20250801News Release.pdf

lr �_ Idaho Public Utilities Commission Brad LitUe,Governor
P.O. Box 83720, Boise. ID 83770-0074 Edward Lodge, President
John R.Hammond, Jr.,Commissioner
Dayn Hardie,Commissioner
Case No. C12-E-25-01
Order No. 36696
Contact: Adam Rush
Office: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
NEWS RELEASE: Commission approves application from electric utility and the City of Rupert
for service territory agreement.
BOISE (Aug. 1, 2025)—The Idaho Public Utilities Commission has approved an application
that will allow the Riverside Electric Company, Limited and
the City of Rupert to enter into a service territory agreement.
The utility and city had an existing agreement that was negotiated to settle a service territory
between them, provide for stability of service with customers, eliminate the
duplication of services and provide safety in respective territories. The agreement was negotiated
before the creation of the Electric Supplier Stabilization Act(ESSA), which encourages harmony
between electric suppliers,prohibits the pirating of customers, discourages the duplication of
electric facilities and stabilizes service territories.
The commission determined the agreement included terms and conditions that were consistent
with the purpose of the ESSA. Among those terms and conditions are defined boundaries
between the two service territories that the utility and city would use to serve new customers, the
assignment of existing customers in the territories and a process for entering into a written
agreement to serve a new customer that can be more efficiently served by the other party.
Additional information is available at: puc.idaho.gov/case/Details/7543.