Submission Time: Apr 29 2025 8:41 PM
Email: Marykrone61 Pgmail.com
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 1801 Cherry St
Caldwell, ID 83605
Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power
Case ID: IPC-25-15
Comment: "Apparently Idaho Power is in the business of stealing power directly from the
people.They are getting our power from solar forvirtually nothing currently and now they
want to get it for even less:'
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The following comments were submitted via PUCWeb:
Name: Jeremy Auger
Submission Time: Apr 29 2025 8:21 PM
Email:jeremy.auger yahoo.com
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 137 SW Fly By Ave
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MOUNTAIN HOME, ID 83647
Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power
Case ID: IPC-E-25-15
Comment: "Why are you decreasing export compensation rates?Why punish the people
who generate extra power and give it back to the grid?This does not make sense. Plus, the
power goes out here all the time in Mountain Home. I like the reliability of my system and
don't appreciate you taking free power I am generating back to the grid and offering to give
me pennies on the dollar!
Under the proposal:
Export Credit Rates (ECRs)would drop 60%, from an average of 6.18(�to an average of
2.46Q per kWh.
From October to May, compensation could drop over 80%—to less than 1� per kWh, while
Idaho Power continues charging customers 80 or more for the same electricity.
Why are you trying to screw us over?"
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Name: David Stiff
Submission Time: Apr 29 2025 9:03PM
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 2535 Highway 95
Midvale, ID 83645
Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power
Case ID: IPC-E-25-15
Comment: "I installed my 10K system in Oct. 2021 and was told that there might some
changes to the net metering in the future. Same as someone with a variable rate home loan
I assumed. Perhaps 1/2 interest rate hike. Never in my wildest day would I have ever
thought that the PUC would have approved the changes in Dec 2023.
Now I am totally blown out of the water that IP even is trying to come up this drastic cut in
home generation and such. Big corporations have a way convincing our government
agencies that they need these changes to be sustainable but their investors sure are
making a good dime..
Isn't about time that the PUC protects the citizens of Idaho that they are supposed too
Please deny this request from Idaho Power and don't give in to the middle numbers like a
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car dealership wanting you to buy a car. Ask for another study and reject their VODER
analyze please"
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Name:Taylor Larsen
Submission Time: Apr 29 2025 9:14PM
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 7830 W Bobran St
Boise, ID 83709
Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power
Case ID: IPC-E-25-15
Comment: "My husband and I made the decision to instill solar panels in March of 2024,
we researched and were thrilled to find that at the time Idaho Power offered net-metering
which would allow us to reduce or eliminate one of our many utility bills while adding
property value to our recently purchased first home. We were excited to support local
businesses and contractors, we were more than happy to share our excess production of
power back to the grid for credits towards our power bills in lower-production months
(winter). However almost at the same time that our install was complete, Idaho Power
shifted to net-billing which significantly reduced any benefit we would receive year round.
Instead of having credits equivalent to our excess power production available to cover our
power usage in the winter, we received "wholesale" credits which didn't even cover our
entire power bill in November, let alone any of our remaining winter power bills. Now Idaho
Power is wanting to reduce the "wholesale prices" of our excess power product which will
mean more out of our pocket each month than we expected a year ago when we started
this process.What Idaho Power is doing is predatory, and as they are the only power
company to service our area, there is no competition to stop it, they have the monopoly.
We have chosen to generate more power than we need, and instead of giving us a fair and
competitive price, Idaho Power is punishing us and so many others for becoming power
providers, what they are doing is stealing from the lower-middle class to make themselves
more money, for no reason other than wanting to make money.
Choosing to go solar means relying on the grid, supporting local businesses and
contractors, and becoming more efficient in our energy production and consumption.
Idaho Power has repeatedly made these decisions more costly and punitive for
homeowners and small businesses. Idaho Public Utilities Commission needs to act in the
best interest of all Idahoans and prevent current and future price gouging by Idaho Power.
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Reverse the decision to allow net-billing and require power companies operating in Idaho
to provide net-metering and other benefits to property owners that help generate power in
Idaho.
Additionally Idaho Power attempted to stop our solar install by requiring a fee of$20,000 to
upgrade the old and according to numerous electricians and neighbors "sketchy"
transformer that would allow us to upgrade our homes service panel to safely be able to
support higher power needs. This is a project that should be undertaken by Idaho Power not
because we want to increase our service at our home, but because in an older
neighborhood many homes either currently need or will be needing service upgrades as
electrical needs change and grow. "
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Name: Pat Watanabe
Submission Time: Apr 29 2025 9:14PM
Email: patty1961 aveCcbgmail.com
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 1961 Shetland Ave
Pocatello, ID 83201
Name of Utility Company: Id. Power
Case ID: IPC-E-25-15
Comment: "Trying to do my part for the environment. Idaho Power don't rip us off. Lets
play fair."
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Name: Allen Haumann
Submission Time: Apr 30 2025 12:19AM
Email: haumannallen(cbgmail.com
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 902 W. Linden St.
Boise, ID 83706
Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power
Case ID: IPC-E-25-15
Comment: "Greetings!
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I was just made aware of a new proposal which I understand would affect me in the
following ways:
1. Export Credit Rates (ECRs)would drop 60%, from an average of 6.18�to an average of
2.46� per kWh.
2. From October to May, compensation could drop over 80%—to less than 1� per kWh,
while Idaho Power continues charging customers 8� or more for the same electricity.
I understand that these changes would take effect June 1, 2025, right before peak summer
production.
I'm a fourth-generation Boisean. I recently had solar panels installed on my house looking
forward to saving electricity and -- coincidentally-- money.
If I read this proposal correctly, I understand that it would make huge cuts into my savings
from generating my own electricity from the sun.This is unfair and I STRENUOUSLY object
to it.
If I have misread this, I ask that you contact me and let me know if I misunderstand the
proposal.
Thank you for taking the time to consider my opinion.
Allen Haumann
902 W. Linden St.
Boise, ID. 83706
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The following comments were submitted via PUCWeb:
Name: Kirk Crager
Submission Time: Apr 30 2025 7:OOAM
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 10058 W Ironclad Ct
Boise, ID 83704
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Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power
Case ID: IPC-E-25-15
Comment: "I bought solar 2 years ago and think it's unfair that the pose company take the
power I generate with my system and continues to try and lower the rates they pay. The
power I generate should be compensated at a rate that allows me to reap the benefits of
what I am paying for (ongoing payments through a loan). The reason I installed solar was
because I could afford it because it would mostly eliminate my power bill. Now I've been
out in a financial hardship. The plan to lower rates even more should not be approved as it's
an unfair manipulating of rates to essentially steal the power I am generating and make me
continue to pay. Had I known this possibility, I would have installed enough panels and
batteries to be off the Idaho Power grid. Now I can't do that and I'm trapped paying the loan
and now most likely a return to a higher power bill. Please do not vote to approve this. "
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Name: Benjamin Munoz
Submission Time:Apr 30 2025 7:57AM
Email: mrmunoz7o7Pme.com
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 1037 w Anton drive
Meridian, ID 83646
Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power
Case ID: IPC-E-25-15
Comment: "To Whom It May Concern,
I am writing as a homeowner and solar customer who made the choice to invest in rooftop
solar not only to manage my energy costs, but also to contribute to a cleaner, more resilient
Idaho.The proposed reduction in net billing credits--dropping to just 0.95 cents per kWh
during the colder months--feels like a direct step backward, both for solar customers like
myself and for the future of clean energy in our state.
This isn't just about economics. It's about fairness, long-term planning, and honoring the
commitments made to Idahoans who stepped up to invest in renewable energy. When my
family chose to install solar, we did so with the understanding that our investment would be
supported by reasonable, stable credit policies. To drastically cut those credits after the
fact is not only discouraging, it's punitive.
Beyond current users, this proposal threatens to deter future adoption of solar, limiting
energy choice, increasing dependency on a single utility, and reducing community
resilience--especially during Idaho's harsh winters and scorching summers.
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Idahoans pride themselves on independence and self-reliance. Solar allows families like
mine to live those values while easing the burden on the grid and contributing to cleaner air
and a more sustainable future. Slashing these credits undercuts those efforts and sets a
damaging precedent.
I respectfully urge Idaho Power and the Idaho Public Utilities Commission to reconsider
this proposal and protect the full, fair value of rooftop solar for current and future
customers alike:'
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The following comment was submitted via PUCWeb:
Name: Steven Williams
Submission Time: Apr 30 2025 8:53AM
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 12 Goodwin Drive
Blackfoot, ID 83221
Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power
Case ID: IPC-E-25-15
Comment: "It is estimated that over 19,000 Idaho Power customers have certified solar
systems installed on their homes. 13,700 of whom will be screwed by Idaho Power
customers, would be impacted by this change because our systems are not designated
with "legacy status".
If the rate changes are implemented, my installed solar panels would barely save us
money on our power bill, adding to expenses we assumed via the loan to pay for the panels.
Our installed system cost us $57,288.29, with a monthly payment of$240.81. Last year we
realized $2,021.65 in energy savings from the power produced by our system. Balance that
number against the $2,889.72 cost of the equipment loan, we had a deficit of$868.07. At
current export credit rate, we are not even braking even for the year.
Many others have spent even more on their solar systems at home—ranging from $40,000
to$100,000, according to comments on the Idaho Public Utilities Commission website.
Following the California lead, Idaho Power have taken an anti-rooftop solar stance, while
analysis suggests that home generation systems provide a net benefit to the grid and
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lowers rates for all billpayers. My system produced a total 17173.67 KWh of energy last
year.
Take that by 19,000 other systems and a very clear pattern of supply verses demand for
electricity has allowed Idaho Power to better manage their peak electricity loads by
encouraging generation near the point of consumption, reducing the strain on distribution
systems and preventing losses in long-distance electricity transmission and distribution.
Idaho Power states that it is seeking the rate adjustment to ensure Idaho Power is paying
equitable prices for the energy it buys. Sounds like a one-sided biased argument.
Do the right thing! Force Idaho Power to grant"Legacy Status"on all home generations
systems that were certified and in operation on 1/1/2025."
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The following comment was submitted via PUCWeb:
Name: Debra Abbott
Submission Time:Apr 30 2025 9:02AM
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 4255 E Deer Flat Rd
Kuna, ID 83634
Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power Co
Case ID: IPC-E-25-15
Comment: "I am opposed to the drastic rate decrease IPCo is proposing to pay residential
customers for their solar generation.
We installed our solar panels and began using them at the beginning of 2024. We thought
we were doing the right thing to cover some of our power usage and share the excess with
IPCo so they could use it to provide power to other customers. IPCo has always promoted
energy conservation, and we believed we were helping conserve the amount of energy we
would need IPCo to supply to us.
I understand IPCo cannot purchase power from us at the same price they charge us for it.
IPCo has an investment in the equipment they use to provide us with power; however, we
also have an investment in our solar equipment that IPCo is getting a benefit from with no
investment cost on their part. I am quite sure that the excess power we send out on the line
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is almost immediately being used by the homes close to us, and those homes are paying
the current residential rate.
With IPCo now building battery storage facilities, it seems like the excess power the solar
customers are generating will be stored by IPCo and sold at the current rates to customers.
It seems like the 1.7 cents and 0.95 cents IPCo is offering to pay customers for their excess
solar energy is extremely undervalued, given they are going to store it and sell it at a
substantially higher price.
Price adjustments from year to year can be expected, however, telling us that the value of
our solar generation is worth almost nothing, is an example of IPCo manipulating the
financial numbers to reflect a value that gives them an excuse to pay solar customers a
minimal amount and then turn around and sell that power a high profit.
Please do not accept the proposed rate decreases for solar generation. Please standup
for those of us trying to do the right thing. Make IPCo pay a fair price for power that they are
receiving that they have no investment in the cost of generating.
Thankyou,
Debra Abbott
Kuna ID"
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The following comments were submitted via PUCWeb:
Name: Anton Korzh
Submission Time: Apr 30 2025 10:06AM
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 898 e Joplin Ln
Eagle, ID 83616
Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power
Case ID: IPC-E-25-15
Comment: "Dear Idaho Public Utilities Commission,
I strongly oppose Idaho Power's proposal to drastically reduce export credit rates for solar
energy. Recent full-country blackouts in Spain and Portugal, caused by centralized solar
farms, demonstrate the risks of relying heavily on such systems. Centralized solar is
vulnerable to widespread grid failures, whereas distributed rooftop solar, located near
customer consumption, enhances grid stability by decentralizing energy production.
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Reducing export credit rates will discourage distributed rooftop solar and incentivize large-
scale solar farms, shifting Idaho toward a riskier grid model. This could jeopardize the
state's energy reliability. I urge the Commission to reject this proposal and instead promote
policies that support distributed solar to ensure a resilient and sustainable energy future.
Sincerely, Anton Korzh"
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Name: Matt Carlson
Submission Time: Apr 30 2025 10:15AM
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 1546 Old Oregon Trail Road
Mountain Home, ID 83647
Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power
Case ID: IPC-E-25-15
Comment: "I purchased a $100,000 solar system to avoid having a power bill and assist the
grid by putting extra power into the system, only to have Idaho Power change their rules just
a couple years later on how they charged vs reimbursed the end user. In the last 12 months
I have used 19,806KWh of energy...my solar has generated a total of 49,056KWh of energy.
You would think Idaho power would happily pay me for that power seeing as they are paying
a smaller percentage for it than what they are charging someone else for it. Somehow even
though i created an amazing 67% more energy than I used I still owed them $252.45 last
year! I just received a letter in the mail telling me that i should expecting a 34% increase in
charges next year, while lowering what they are paying for the excess. This is a ridiculous
change, as bad or worse as the last reimbursement that was approved. Everyone that
previously had solar should have been grandfathered in. I signed up for solar under the
previous rules only to have them changed out from under me. "
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The following comment was submitted via PUCWeb:
Name: Matthew Johnson
Submission Time: Apr 30 2025 1:07PM
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 4515 S Ridgeview Rd
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Meridian, ID 83642
Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power
Case ID: IPC-E-25-15
Comment: "I added a 36 panel rooftop solar system to my Meridian home in 2018. 1 did this
primarily to support my environmental values, and because it made sense from a financial
return and tax standpoint. The current proposal to decrease excess energy generation rates
from Idaho Power is not fair to current solar customers that have invested large amounts of
money into their solar systems, and will end the financial incentive for any future
customers to add rooftop solar to their homes or businesses. Please DENY their proposal
so that solar in Idaho makes sense and continues to make forward progress. Thanks!"
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The following comment was submitted via PUCWeb:
Name: Elizabeth Jeffrey
Submission Time:Apr 30 2025 2:53PM
Email: hcac2031 @gmail.com
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 201 N. 3rd Ave
Halley, ID 83333
Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power
Case ID: IPC-E-25-15
Comment: "I ask you, as a group that I understand was established to protect the public
good with our public utilities, to deny the request of Idaho Power to cut billing credits for
rooftop solar production by 80W This is after it came to you to cut credits in the last cycle
as well as tripling our base rates twice since then.
I ask this as an Idaho homeowner who has already put a small solar array on my roof and
transitioned all but our boiler from gas to electric. Although we live in the mountains and
our rooftop solar is often covered with snow from December to March, reducing the credits
for even the 4 months of our mountain home would drop our ROI that made the installation
practical for us. I can only imagine the decrease in installations for new homes and
homeowners now that there is no way to work with Idaho Power to make this a financially
feasible route for an Idaho homeowner or business.
Idaho Power's "Price decrease" request is a thin deception intended to block public
awareness of the actual beneficial impact to Idaho Power's bottom line brought about by IP
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paying less that 1 cent/ kw to be resold to our closest neighbors at even a slightly
diminished rate from the 8cent/kw currently paid. This move doesn't benefit any of the
public -just the share holders and the CEOs of power plants and Idaho Power.
This is not the move of a public utility established for the beneficial growth of our
communities and our standard of living, but of a monopoly that has found ways to diminish
the value of even the best efforts of their still connected and paying customers to make
roof top and agricultural solar help meet their energy needs in the most efficient,
economical and environmentally sound way.
I haven't been able to find anyjustification for this move towards this tremendous cost
increase to our electrical needs, specifically, but also those of the many Idaho businesses
that have developed and grown to install solar power in farms and on rooftops. I had
thought that tripling our base pay rate was sufficient to carry the load of any additional
transmission lines and other facilities that IP can make money on building.
I realize that Idaho Power has a lot of political power in our state (power that no one citizen
can claim) but I hope that the members of the PUC MIGHT consider being the advocates for
the population that you are asked to serve and keep our options open for adding value to
the energy stream while continuing to support Idaho Power AND create cleaner energy and
skies for our state.
Please consider our population when denying this request rather than the big business that
continues to put their shareholders before the public good.
Elizabeth Jeffrey"
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The following comment was submitted via PUCWeb:
Name: Kari Skinner
Submission Time:Apr 30 2025 3:07PM
Email: kandjskinnerC�yahoo.com
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 735 Yakima Avenue
Filer, ID 83328
Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power
Case ID: IPC-E-25-15
Comment: "I believe that the proposed rate for compensation for Idaho Powers solar
customers putting power back into the grid is not fair. If they had to produce that energy it
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would cost them a lot more than they are willing to give for the solar power that the
customer provides. I ask you to please make them give fair compensation. "
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