20251103Comments_6.pdf

The following comment was submitted via PUCWeb:
Name:Taylor Durden
Submission Time: Oct 30 2025 5:19PM
Email: taylor.d gmaiL.com
Telephone: [phone]
Address: Oreana Ct.
Boise, ID 83709
Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power
Case ID: IPC-E-25-16
Comment: "Charge Facebook for the outlandish amount energy they are consuming
instead of us. The Facebook data center is a blight on our state. It doesn't create a
meaningful amount of jobs. It uses more water and energy then most of us combined. This
is corporate welfare and greed. The PUC (profiting under corruption) don't care about
working people at all. Just give them their cut. "
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The following comment was submitted via PUCWeb:
Name: Mary Forman
Submission Time: Nov 1 2025 8:27AM
Email: nymaryfPyahoo.com
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 1887 S Covey Pl.
Meridian, ID 83642
Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power
Case ID: IPC-E-25-16
Comment: "I've heard people say when A.I. Data Centers start moving into all areas around
our country absorbing our power, causing brown outs, and causing our rates to soar that it's
a county or city zoning& planning issue? I doubt the community has even the
slightest knowledge of what is about to take place. The growth of Al is expected to cause an
astronomical increase in demand for energy and competition for land with access to
utilities in the US. The effects on our grid is going to be astronomical, not even beginning to
talk about there need for water consumption. We need to demand that all or any of these
A.I. data centers that will be built, build there own substation and stop taking power from
the little people:'
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The following comment was submitted via PUCWeb:
Name: Laurie Popel
Submission Time: Nov 1 2025 2:42PM
Email: Lau riepopeL(a)gmaiLcom
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 4151 w Cherrytree ct
Meridian , ID 83642
Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power
Case ID: LLL-E-25-16
Comment: "The cost increases are going to bury senior citizens and all of us that are
struggling. Also, why are we paying for Al data centers use? This is complete BS.We are
sick of getting screwed by the 1%. "
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The following comment was submitted via PUCWeb:
Name: Rodney Broadie
Submission Time: Nov 1 2025 5:28PM
Email: Rbroadie(@aol.com
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 1058 E Dominica Dr
Meridian, ID 83642
Name of Utility Company: Idaho power
Case ID: IPC-E-25-16
Comment: "Idaho power is already charging residential customer to much. The Al,
Developers and commercial users should pay their share. The bulk of the energy is going to
them.. Existing residential customers are being ask to subsidize all of these new
developments and additional expansion cost for Idaho Power."
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The following comment was submitted via PUCWeb:
Name: Madeline Schnapp
Submission Time: Nov 3 2025 11:10AM
Email: madeline.schnaRpPgmaii.com
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 3657 W Angelica Dr
Meridiabn, ID 83646
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Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power Company
Case ID: IPC-E-25-16
Comment: "November 3, 2025
Comments Re: IPC-E-25-16-Application to increase rates and charges for electric service
in the State of Idaho
To Whom it may concern;
By any definition, Idaho Power's proposed electricity rate increase of 17.35%for residential
customers on top of a proposed 66% increase in the residential service charge is unjust
and unreasonable. These proposed increases would amount to a large increase in monthly
electricity bills. The increase for average homeowners is more than 6 times higher than the
stated US Consumer Price Index inflation rate of 3.0%for 2025.
According to Title 61, Idaho's Public Utility Regulation, Chapter 3, section 61-301 states the
following:
"61-301. CHARGES JUST AND REASONABLE. All charges made, demanded or received by
any public utility, or by any two (2) or more public utilities, for any product or commodity
furnished or to be furnished or any service rendered or to be rendered shall be just and
reasonable. Every unjust or unreasonable charge made, demanded or received for such
product or commodity or service is hereby prohibited and declared unlawful."
Therefore, according to my reading of the law, an unjust or unreasonable increase is
"prohibited and declared unlawful". How can Idaho Power justify such a massive rate
increase on the backs of local residents who are in effect subsidizing the electricity
consumption of huge consumers of electricity which are in some cases gigantic publicly
traded companies that provide products and services to hundreds of millions of
consumers around the globe. Shouldn't these large companies and their global customers
be shouldering more of the costs?
Idaho Power has not done an adequate job of explaining and justifying why they need such
an enormous increase in our residential electricity rates when the rates for"large general
services"and "large power"are only going up 7.26% and 8.22%, respectively.
Sincerely,
Madeline Schnapp
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C)lu-tober 29, 2025 RECEIVED
To: Oregon PUC, Idaho PUC, Senator Ron aWrAUR&h, Idaho
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Re: Idaho Rover rate requests
I know you are all busy and this may seem like a minor issue, but it is not to the
residents of my area and the surrounding areas. Idaho Rover has asked for
another rate increase and they seem to be doing this every year. The areas
that the company serves in both states are poor and have many senior
citizens and low income residents and these rate increases are very hard on
us. The company knows that they have a monopoly on electricity services so
they feel free to continually seek exorbitant rate increases.
Tease see what you can do to prevent the most recent request of this
company.
Thank you for your service and assistance.
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