20250808Intervention_Order_No_36711.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
August 8,2025
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF COMMISSION ) CASE NO. GNR-E-25-02
STAFF'S APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL )
OF A FILING PROCESS FOR WILDFIRE )
MITIGATION PLANS ) ORDER NO. 36711
On June 18, 2025, Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission ("Staff') filed an
application ("Application") with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission ("Commission")
requesting an order establishing a filing process for Wildfire Mitigation Plans ("WMPs")that will
be submitted for approval under the Wildfire Mitigation Standard of Care Act ("WSCA"). Staff
requests the Commission issue an order by September 1, 2025.
On June 30, 2025, the Commission issued a Notice of Application and Notice and Notice
of Intervention Deadline. Order No. 36660. The intervention deadline was set for July 21, 2025.
The Commission granted intervention to: Kootenai Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Rocky Mountain
Power, a Division of PacifiCorp; Idaho Power Company; PotlatchDeltic Corporation; Avista
Corporation, d/b/a Avista Utilities; Idaho Department of Lands; the City of Idaho Falls, Idaho;
Bennett Lumber Products, Inc.; Idaho Forest Group; Manulife Investment Management; Molpus
Woodlands Group; and Stimson Lumber Company. Order Nos. 36673, 36692, 36697, 36699.
On July 16, 2025, Atlanta Power Company("Atlanta")petitioned to intervene.
COMMISSION FINDINGS AND DECISIONS
Business entities and unincorporated associations desiring to participate as parties in quasi-
judicial Commission proceedings must be represented by a licensed attorney. IDAPA
31.01.01.043.02. Unless admitted pro hac vice under Commission Rule of Procedure 43, the
attorney representing a parry must have an active license to practice law in Idaho. IDAPA
31.01.01.043.03.
Based upon its petition to intervene, Atlanta is a business entity that must be represented
by an attorney. However, Atlanta's petition to intervene does not indicate that the person who
signed and filed it is a licensed Idaho attorney. Nor has Atlanta filed documents seeking pro hac
vice admission for its representative in this case. Because Atlanta lacks proper attorney
representation, its petition to intervene is denied.
ORDER NO. 36711 1

ORDER
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Atlanta's petition to intervene is denied.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that parties comply with Order No. 35375, issued April 21,
2022. Generally, all pleadings should be filed with the Commission electronically and will be
deemed timely filed when received by the Commission Secretary.See Rule 14.02. Service between
parties should continue to be accomplished electronically when possible. However, voluminous
discovery-related documents may be filed and served on CD-ROM or a USB flash drive.
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this 81h day of
August 2025. /
G
EDWARD LODGE, PRES ENT
lk �la -
J R. HAMMOND JR., COMMISSIONER
DAYN HA IE, COMMISSIONER
ATTEST:
M n a Ba - hez
Commission Secretary
I:\Lega1\ELECTRIC\GNR-E-25-02_WMP Process\orders\deny inter AP_kh.docx
ORDER NO. 36711 2