20250904Comments_2.pdf

The following comment was submitted via PUCWeb:
Name: Ben Setser
Submission Time: Sep 3 2025 6:27PM
Email: ben.setser(cgmail.com
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 5110 Dynasty Ave
Caldwell, ID 83607
Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power
Case ID: IPC-E-25-16
Comment: "This requested rate increase is ridiculous. If one of the major drivers of these
costs and electricity utilization is Al data centers, charge them the higher rates and make
them pay to upgrade the infrastructure. These costs should not be placed on the shoulders
of residential users:'
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The following comment was submitted via PUCWeb:
Name: David Butterfield
Submission Time: Sep 42025 3:16PM
Email: diamondsunPcox.net
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 109 Westview Ln P.O. Box 65
Ketchum, ID 83340
Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power
Case ID: IPC-E-25-1
Comment: "The rate increase requested by Idaho Power is far too much based on the level
of service. We should be getting a rate cut instead. And didn't we just give them an
increase last year? I have two service issues. 1) 1 collect from our neighbors for a street
Light that is on the highway turn-off. The turn-off is difficult to see at night and in snow
storms in this more remote pat of the county. The light is very helpful for slowing down and
for seeing cars ready to enter the highway. It's been out for a while and we are not getting
anywhere with their report-outage/service people. And you can only call--not a mail--so
this is difficult to get answers on. When you do connect they ask for unnecessary personal
information. Why does Idaho Power need my SS#and birth date? They have all the
information they need without that. 2) Our meter is pretty far from the road and mostly
inaccessible in winter. It is a mechanical device that needs to be read. We know from the
Lack of tracks in the snow no one gets near it from Thanksgiving to Easter. So how does
Idaho Power arrive at meter readings and bills? These seem to be guesses based on
previous uses which were also guesses. Sometimes we leave for a week and usage goes
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up (?) Would love to have this looked into. I believe they are not providing basic service in
the case of the streetlight, and are predatory in other ways. Please do not grant a rate
increase to Idaho Power."
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