20250715Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER LODGE
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSIONER HARDIE
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: ADAM TRIPLETT
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: JULY 15, 2025
SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF NORTHERN LIGHTS,
INC. AND THE CITY OF BONNERS FERRY FOR AN ORDER
APPROVING A SERVICE TERRITORY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
APPLICANTS; CASE NO. C10-E-25-01.
On June 13, 2025, Northern Lights, Inc., an Idaho non-profit corporation and electric
cooperative and the City of Bonners Ferry, an Idaho municipal corporation (collectively,
"Applicants")jointly applied for approval of a Service Agreement under Idaho Code § 61-333.
Specifically, the Applicants request that the Commission approve an agreement that they have
followed since 1981, which they intend to update over the next 24 months to reflect their
currently existing service areas. The Applicants request processing of this matter via modified
procedure.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Commission issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified
Procedure establishing an August 21, 2025, public comment deadline, and a September 4, 2025,
Applicant reply deadline.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified
Procedure establishing an August 21, 2025, public comment deadline, and a September 4, 2025,
Applicant reply deadline?
Adam Triplett
Deputy Attorney General
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