20250515Comments.pdf

Scott Pinizzotto MRECEIVED
May 15, 2025
117 Corrock Drive IDAHO PUBLIC
Ketchum, ID 83340 UTILITIES COMMISSION
415-305-7275
[e-mail]
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER )
COMPANY'S APPLICATION FOR ITS ) CASE NO. IPC-E-25-15
FIRST ANNUAL UPDATE TO THE EXPORT )
CREDIT RATE FOR NON-LEGACY ON- )
SITE GENERATION CUSTOMERS FROM ) SCOTT PINIZZOTTO'S COMMENTS
REGARDING THE FIRST UPDATE TO
IDAHO POWER'S EXPORT CREDIT
RATE
June 1, 2025 THROUGH MAY 31, 2026 IN )
COMPLIANCE WITH ORDER NO. 36048 )
Dear Members of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission,
I am a solar homeowner that produced 21MWh of solar in 2024. For 8-9 months of the year, I I
am net positive in daily production and providing excess to the grid. While my roof continues to
produce all winter, the production is low relative to my consumption and I need the grid during
those 3-4 months.
I accept that there needs to be adequate adjustments in the ECR to make things equitable.
However, the current method, approved by the IPUC, does not seek fairness for the consumer,
but rather disproportionately grants the company an excessive margin of profitability and does
not pertain directly to the fixed costs associated with providing the infrastructure needed for
our distributing means to interconnect to the grid.
The financial impact of the proposed changes are not only unfair but also have significant
impact. For here is an example from May 6, of this year:
1. 1 produced more power that I used and net exported to the grid 22.3kWh.
2. Due to the ECR rate being half of the rate I pay for power, I have the grid 22.3kWh excess
AND still owed Idaho Power $0.28 cents.
3. Under the proposed plan, with 22.3kWh given to the grid, I would pay IP $2.44 - 15X
increase.
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4. So, in this case, Idaho Power is getting my 22.3KWh for $0.21 and instantly selling it to
my neighbor for $1.96. Without having to produce, transmit this power, IP is making
800% margin on MY POWER.
Idaho Power proposed
< Grid 000 Home
Day Tue May 6th Day
Imported .. Total
56.1 kWh •
Import Charging customer 16 kW FROM GRID:33.8 kWh charger kW
8.8 it/kWh
I �
Paying
Export 4.8 it/kWh 4�' •
exportedNet Grid Usage: 22.3 kWh
kWh TotatkWhRate(o) Totat
FROM GRID 33.8 8.8 $2.97 FROM GRID 33.8 8.8 $2.97
TO GRID 56.1 4.8 $2.69 TO GRID 56.1 0.95 $0.53
NET +22.3 to grid -$0.28 owed NET +22.3 to grid -$2.44 owed
Additionally, I do not see how it is fair to charge different rates to the customer within seconds
or minutes of each other. As above, I was exporting solar to the grid in the morning, plugged in
my EV and then was seconds later consuming power from the grid. In that same time window,
IP is paying me so much less that what they are charging, even though I am consuming from the
grid during solar production when power is abundant and cheap. I should only be paying IP the
same amount during those solar hours as IP is paying me.
Laskly, I cannot understand is how ECR is considered in a silo instead of across a suite of
solutions that Idaho Power could be utilizing to manage the grid and supply and demand. The
technology is all here and Idaho Power could incentivise and rate base these assets
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My house is all-electric, with a Tesla Solar Roof and high-performance envelope, and an F-150
Lightning with bidirectional changer. Additionally, it has numerous devices that IdahoPower
could easily control - 7 nest thermostats/electric heat pumps, heat pump hot water heater,
The current method, approved by the IPUC, does not seek fairness for the consumer, but
rather disproportionately grants the company an excessive margin of profitability and does not
pertain directly to the fixed costs associated with providing the infrastructure needed for our
distributing means to interconnect to the grid.
Respectfully submitted May 15, 2025.
Scott Pinizzotto
CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on May 1, 2025, a true and correct copy of the within and
foregoing PETITION TO INTERVENE OF SCOTT PINIZZOTTO IN CASE NO. IPC-E-25-15 was
served in the manner shown to:
Electronic Mail
Idaho Power Company
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Megan Goicoecha Allen Connie Achenbrenner
Donovan E. Walker Mary Alice Taylor
Idaho Power Company Idaho Power Company
1221 W. Idaho Street (83702) 1221 W. Idaho Street (83702)
PO Box 70 PO Box 70
Boise, ID 83707-0070 Boise, ID 83707-0070
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[e-mail]
Commission Staff
Monica Barrios-Sanchez
Commission Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
11331 W. Chinden Blvd., Building 8,
Suite 201-A
Boise, ID 83714
secretary(@ puc.idaho.gov
Individual Intervenors
Kevin Dickey
[e-mail]
Kelsey Jae
Law for Conscious Leadership
[e-mail]
Attorney for the Clean Energy Opportunities
of Idaho
s/Scott Pinizzotto
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